Montmartre
A 130-metre hill in the north of Paris that gives its name to the district around it. Known for its artists, its cabarets and the white basilica on its summit, it still has steep cobbled lanes, long flights of steps and painters at work on the Place du Tertre.
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.8869, 2.3411
Get the Montmartre stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Montmartre. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Île-de-France volume with your photos and a note.
Near Montmartre
Sacré-Cœur Basilica 0.1 km
A white-domed basilica on the summit of Montmartre, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Built of a stone that stays pale as it weathers, it looks down over all of Paris from the highest point in the city.
Moulin Rouge 0.7 km
A cabaret on the Boulevard de Clichy at the Place Blanche, with a red windmill on its roof. It opened in 1889 at the foot of Montmartre, and the cancan is still danced in its nightly revue.
Palais Garnier 1.8 km
An opera house of 1,979 seats, built for the Paris Opera between 1861 and 1875 at the behest of Napoleon III. Behind its gilded façade lie a grand marble staircase and an auditorium with a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall.
Passage Brady 2.0 km
An iron-and-glass covered arcade in the 10th arrondissement, built in 1828. Known as Little India, it is lined with Indian and Pakistani restaurants and spice shops, a corner of Paris that smells of curry leaves and cardamom.
Place de la Concorde 2.8 km
The largest square in Paris, 7.6 hectares at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. At its centre stands an Egyptian obelisk from Luxor, more than 3,000 years old, flanked by two grand fountains.
Tuileries Garden 2.8 km
A public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde, created by Catherine de' Medici in 1564 for a palace that no longer stands. Opened to the public in 1667, it has been a place for Parisians to stroll, meet and sit by its fountains ever since.
Louvre Museum 2.9 km
The world's most visited art museum, housed in a royal palace on the Right Bank of the Seine. It holds the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory, and in its basement the stone footings of the medieval fortress built under Philip II can still be seen.
Musée de l'Orangerie 2.9 km
A gallery in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden, best known as the permanent home of Claude Monet's eight great Water Lilies murals, hung in two oval rooms. Downstairs are works by Cézanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso and Renoir.
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Questions
Where is Montmartre?
Montmartre is in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sacré-Cœur Basilica (0.1 km), Moulin Rouge (0.7 km), Palais Garnier (1.8 km).
How do I get the Montmartre stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Montmartre and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Île-de-France volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Montmartre before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Île-de-France volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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