Our tour manager told us of the horror story of tourist being robbed, mugged and pick pockets in Paris train and suggested that we booked a mini bus and travelled in a group. Of course that would come at a price, but I heard often of the pick pocket stories from my peers as well. As I am here to enjoy, I did not want to bother with any traveling details, hence I of course opted in.
The mother with 2 children originally decided to team up with the couple with mom group to self travel. However, after some discussion, they decided to join us, the sisters at the last min deflected to the self travel group.
Day 11
A- Hotel Alliance
B - Montmarte
C - Galleries Lafayette
D - Printemps de I'Homme
Today itineraries would be very simple, to visit a small hill overlooking Paris with a bunch of artists and afternoon would be half a day of shopping !
On our way we passed Moulin Rouge, being a family oriented tour group, this optional tour was not mentioned at all, hehehe.
Moulin Rouge (French pronunciation: [mu.lɛ̃ ʁuʒ], French for Red Mill) is a cabaret in Paris, France.
The house was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill on its roof.
The closest métro station is Blanche.
Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe.
Day 11
B - Montmarte
C - Galleries Lafayette
D - Printemps de I'Homme
Today itineraries would be very simple, to visit a small hill overlooking Paris with a bunch of artists and afternoon would be half a day of shopping !
On our way we passed Moulin Rouge, being a family oriented tour group, this optional tour was not mentioned at all, hehehe.
Moulin Rouge
The house was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill on its roof.
The closest métro station is Blanche.
Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe.
Along Moulin Rouge street, there were alot of such shops
The road leading to Montmartre
Going to take a tram up onto the small hill Montmartre, courtesy of our tour manager, quite cheap actually
Basilica of the Sacre Coeur
Montmartre (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃.maʁtʁ]) is a hill in the north of Paris, France. It is 130 metres high and gives its name to the surrounding district, in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district. The other, older, church on the hill is Saint Pierre de Montmartre, which claims to be the location at which the Jesuit order of priests was founded. Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.
Montmartre is also the setting for several hit films. This site is served by metro line 2 stations of Anvers, Pigalle and Blanche and the line 12 stations of Pigalle, Abbesses, Lamarck - Caulaincourt and Jules Joffrin.
Just around the corner of the Basilica was the artists street, a place where alot of artists gathered.
The artists street
Artists and their arts
Our tour members getting their portraits done up
The center where all the artists gathered
Cafe where we took our drinks and crepes
The following were some shots along the streets:
After the morning artistic visit, it was time to go down the hill.,...Via stairs..
The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in 1875, after the sculptor Denis Foyatier (1793–1863). It is one of the most famous streets in Paris, because it consists essentially of flights of stairs giving access to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica. The Montmartre funicular runs alongside it.
Our lunch place near the shopping area, one of the most affordable, it became our dinner place as well due to the time spent on shopping...
The rest of the halfday were all running around the shopping area and we also visited the parfumeur factory - Fragonard.
Oh yeah, the minibus cost $40 Euro per person, that worked out to be $80 Euro for us. Hmmm, actually abit steeped, considering the Metro and RMR cost around $10+ each. But oh well, safety and convenience came at a price.
Teaser of our shopping
Etoile 120ml, we gotten discount when our whole tour group bought 5 at $57 Euro each.
Day 12
Final big macron before the flight......
And the rest was the traveling time back to Singapore and that ends our whole tour of Europe !
