Butte-Montmartre relaxation breaks are always welcome when you visit this sloping neighborhood with its narrow streets.
We have planned 3 self-guided walks of the Butte and for each one, relaxation breaks at the shopkeepers, along the walks or strolls.
Map of our 3 walks on the Butte Montmartre
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What is a Relaxation breaks on the Butte-Montmartre ?
These “Relaxation Breaks” take the form of a Coffee Break, Restaurant Break, Shopping Break, in short, anything that might interest you and what you need during a walk can become a Break. This allows you to rest, taste or buy at recommended points noted with the quasi certainty of quality, without being swindled by an indelicate trader (without making you). You are also on vacation and enjoy your time simply by mingling with Parisians around the corner.
The rating of shops
The shops are rated from 1 to 5 and we have eliminated from our lists the shops rated below 4.0 (with a few exceptions of 3.2 or 3.5, to show you the shops to avoid in particular). The merchants are rated by the tourists who preceded you on this route.
The merchants selected in the end represent less than 50% of the merchants present along the promenades. This means that following the indications of our lists allows you to avoid poor quality or service, the “tourist traps” that are regularly encountered in tourist places such as the Butte Montmartre.
Relaxation breaks “Butte-Montmartre …” and the self-guided walk “Montmartre hill self-guided stroll …”
This post “Pauses détente Butte-Montmartre” is linked to the self-guided walk “Montmartre hill self-guided stroll on the top of Paris”. (URL). We have listed the following useful shops located along the route that you will meet during the walk: restaurants, pastry shops, perfumeries, pharmacies, souvenirs and gifts but also monuments and museums.
For your information, we have written a special post on the “Quartier de Montmartre” (URL) which shows the touristic richness of this district and the interest to stay there during your stay in Paris.
Map of the relaxation breaks on the walk “Montmartre hill self-guided stroll on the top of Paris”
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How the card above works – The available information
- Click on “A propos – Visualiser les données” below the map. You will get a list of recommended shops on the right side of the map, sorted by business type. “Fermer” (Close) is at the top right of the map.
- By clicking on + or – (or with the mouse wheel) you can enlarge or reduce the map.
- By clicking on the map and moving the cursor, you move the map
- By hovering over each marker you get the name of the shop.
- By clicking on each marker you get a window with all the information about the merchant, especially his address and phone number.
- When the right sidebar is present (Visualiser les données)(View data) you can make each type of business disappear, to keep only the type of business you are interested in (See points on the map): to do this you have to click on the eye (“Montrer/masquer un calque”)(Show/hide a layer).
List of recommended shops during the walk “Montmartre hill self-guided stroll on the top of Paris”, comments and quality ratings
The list of merchants includes those on the map, marked with a number. The additional information is the comments for each of them and the rating they received from the tourists who visited them before you.
| n° | Commerces | Commentaires |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Le Petit Train de Montmartre 1 Parvis du Sacré-Cœur 75018 Paris | Visit Montmartre on board the little train. Ideal for family outings and especially to discover and learn about the history of Montmartre. Score 4.1 |
| 13 | A St Pierre de Montmartre 3 bis Place du Tertre 75018 Paris | Great place for Parisian souvenirs. The owner is adorable and the prices are very correct. Rating 5,0 |
| 14 | Au Clairon des Chasseurs 3 Place du Tertre 75018 Paris | The worst place in Montmartre! We spent 10 minutes before someone came to see us. He didn't show us the menu, but after waiting so long, we wanted to order two coffees and a croissant pretty quickly. Score 3.2 |
| 17 | Chez Eugene 17 Place du Tertre 75018 Paris | A superb brasserie at 2 steps of the sacred heart, which succeeded in standing out in spite of the competition in this district. The brasserie is on two floors and has a terrace. This guarantees a calm meal in spite of the affluence at the time of beautiful days. It is very comfortable... Rating 4,5 |
| 16 | Galerie Montmartre 11 Place du Tertre 75018 Paris | A very nice surprise that I experienced when I entered this superb place in the heart of Paris! A friendly, involved and welcoming team, who allowed me to discover ... Read More Rating 4,5 |
| 15 | Carette 7 Place du Tertre 75018 Paris | Salon the, sandwitcherie, "light" food.N - otation very mixed price (quality products, service - or on the contrary excellent). Score 3.6 |
| 21 | Chez Plumeau 4 Place du Calvaire 75018 Paris | One of the most pleasant terraces, with a view, sheltered from the tumult of the neighboring Place des Terres. Varied menu, quality of the dishes notably the mussels served with abundance and at a very reasonable price for this tourist district. Friendly service. Score 4,1 |
| 22 | Le Poulbot 3 Rue Poulbot 75018 Paris | Very good restaurant far from the tourist traps on the parallel square, we return there every time we go to Montmartre. The dishes are simple and efficient. The duck confit is slightly crunchy, the home made fries... More Note 4,5 |
| 23 | La Trouvaille 9 Rue Norvins 75018 Paris | Very well stocked store even if the owner is not very communicative. He is professional and precise. It is located on the right side of the slope to go to Sacré-Coeur and we managed to get the little gifts to bring ... Rating 4.5 |
| 46 | Moulin de la Galette 83 Rue Lepic 75018 Paris | The restaurant is classic and classy, a little tight in front of the terrace but away from the noise. The waiters are nice and fast, the cooking is perfect. I put my dishes and the receipt in photos, so there are no surprises. The price is worth the setting. Note 4,8. |
| 47 | Le Coq & Fils - the Poultry House 98 Rue Lepic 75018 Paris | On the form, the welcome was warm including by those in the kitchen (open). As for the portions, if they seem small, the satiety is nevertheless there. Finally the dishes are fine, tasty (special mention for the sauces), elegant, Note 4,7. |
| 24 | Van Hulle Caroline-Rafaelle 7 Rue Girardon 75018 Paris | She is a wonderful artist. Passionate about old techniques. Score 5.0 |
| 25 | Les 5 Marches - café cantine 12 Rue Girardon 75018 Paris | Cafe canteen. Superb address! Montmartre without the cliché, in a quiet street, a very small café-resto made with taste, everything is subtle and true, delicious Italian dishes with unpronounceable names, homemade fruit cocktails, an Italian coffee five ... Rating 4,7 |
| 26 | Maison du vieux Montmartre 4 Rue de l'Abreuvoir 75018 Paris | In this house lived the commander Henry Lachouque (1883-1971), a great historian of Napoleon and the Grande Armée. A plaque on the façade indicates this. Rating 5,0 |
| 41 | La Maison Rose 2 Rue de l 'Abreuvoir 75018 Paris | A very good time for a first. Very pleasant and helpful waiters. The meal lived up to its reputation, a mix of flavors as we like it. Rating 4.1 |
The other self-guided walks and relaxation breaks of VPBY (Visitingparisbyyourself)
We have planned 3 guided tours of Montmartre (URL). The two other walks in Montmartre are already done, always with the local shopkeepers that we recommend:
- Walk Pigalle to Sacré-Coeur by south of Montmartre Hill
- Walk Museum of Montmartre to Pigalle via Moulin-Rouge
Other walks in Paris are also available or will be available very soon:
Also the hotels recommended by VPBY can be booked on our website (Service to come)
Note also that if you wish to choose the Butte Montmartre to stay during your visit of Paris, we have extended our search for the best, to hotels located on or near Montmartre (URL).
But our goal does not stop only at Montmartre: the whole of Paris is divided district by district, in order to let you know the best hotels in Paris at affordable prices. On the other hand, our ambition is to guide you through beautiful, detailed and complete walks of the capital of France.
