What is Montmartre best known for?

Montmartre is known for the gleaming white-domed Sacré-Cœur Basilica up on the hill. It also has a long story. For a time in the Belle Époque, it became a gathering place for artists. People lived and worked there, including Picasso, Renoir, and Van Gogh.

Today, this part of the 18th arrondissement still feels like a small town. You can see it in the steep cobblestone lanes. You may also find tucked-away vineyards. Old cabarets remain, too, like the Lapin Agile and the Moulin Rouge. The Place du Tertre is busier now and feels more like a shopfront. Tourists line up for portraits. Go a few streets farther, and the mood changes again. You end up in narrow, winding side streets that match what many people picture when they think of Paris’s creative days.