The 18th arrondissement of Paris: What to find in Montmartre

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It's Season 12 of The Earful Tower, The Paris Countdown: Here comes an-depth guide to the Paris arrondissements after we've spent 24 hours in each of them.

This week it's the 18th arrondissement, with a strong focus on Montmartre. The YouTube video that goes with this episode will be here, and the blog post will be here with all the pictures.

A big thank you to the Patreon supporters, without whom we wouldn't be making this season. Join them here.

Below are all the places we mentioned.

All the details:

Hotel:
Terrass” Hotel
Address: 12-14 Rue Joseph de Maistre, 75018 @terrasshotel

Sites:

Place du Tertre (artists' square)
Address: Pl. du Tertre, 75018 Paris

Restaurant:

Le Moulin de la Galette
@lemoulindelagaletteofficiel
Address: 83 Rue Lepic, 75018 Paris

Drinks:

Terrass Rooftop Bar
Address: 12 Rue Joseph de Maistre, 75018 Paris

Chez Camille
@bar_chez_camille
Address: 8 Rue Ravignan, 75018 Paris

Coffee shops:

La Main Noire
@la.main.noire
Address: 12 Rue Cavallotti, 75018 Paris

Les 5 Marches
@les.5.marches
Address: 12 Rue Girardon, 75018 Paris

Transcript

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0:00.0	Let me tell of a time when the world was in rhyme with the sound of our laughter.
0:15.5	Moumatt hanged with flowers for far-forgotten hours of hunger and of love,
0:22.6	unaware in our youth of the sobering truth of the years that came after.
0:28.6	We laughed at common men, for we were heroes then, and heaven smiled above.
0:34.6	La Boem, La Boem, poor hungry you, poor hungry me. La Boem, La Boem,
0:42.6	M. See the old world that could not see. Those were the words of Charles Asnavoire,
0:49.6	La Boem, singing about Montmart, a district of the 18th Arandis one of Paris.
0:55.4	My name's Oliver G.
0:56.5	I'm Lena Nordenjee.
0:57.7	This is the Eiffel Tower and we're about to take you to the streets of Montmartre.
1:07.0	Ah, thatnavo.
1:15.5	Charles Aznavore.
1:17.3	It should be A, A. H, H, H.
1:21.0	Znavo.
1:22.0	Because that's the feeling he elicit in me.
1:25.4	Charles Asnavore, the late French singer, sang that song La Boe Mme about Montmart.
1:32.1	It's a sad song, actually.
1:33.2	It is.
1:33.8	It's very melancholic.
1:35.7	Did you feel melancholic?
1:37.3	Funny that you say that, I did.
1:38.7	It was weird to be back for you guys at home who are new around here.
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