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Walking in front of the steps to the church and the pay toilets at the bottom of the steps, you will get approached by street vendors asking you to just "Help them out for a second" by using your finger to tie a bracelet. Once they are finished, they will demand that you buy it from them for about 10 Euros.
You can just walk away in a huff if you just don't want to pay but the best way to avoid it is to just keep walking with your hands in your pockets when they approach you.
Walk with your hands in your pockets.
Scope out where the vendors are.
Walk fast by the vendors.
Don't make eye contact.
Politely refuse if they approach you.
This is a fun location and very romantic. There's a buzz in the air even in the middle of Febuary with lovers kissing with abandon on the steps in front of the church overlooking the city of Paris.
Be sure to visit at sunset and walk through the streets behind the church for an enjoyable walk. Leave a Comment
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Would not at all recommend the restaurant(s) around the painters at Montmatre/Sacre Coeur. Really lazy and unfriendly. Even outside normal tourist times.
Try one of the restaurants in town. But even avoid the Latiner Quarter. The service was not good there either. Maybe it was all because it was off season? Leave a Comment
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I was with a group of american friends who wanted to eat at the square after visiting the Sacre Coeur. I warned them that the possibility of getting food is slim and that it is a crime to eat badly in Paris. yet they insisted , impatient to wait a few more minutes till i found them a restaurant and chose to eat at La Mere Catherine. It has to be without doubt the worst food I have eaten in all my visits to Paris.
JUst do not eat in the square, walk down and look for a restaurant if you are that hungry the food is slightly better down the stairs and if you are not that hungry , take the metro and go to another arondissement and eat at another chosen place.. Leave a Comment
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NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
One million times NO!
I went to the romantic square of Tertre and couldn't believe what I saw: the artists, expelled from the square by a dense esplanade! No! I can't believe that the good old Tertre was killed! It was the effect of the rain!
It only could be!
I hope! Leave a Comment
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I recently visited Sacre Coeur and Montmartre (June 10th) with my daughter and several of her classmates. We all looked forward to our evening in Montmartre and our dinner in the square, especially the girls. In fact most of the girls planned to have their portraits made by the local artists as a gift for their parents and as a reminder of the trip.
After a wonderful and memorable dinner, small groups took turns having their pictures painted or sketched. Trying to capture as many memories as possible, I followed several around through the square and took pictures while the artists worked. We had been warned on numerous occassions about pickpocketing while in Paris, and I thought I had followed our guide's instructions pretty well. Unfortunately, the pickpocketers in this area seem to prey on tourists doing exactly what I was- taking pictures. When I walked up on my daughter having a sketch made, I unzipped my purse for a split second, grabbed my camera, and leaned in to the crowd to take a picture. A college-age group (looking like tourists themselves) leaned in over me/on top of me, and before I could snap a picture, one of the girls had her hand in my purse. I believe they were looking for someone like me to drop their guard for a second, and the square presented the perfect opportunity due to people leaning into the crowd to observe the local artists at work.
Three chaperones in our group had the same experience, and after the third encounter, our guide immediately wisked us away to the nearest metro stop.
The evening was still wonderful, despite the incidents, and Sacre Coeur was breathtaking (literally and figuratively). I still view the experience as one of the best nights of our trip, I simply regret our evening being cut short due to the pickpocketing. There was so much more to see and do in the area...I will have to go back again, but maybe next time without a purse!
You may want to keep your cameras in hand or on a strap, not back and forth in purses, and be on guard when others lean in especially in the artist square.
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