Montmartre means ‘Mountain of the Martyr’; it is the highest hill in Paris. Located at the summit of Montmartre is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Basilique du Sacré-Cœur).
Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Visitors could walk uphill or take a funicular instead. My sister and I chose to take the funicular to go up and walked down later on.
Montmartre primes itself as the artistic centre of Paris since the late 19th century; but arts were not really our cup of tea, so we didn’t spend much time there. The basilica was lovely though; worth going up hill just to take a few photos of it.
We had crêpe for our lunch; the taste was different from the crêpe we had at Latin Quarter, but both were absolutely yummy. I was falling in love with the simple yet delicious snack.
We walked down the hill and had the leisure to shop for some postcards and French junk food before boarding on our bus for our next destination.
Artists and tourists at Montmartre