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Paris: Montmartre Crime and Food Tasting Walking Tour

By Hili Travel s.r.l.
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Free cancellation available
Price is €39 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

Begin your tour at Place Blanche, once a lively nightlife hub, and discover its history of cabarets, crime, and bohemian culture in Montmartre and Pigalle.

Continue to Montmartre Cemetery, opened in 1825, and learn about 19th-century burial traditions and Parisian attitudes towards death and spirituality.

Walk along Rue Lepic, where Vincent van Gogh lived with his brother Theo, and hear how Montmartre influenced his life and artistic struggles.

Discover the Lost Maquis of Montmartre, once a poor informal settlement shaped by hardship and crime, and explore its complex social history.

Along the way, enjoy a tasting of local specialities, including a savoury bite, a sweet treat, and a glass of wine, offering a true taste of Montmartre’s culture.

End at Place du Tertre, a historic square linked to major events during the French Revolution and the Paris Commune.

Activity location

  • Montmartre
    • 75018, Paris, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Place Blanche
    • Place Blanche
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Montmartre Crime and Food Tasting Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€39.00 x 1 Adult€39.00
Total
Price is €39.00
Until Wed, 20 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tour leader
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A glass of wine
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A savoury tasting
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A sweet tasting
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Optional
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Public transport

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Montmartre

  • 30m
Begin your tour at Place Blanche, once a lively nightlife hub, and discover its history of cabarets, prostitution, absinthe culture, and criminal networks. Hear how police closely monitored Montmartre and Pigalle due to violence, theft, and organised crime tied to the area’s after-dark scene. Continue to Montmartre Cemetery, opened in 1825 on a former gypsum quarry. Explore how burial traditions evolved in 19th-century Paris, with elaborate tombs, romantic mourning rituals, and a growing fascination with spiritism.

Rue Lepic

  • 15m
Walk along Rue Lepic, where Vincent van Gogh lived with his brother Theo. Gain insight into his life in Montmartre, shaped by artistic ambition, financial hardship, and the influence of absinthe culture, reflecting the realities of the area at the time.

Montmartre

  • 15m
Visit the Lost Maquis of Montmartre, once an informal settlement marked by poverty and marginalization. Understand how social conditions fuelled crime and how media and police narratives contributed to the area’s “dangerous” reputation.

Montmartre

  • 30m
Along the way, enjoy a tasting of local savoury specialities, offering a glimpse into the everyday flavours that have long been part of Montmartre’s culture.

Place du Tertre

  • 30m
End at Place du Tertre, a historic site linked to executions during the French Revolution and later violence during the Paris Commune of 1871.

Location

Activity location

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    Montmartre
    • 75018, Paris, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Place Blanche
    • Place Blanche
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

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