MontmartreBy Julie Cohen

Montmartre: Mountain of the Martyr

Montmartre is a hill that was named for the martydom of Saint Denis who was decapitated on the hill around 250 A.D.

Location

✦Monmartre is located at Place de Tertre, a sqare in the 18th Arrondissment,

✦Metro: Take Line 2 and get off at Anvers. Then take the Funicular, a cable railway that takes you up the hill.

Interesting Facts

✦The Basilica of the Sacre’ Coeur is located on the top of Montmartre.

✦Many artists work around the hill in artist’s square including Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh.

How To Get There

✦US Air flight 754✦Departure Time: 6:20 PM on

May 18, 2011✦Arrival Time: 7:25 AM on

May 19, 2011.

Hotel Information

✦Timhotel Monmartre:11 run Ravignan (Place Emile Goudeau)

✦Metro: Take Line 12 and get off at Abbesses.

✦Price: €1.995

Restaurant

✦Les Ombres specializes in French Cuisine

✦Located at 27 Quai Branly✦Metro: Take Line 9 and get off

at léna.

A Cruse Down The Seine

✦Take a dinner cruise with excellent food and the show Crazy Horse.

✦Cost: €245

Other Monuments to Visit

✦ Sacre Coeur✦Metro: Line 2,

Anvers✦Price: Free

✦ La Tour Eiffel✦Metro: Line 6,

Bir-Hakeim✦Price: €13,40

✦ Château de Versailles✦RER C (train)✦Price: €18

✦ The Louvre✦Metro: Musée

du Louvre✦Price: €10

4 Sentences✦Montmartre est grande est

belle.✦Timhotel Monmartre coûte

€1.995.✦Les Ombres est dans 27 Quai

Branly.✦Sacre Coeur est dans

Montmartre.

A Question

✦Combien coute l’entrée a l’arc de triomphe?