点评:If you have several days in Paris, I’d recommend spending half a day in Montmartre. If you don’t have much time, you can just visit the Sacre Coeur Basilica.
The basilica sits at highest point in Paris, which means that you have magnificent views back down over the city. We walked up the steep hill to get there but you can also catch a funicular train up as well (it’s a quick 2 minute ride).
The basilica itself is very striking. It’s a beautiful, gleaming white Taj-Mahal-like building. It’s most impressive from the outside but entry is free and the queue to get in moves quite quickly so it’s worth joining the line.
However Montmartre is so much more than just Sacre Coeur. It's the sort of place where you can spend some time just wandering the steep but picturesque, ivy-clad streets. One street, Rue de l’Abreuvoir is often said to be the prettiest street in Paris. On Rue Lepic we walked past the only two windmills left in Paris. Further along the same street, we passed the house where Vincent Van Gogh lived for a few years with his brother (#58 with the blue doors).
Montmartre is synonymous with the names of famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh, Utrillo, Monet and Renoir. As struggling young artists, they all lived here at one time or another. Montmartre fell just outside Paris’ city limits so it escaped the city’s taxes and developed a bohemian, artistic reputation. Cheap rent and a growing artistic community attracted many struggling artists.
We were keen to to take in some of this history so we followed a self-guided walk - the Montmartre Artists Walking Trail, which we found online at a site called ‘Montmartre Footsteps(dot)com’. It took us past all of the main sites linked to these artists including the Place de Tertre, the Maison Rouge and Le Batieau-Lavoir.
As we wandered through Montmartre, other points of interest included the Church of St Pierre, Moulin Rouge, Square Louise Michel, Place des Abbesses, and the Wall of Love.
翻译:如果你在巴黎有几天时间,我建议花半天时间在蒙马特高地游览。如果时间有限,只去参观圣心大教堂也行。
这座大教堂坐落于巴黎的最高点,因此从这里可以俯瞰整个城市的壮丽景色。我们是沿着陡峭的山坡步行上去的,不过也可以乘坐缆车前往(仅需2分钟而已)。
圣心大教堂本身也极为引人注目——它是一座美丽而洁白、宛如泰姬陵般的建筑。从外部看它最为壮观,不过入场是免费的,排队入场的队伍前进得也很快,所以值得排上队。
不过,蒙马特可不仅仅只有圣心大教堂。这里是个非常适合闲逛的地方——你可以沿着那些陡峭却风景如画、爬满常春藤的街道慢慢漫步。其中,阿布勒维尔街常被誉为巴黎最漂亮的街道。在勒皮克街上,我们还看到了巴黎仅存的两座风车。沿着同一条街继续走下去……我们经过了梵高和他的兄弟曾经共同生活过几年的那所房子(就是那栋蓝色门的58号房子)。
蒙马特与毕加索、梵高、乌特里洛、莫奈和雷诺阿等著名艺术家的名字紧密相连。作为初出茅庐的年轻艺术家,他们都曾在不同时期在此居住。蒙马特位于巴黎市区边缘,因此免缴城市税,逐渐形成了一种波西米亚式的艺术氛围。低廉的租金以及日益壮大的艺术社群吸引了许多处境艰难的艺术家前来定居。我们很想了解这段历史,于是按照网上在“Montmartre Footsteps.com”这个网站上找到的路线进行自助游览——即蒙马特艺术家步行路线。这条路线带我们经过了与这些艺术家相关的大部分景点,包括特尔特广场、红房子以及巴蒂奥-拉沃瓦尔画廊。
在漫步蒙马特时,我们还游览了其他一些景点:圣皮埃尔教堂、红磨坊、路易丝·米歇尔广场、阿贝斯广场以及爱情墙。