Montmarte & Latin Quarter Private Tour with French Lunch

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre is a Roman Catholic church and a minor basilica located in Paris, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is located at the top of the Montmartre mound. From its dome, two hundred meters above the Seine, it offers panoramic views of the whole city of Paris and its suburbs. It is the second most visited tourist site in the capital after the Eiffel Tower. The construction of the basilica was first proposed by Felix Fournier in 1870, after the defeat of France and the capture of Napoleon III during the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War. He attributed this defeat to the moral decline of the country since the French Revolution, and proposed the creation of a new Parisian church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Place du Tertre is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few blocks from the Sacred Heart Basilica of Montmartre and the Agile Rabbit, it is near the top of the elevated district of Montmartre. Place du Tertre was the heart of the prestigious Benedictine abbey of Montmartre, founded in 1133 by King Louis VI. Montmartre Abbey flourished over the centuries, until the French Revolution, under the patronage of the kings of France. Place du Tertre was opened to the public in 1635 as the central square of the village of Montmartre. From the end of the 18th century until the First World War, Montmartre’s bohemian spirit was everywhere: painters, singers and poets.

La Maison Rose is a historic Parisian restaurant located on rue de l'Abreuvoir in the Grandes-Carrières district of Montmartre in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, linked to Pablo Picasso.
Opened by dancer Germaine and painter Ramon Pichot in 1908, the establishment is the meeting place of Montmartre artists throughout the 20th century.

The Montmartre vine, whose official name is Clos-Montmartre, is a vine planted on the Montmartre mound, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Jean Marais, French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer, has appeared in more than 100 films. He was the lover, muse and friend of the famous director Jean Cocteau. His sculpture Le Passe-Muraille can be admired in the Montmartre district of Paris.

“The Moulin Rouge is a cabaret located in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, at the intersection and at the end of Rue Blanche. The Moulin Rouge is best known as the cradle of the modern form of the French cancan. Originally, this seductive dance was practiced by courtesans who frequented the premises, but it has evolved into a real entertainment spectacle, resulting in the appearance of cabarets across Europe. Today, the Moulin Rouge is a tourist attraction that offers mainly musical dance performances to visitors from all over the world. The decoration of the club still retains much of the charm of late 19th century France

The Opéra Garnier, or Palais Garnier, is a national theatre with the vocation of being an academy of music, choreography and lyric poetry; it is a major element of the heritage of the 9th arrondissement of Paris and the capital. It is located on Place de l'Opéra, at the north end of Avenue de l'Opéra and at the crossroads of many roads.
The building stands out as a monument particularly representative of the eclectic architecture and historicist style of the second half of the 19th century. Designed by the architect Charles Garnier following a competition, its construction, decided by Napoleon III as part of the transformations of Paris led by Prefect Haussmann and interrupted by the War of 1870, was resumed at the beginning of the Third Republic, after the destruction by fire of the opera Le Peletier in 1873.

Rooftop of Galeries Lafayette Haussmann. Galeries Lafayette is a department store located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

It is the largest department store in Europe and second only to Macy’s Herald Square in the world.

In 2014, it generated €1.8 billion in sales, surpassing Harrods in London, Bloomingdale's in New York and Isetan in Tokyo, becoming again the world's largest department store by revenue.
It belongs to the “Grands Magasins” branch of the Galeries Lafayette Group

The Panthéon is a monument located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, at the top of the Sainte-Geneviève mountain, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which takes its name from the building. The building was built between 1758 and 1790, according to plans by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, at the request of King Louis XV of France. The king wanted to make it a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, whose relics were to be kept there. Neither Soufflot nor Louis XV lived long enough to see the church completed.

Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a church located in Paris, France, on the Sainte-Geneviève mountain in the 5th arrondissement, near the Panthéon. It houses the reliquary of Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris. The church also contains the graves of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. Jean-Paul Marat is buried in the church cemetery. The sculpted tympanum, The Stoneing of Saint Stephen, is the work of the French sculptor Gabriel-Jules Thomas. The famous organist, composer and improviser Maurice Duruflé was titular organist of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont from 1929 until his death in 1986.

The Medici Fountain is a monumental fountain located in the garden of Luxembourg, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Built around 1630, it was commissioned by Marie de Medici, widow of King Henry IV of France and regent of King Louis XIII. It was moved to its present location and largely rebuilt between 1864 and 1866.

La Crémerie-Restaurant Polidor is a historic restaurant located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The interior of the restaurant has remained virtually unchanged for over 100 years, and the cuisine is still prepared in the style of the late 19th century. The Polidor is located at 41, rue Monsieur-le-Prince, in the Odéon district, near the Luxembourg Gardens. Its name comes from the cream desserts it once served. Most guests sit at long shared tables, with salt shakers and jars of common mustard. Its toilets, unchanged for decades, have been called “legendary”. In addition to its décor and cuisine, the Polidor is best known for its illustrious clientele. It is said to have been a favorite of André Gide, and to have welcomed James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac and Henry Miller. In 2011, he appeared in Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris.

The University of Paris, known metonymously as the Sorbonne, was the main university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for the period from 1793 to 1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation linked to the Cathedral School of Paris, it is considered the second oldest university in Europe.
Officially founded in 1200 by King Philip II of France and recognized in 1215 by Pope Innocent III, it owes its nickname to its theological college, the Collège de Sorbonne, founded by Robert de Sorbon and endowed with a charter by King Louis IX around 1257.

The Sainte-Chapelle is a Gothic royal chapel, located in the medieval palace of the City, residence of the kings of France until the 14th century, on the Ile de la Cité, in the heart of the Seine, in Paris, France. Its construction began shortly after 1238 and the chapel was consecrated on 26 April 1248. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the radiant period of Gothic architecture. It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of relics of the Passion, including the Crown of Thorns of Christ – one of the most important relics of medieval Christianity. It was then kept in the nearby Notre-Dame Cathedral until the 2019 fire, which it survived.  

Notre-Dame de Paris, commonly known as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral located on the Île de la Cité (an island on the Seine), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Several features distinguish it from the earlier Romanesque style, including its pioneering use of pointed vaults and flying buttresses, its huge and colorful rosettes, and the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration. Notre-Dame is also distinguished by its three organs (one of them historic) and its huge bells.