France : Paris seen from another angle

Some years ago, we had a friend who lived in the suburbs of Paris (and who now lives in Oslo) and wanted to show us Paris from another point of view. When we arrived he said I hope you have your walking shoes with because we're going to walk a lot, we will follow the walk "Paris debauched and shady"... this was... well let's say... intriguing.

We started in force at the "Père Lachaise" cimitery. This beautiful place makes you forget that you are in the middle of the city. This place hosts a lot of well-known people such as Chopin, Jim Morrison or Oscar Wilde.

 

We walked our way up to Montmartre going to all kind of small and narrow streets. When we arrived on top we could admire the gargoyles of the basilic of the "Sacré-Coeur". A little further you have an oustanding view over Paris.

Going back down we passed the world known Moulin Rouge with its legendary dansers.

 

We then went direction Le Louvre. We went through little passages, tunnels, narrow streerts where, according to our book, a lot of murders found place and prostitutes were running everywhere. A place I wouldn't want to be at night time at the beginning of the 19th century.

Of course we had to pass by the iconic cathedral of Notre-Dame and closed our tour at the Eifel tower at night time.

 

We liked to see Paris from a different angle and walking through the narrow less known streets was a real delight :)