Hello and welcome for another video tour of a fantastic neighborhood in Paris by New York Habitat ( www.nyhabitat.com ). In this video, we visit the lovely district of Montmartre, a Paris neighborhood with winding streets that give the feeling that you have left Paris, which is one of the trendiest and most curious districts of the city. This will be the first of a two-part series of video tours on this fantastic neighborhood. Also, feel free to watch other great video tours of Paris neighborhoods, such as this one of the Champs Elysees ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qz6-ERBht8 ) or this one of Saint-Germain-des-Pres ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePsn_S_ucY ). Montmartre, or "the Mountain of the Martyrs," most likely gets its name from the martyr Saint Denis. When wandering around up on the hill, be sure to keep an eye out for the headless statue of Saint Denis hidden in a little garden. Sacre-Coeur, the white-domed church on the top of La Butte, is actually much younger than it looks, and was the subject of much controversy when it was built in 1914. The building of the church helped lead to tourism in the city and especially to the Montmartre area as the French flocked to see the church, even though most of the artists and bohemian characters were firmly against the building of such a massive religious structure in Montmartre. The Moulin Rouge is perhaps the most famous, or rather infamous, cabaret in the world. The red windmill was inspired by the thirty or so windmills that dotted Montmartre at the time it opened in 1889. The once ultra-risqué birthplace of the cancan dance has now turned into a sort of tourist Mecca. If you really want to absorb yourself into the culture and daily life of Montmartre, there is no better way to truly enjoy your stay in Paris than to book a vacation rental in Paris with New York Habitat. Located just next to the Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, this furnished studio ( www.nyhabitat.com/paris-apartment/vacation/3938 ) is on the 5th floor of a 19th Century walk-up building. This apartment has wood floors throughout, an open fully equipped kitchen, and a massage shower. On the ground floor, and easily accessible, this one-bedroom furnished apartment in Montmartre ( www.nyhabitat.com/paris-apartment/furnished/3643 ) features all the basic amenities, including cable TV and a DVD player, has the luxury of air conditioning, and is furnished with 2 single beds and 2 single sized sofa beds for sleeping up to 4 people. Do not hesitate to visit our website ( www.nyhabitat.com/paris-apartment.html ), where you will find even more outstanding vacation rentals ( www.nyhabitat.com/paris-apartment/vacation ) and furnished apartments ( www.nyhabitat.com/paris-apartment/furnished ) provided to you by New York Habitat. While the cabaret at the Moulin Rouge was more for wealthy Parisian men, the Moulin de la Galette held a "Bal Populaire, which was an event that anyone could attend" in the garden, for the locals to bring their sweethearts on the weekend. It was there that the impressionist artist Renoir painted his masterpiece, the Bal du Moulin de la Galette. While most of the cabarets down closer to the boulevards were full of dancing girls and well off Parisians, the little Lapin Agile was the artists' hangout. The artistic cabaret changed names several times until one finally stuck --Le Lapin Agile, the Agile Rabbit, a play on words regarding the artist Andre Gill, who painted the playful rabbit trying to escape his fate in a sizzling frying pan. The area continues to have a great nightlife buzz. Grab a seat at Le Saint (7 Rue Saint-Séverin) if you want to experience a real local's bar for a coffee or beer, or head to La Fourmi if you are after a drink or two amongst the cool Montmartois If you are in the sparkling mood, check out Call Me Bubbles (54 Rue Custine), a tiny but trendy new Champagne bar behind Sacre Coeur. If it is clubbing you're after try the famous club Folies Pigalle (11 Place Pigalle) or the recently revived Bus Palladium (6 Rue Fontaine), with live music or DJs depending on the night. Be sure to check NY Habitat blog too, where you can find plenty of information about the area of Montmartre in Paris www.nyhabitat.com/blog/2011/03/31/video-tour-montmartre-paris-france-part-1/ Thank you for watching this video tour by New York Habitat. We hope to see you soon in the fabulous streets of Montmartre! Continue the visit with Part 2 of our Video Tour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=htbNnYdCsPE

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