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ddena Jun 12th, 2007 09:10 AM

Montmartrobus
 
I am interested in taking the Montmartrobus and would like to find a written narrative of the neighborhoods or stops so I would have more details about the places I get off the bus. Anyone know if this exists?

TimS Jun 12th, 2007 09:34 AM

I don't know about a narrative, but here is a link to the bus route which showws all the stops: http://tinyurl.com/dob7e.

Christina Jun 12th, 2007 09:50 AM

It doesn't cover a huge area, it's basically Montmartre, so if you find a good guidebook or description of that, it should do. The Michelin Green Guide has some descriptions of those areas, as I recall. This is the map of the bus route, if you don't have it:

http://www.parisvisite.com/en/montmartrobus.pdf

I think looking for a good guide to Montmartre would probably work better than focusing on something keyed to that bus' name.
If you can read French, here is a website that has a lot of detailed information on those areas.
http://www.parisbalades.com/Cadres/c...montmartre.htm

Here's a very detailed history of the quarter
http://www.histoire-en-ligne.com/spip.php?article452

Here is one guidebook specifically for that area, which you can probably get online http://www.vangogh-paris.com/

ddena Jun 12th, 2007 10:37 AM

Thank you. I can speak French; I have the map already; I'll look for an appropriate guide. . . Just to know. . . which house was so and so's (what stop is the house at?) and little interesting details like this.

kerouac Jun 12th, 2007 11:20 AM

It just goes up one side of Montmartre and down the other, between Pigalle and Jules Joffrin.

ira Jun 12th, 2007 11:23 AM

Hi dd,

If you look out the back of the bus as you go up from Pigalle, you will see the windmill.

((I))

Travelnut Jun 12th, 2007 01:05 PM

did you want the bus or the 'petit train'..?
http://www.promotrain.fr/gbaccueil.htm


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