Fodor's Expert Review Place du Tertre
Montmartre
Historic District/Site
Artists have peddled their wares in this square for centuries. Busloads of tourists have changed the atmosphere, but if you come off-season—when the air is chilly and the streets are bare—you can almost feel what is was like when up-and-coming Picassos lived in the houses that today are given over to souvenir shops and cafés.