Women of Montmartre: Artists, Icons & Women shaping Paris today
Description
Montmartre is often remembered through the men who painted, wrote, drank, and performed here. But behind this famous image are the women who also created, challenged and transformed the neighbourhood. This walking tour follows the women of Montmartre: artists, rebels, and cultural figures, who helped shape the neighbourhood’s creative identity, often without receiving the same recognition as their male counterparts. But HERA is not only about the past. Along the way, we’ll also discover how women continue to shape Montmartre today through independent businesses, creative projects and cultural spaces. This walk connects hidden histories with the living neighbourhood: stories of ambition, freedom, resilience, and transformation, set against the backdrop of one of Paris’s most iconic and inspiring districts.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Learn about Pigalle and the Moulin Rouge through the stories of the women performers who helped define Montmartre’s reputation for spectacle, freedom, and nightlife.
Explore Montmartre’s cinematic imagination, from Amélie to the women filmmakers, performers, and storytellers who helped shape how the neighbourhood is seen on screen.
Look beyond the usual names of Montmartre’s art history and discover the women who painted, posed, performed, and shaped the neighbourhood.
Discover the story behind the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, then continue exploring it independently after the tour, with a new perspective on Montmartre, memory, and the women often left out of the official narrative.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(16)
Wonderful experience learning about a neighborhood I know and love ! Was a robust visit ~ about 2 hrs, with a very fun group of people. Definitely great if you want to learn more about the feminine side of monmarte. Supports female owned businesses and she provides lots of advice for continued exploration of the area.
This tour was so wonderful! Great way to see and learn about montmartre with a focus on the women who have contributed so much to the history of the area. Orla was lovely and gave other great recommendations for our time in Paris. Highly recommend!!
Really great experience, Orla is very kind and welcoming. She is passionated about her subject, I’ve learned so much things. She’s also offering really good advices and local recommandations.
Absolutely great, a bubble of Montmartre through a wider lens than the one we might be used to
Outstanding!!! Orla was very patient and considerate with the issue I had with my knee. Highly recommend!!!
Orla provided our small group with a wonderful experience. The tour was informative, enlightening, and inspiring. She shared her knowledge and love for Montmartre (and its historical and current denizens). She showed us the sights and gave us the stories behind many of Montmartre’s more well known characters. As Orla put it, she was not erasing the known history, but expanding the frame to get the full picture. Orla was also very accommodating of one member of our group who had mobility issues. At the end of the tour, we asked Orla to recommend a Montmartre cafe to get comestibles and wine. Her recommendation was spot on. Thank you for a most enjoyable time.
Out of all the tours we did on our recent trip to Europe, this was one of the very best. Orla has a natural talent for guiding guests through a very informative and enjoyable walking tour. We loved the unique perspective highlighting women’s roles in the incredibly rich history of Montmartre. Her goal wasn’t to tell a different story than has been told in the past. Her goal is to tell the whole story. And that story cannot be complete without talking about the notable women who are part of the history. I highly recommend it.
Thank you so much for this exciting and lovely tour!
I had a lovely experience with Orla’s unique walking tour. I’ve been living in Montmartre for one year and I never really know the story behind this beautiful area especially about the women behind!!! Highly recommend 🤍🤍
Orla was amazing! She had a lot of information for all of the stops and was very personal.
