hotels / apartments in the 18th arondissement (Montmartre area).

[berliej]

Thinking of another trip to Paris... would like to stay in a different area this time - would appreciate any recommendations for hotels or apartment rentals in the 18th Arondissement
Thanks

BJ

 

[Pauline]

I read this wonderful book recently about a family that moves to the Cotswolds from London. "A Place in My Country" by Ian Walthew. The author used to live in Paris and now lives in rural France. In my searching for info on him (because his book was really great), I saw that he rents his apartment in Paris.

http://www.montmartreabbesses.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Vacati...Charme_in_Montmartre-Paris_Ile_de_France.html

The author now lives in the Auvergne and has a vacation rental on his farm:
http://www.gite-rural-auvergne.fr/

But I am sure there are better resources than me reading a book about England to find apartments. We have some Paris agencies listed on the site:
http://www.sloweurope.com/vacationrentals/france/paris/

 

[berliej]

I read this wonderful book recently about a family that moves to the Cotswolds from London. "A Place in My Country" by Ian Walthew. The author used to live in Paris and now lives in rural France. In my searching for info on him (because his book was really great), I saw that he rents his apartment in Paris.

http://www.montmartreabbesses.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Vacati...Charme_in_Montmartre-Paris_Ile_de_France.html

The author now lives in the Auvergne and has a vacation rental on his farm:
http://www.gite-rural-auvergne.fr/

But I am sure there are better resources than me reading a book about England to find apartments. We have some Paris agencies listed on the site:
http://www.sloweurope.com/vacationrentals/france/paris/

Thanks for the link! The book sounds as if it is worth a read

 

[Parigi]

I read this wonderful book recently about a family that moves to the Cotswolds from London. "A Place in My Country" by Ian Walthew. The author used to live in Paris and now lives in rural France. In my searching for info on him (because his book was really great), I saw that he rents his apartment in Paris.

http://www.montmartreabbesses.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Vacati...Charme_in_Montmartre-Paris_Ile_de_France.html

The author now lives in the Auvergne and has a vacation rental on his farm:
http://www.gite-rural-auvergne.fr/

But I am sure there are better resources than me reading a book about England to find apartments. We have some Paris agencies listed on the site:
http://www.sloweurope.com/vacationrentals/france/paris/

The Abbesses area, where the apartment indicated by Pauline is located, is a very charming part of Montmartre and is where the movie Amélie was filmed. You will be near award-winning bakeries, hip stores and cafés, good restos, historic artsy hangouts (think Picasso, Foujita, Van Dongen) that have stayed unchanged from the time when Eugène Atget photographed them.

 

[Parigi]

If I may share a delicious story about the owner of the apartment, the French rock star Claude Nougaro. When I first moved to Paris, I lived on Avenue Junot. One day I lost my cat. I decided to knock on all the doors of the street. Who answered the first door ? Monsieur Rock Star. Not that I recognized him. Not at all. He was very nice, and volunteered the info that he had also lost his cat but since he was in show business, he was able to make an appeal on all the taxi radios, and in the end found his kitty that way.I: "But I'm not in show business. Can you make a radio appeal for me?"He did. I did not find my cat, but he became a friend, and often invited me over when he was recording with the top jazz musicians of Paris.And one day, chez lui, in his basement recording studio, the fabled Studio Junot, he introduced me to the legendary jazz pianist the late Michel Petrucciani.
Ca c'est une autre histoire.

 

[Cameron]

Hi BJ,

I can recommend an apartment on rue Constance, just off rue Lepic. It is a one-bedroom with a separate living room with a sofa that converts into a bed. Upscale bath and well appointed kitchen with everything one needs. Wifi, TV, comfortable furniture, full dining table with seating. The door to the living room closes off for privacy if more are using the apartment.We booked it through Paris Address, a company that we've used on two occasions with no complaints about their service. When we arrived, we met the owner who stored his luggage there until he finished a business meeting. He's in high tech and very nice. The photos on the link are accurate. The only complaint would be the vis-a-vis that requires closing the drapes for night privacy from the apartments across the way. The front bedroom/living are over the quiet rue Constance and the kitchen/dining over a back courtyard.

 

[Heidi]

If I may share a delicious story about the owner of the apartment, the French rock star Claude Nougaro. When I first moved to Paris, I lived on Avenue Junot. One day I lost my cat. I decided to knock on all the doors of the street. Who answered the first door ? Monsieur Rock Star. Not that I recognized him. Not at all. He was very nice, and volunteered the info that he had also lost his cat but since he was in show business, he was able to make an appeal on all the taxi radios, and in the end found his kitty that way.I: "But I'm not in show business. Can you make a radio appeal for me?"He did. I did not find my cat, but he became a friend, and often invited me over when he was recording with the top jazz musicians of Paris.And one day, chez lui, in his basement recording studio, the fabled Studio Junot, he introduced me to the legendary jazz pianist the late Michel Petrucciani.
Ca c'est une autre histoire.

Wonderful story, Parigi. Delicious, indeed. It didn't seem like hitting the "like" button was quite enough. I needed to come back and comment. Great serendipity ~ what an interesting life you must live in Paris. (Heavy sigh...)

 

[Marnie de Vanssay]

For a hotel in the Montmartre area, you might try http://www.ila-chateau.com/terrass-hotel-paris/

 

[Parigi]

For a hotel in the Montmartre area, you might try http://www.ila-chateau.com/terrass-hotel-paris/

The problem with The Terrass Hotel is that a whole wing of the hotel has a view of the Montmartre cemetery. It does not bother many people, but one should know about it.

 

[Marnie de Vanssay]

True! Oh well, at least it's quiet on that wing...

 

[Larry H]

We've stayed in 3 apartments in Montmartre, and like the area very much. Only one is still available, "Houdon Hideway", from PerfectlyParis.com, a 2BR on rue Hudon, just steps away from good boulangeries at the intersection with the delightful rue Abbesses, at 1200 Euros per week. It's fairly small (59 sq. meters) with a galley kitchen separated by a counter from the living/dining room. While rue Hudon is a bit gritty, it's a great location and the apartment is not on the street but in a separate, quiet building in an interior courtyard. A few blocks on rue Abbesses brings you to the "market street" section of rue Lepic for your food shopping pleasure, and two subway lines are nearby.

Our favorite was a fairly large studio on rue Cortot, with separate kitchen, but its owner Paris Vacation Apartments appears to have restructured away from the 18th to concentrate on apartments nearer to center city. However, a web search brings up a few other apartments on rue Cortot, a very quiet residential street on top of the butte, but just around the corner from Sacre'-Coeur and close to Place du Tertre. Rue Cortot is a one-block street, on which is located the Musee de Montmartre, and is served by the Montmartrobus, providing a link to the Pigalle and Jules Joffrin Metro stations; alternatively walk down the hill to either the Abbesses or Lamarck-Caulaincourt stations. The minibus is a handy alternative to carrying groceries or luggage uphill.

 

[Parigi]

“"Houdon Hideway", from PerfectlyParis.com, a 2BR on rue Hudon,”rue Houdon. I know the location quite well, but have not been inside the apartment.

For this former Montmartroise who has lived on several sides of the Butte Montmartre, I find the location excellent, which I actually prefer to rue Cortot which is too near Place du Tertre disneyland. Is it gritty ? It is in an ultra-hip area, surrounded by the vibrant rue d'Orsel (leading to the theater filmed in Truffaut's Last Metro), rue La Vieuville, rue d'Orsel, rue Durantin, rue Burq, rue Tholozé, on which the last real moulin (mill) of Montmartre still stands, not to mention the movie theater whose interior designed by Jean Cocteau is perfectly preserved. And a 59 squ.m apartment is not sprawling, but is by no means small in Paris. This is city living after all.

Lastly, Perfectlyparis which has taken care of my relatives and friends has been very helpful and pleasant to deal with.

 

[Parigi]

I went back 3 times to choose the "rich text editor" option, each time putting back paragraph separators, and each time they disappear. I regret making people read this one lump of a paragraph of mine. My apologies.

 

[Pauline]

I don't know what is happening Nancy. I will email you tomorrow and get it figured out.

Do you leave a blank line between?