Here's a quick side trip that should take about 4 hours. Perfect for an afternoon after exploring Montmartre. We will take a bus to Saint-Georges, an elegant neighborhood in the 9th. Place Saint-Georges is home to many stately townhomes where artists lived in the late 1800s. The centerpiece of the pretty circular "Place" is a fountain with a bust of the illustrator Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) originally built for horses to drink from.
We will admire the stately mansions around Square Alex
Biscarre and then walk to Musée Gustave Moreau. This small museum has a beautiful
spiral staircase designed in the Art Nouveau Style. After our visit here we
will take a bus to Place Franz Liszt, and home to the impressive Eglise Saint
Vincent de Paul. From there we’ll take a short walk up Rue d’Abbeville to number
14, a ceramic Art Nouveau with an amazing partner building next door.
A short bus trip will take us to Rue des Martyrs, a great
little food street, and happy hour at Bistrot Smiley.
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