Trips To Paris

Just between arrondissements number 9 and 18 in Paris, around the Place Pigalle, there is the area called Pigalle, after Jean Baptiste Pigalle, the 18^th century sculptor.

The area is famous for its sex oriented activity. There are many sex shops and prostitutes on the side streets. Allied soldiers of the World War II even called the area the “Pig Alley”. Besides the famous Moulin Rouge, here you can find the Divan du Monde.

Not far from Place Pigalle, to the south, there are many retailers of popular musical instruments.

The area is also famous for once hosting great names of Art, such as Toulouse Lautrec, whose studio used to be there, Pablo Picasso, Maurice Neumont or Vincent van Gogh. There is also Espace Dali where you can admire some of Dali’s works.

The building of Grand Guignol Theater is still there, although the theater itself was closed in 1962.

If you want to live the experience of the night time Paris, Pigalle is the place to go. You can spend the time in one of the cabarets, of which the most famous is Moulin Rouge or attend a nude show.

To get to Pigalle you can take the Montmartrobus to its end or just take the metro until Pigalle station and you’ll get to Place Pigalle.