So glad I visited this place before leaving Paris

📍 Montmartre, Paris In the days before the Olympics, Paris was teeming with tourists, and the whole city was busy preparing in an orderly way. After a gloomy day, the sky finally cleared up in the evening—so I decided to find a quiet spot to stay until sunset 🌇. Montmartre, where the Sacré-Cœur Basilica stands, had been a place I’d wanted to visit for ages during my previous trips to Paris. But the area around the basilica was just as crowded, and I’d heard it’s home to some of Paris’ most skilled pickpockets. Having once been robbed clean in Europe, I still had a bit of PTSD 😣. However, a random image I saw online made me hop on a bus there right away—curiosity won out! That image is the first photo of this post—just navigate to "Buste de Dalida," and you’ll find this winding path 🚶♀️. It’s lined with ivy-cloaked walls and little houses with colorful shutters, so charming it feels like a secret. Following it uphill leads to Sacré-Cœur, but I didn’t linger there long. Instead, I kept walking through the quiet residential streets, camera in hand, capturing Paris’ sunset scenes 📸. The golden light spilled over the red-tiled roofs like liquid honey 🍯, and the ivy crawling up the old walls glowed warm, as if kissed by the sun. A few cats stretched lazily on doorsteps, blinking at the light 🐱, and an elderly lady watered her window boxes—petunias and geraniums blooming bright 🌸. No crowds, no hustle, just the soft hum of a Parisian neighborhood at dusk: a distant accordion, the clink of a café terrace glass, a child’s laugh from a balcony. So glad I visited this place before leaving Paris ✨. #Paris #France #ParisOlympics #ParisSightseeingGuide #SummerSnapshots #SpendingSummerInEurope #Photography #TravelWhileWatchingGames