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With two shows a night, this turn-of-the-20th century burlesque palace offers a big production choreographed dance show interspersed with comedians, jugglers, and magicians. The show is more than bilingual, actually playing up the U.S. 4th infantry's involvement in the libération for the sake of the large number of Americans in the audience. If you want to spend more you can have dinner there. Is the Moulin Rouge a tourist trap? Well... it was meant to be one in the first place, so the experience is genuine.
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, on the Boulevard de Clichy, at the Place Blanche, the intersection and end of the Rue Blanche.
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Montmartre Cemetery
There are a number of famous occupants, but the real reason to visit this cemetery is to see the ornate tombstones, sculptures, and other sometimes macabre, sometimes touching memorials Parisians have left here for their dead.
The sleaze of boulevard de Clichy between place Pigalle and place Blanche can provide a moment of distraction. Be warned if you are male it is better to do this in the company of a female fellow traveller, as the clubs often send the girls outside to attempt to physically drag passing men off of the street. These strip clubs are big ripoffs. They tempt you with a free drink for €10 entry; once in the girl who starts dancing orders a couple of drinks (Red Bull) and then before you realise you are presented with a bill ranging from €500-700. They have these big bouncers who threaten/manhandle you till you arrive at some settlement with them. The whole of Pigalle is a rip off, best avoided. The police know about these places but nothing is done.
Le mur des je t'aime
Wall with the words for "I love you" written in many languages.
The station's beautiful entrance (circa 1900) is one of only two remaining glass-covered "dragonfly" entrances designed by Hector Guimard (1867–1942). It was featured in the film Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain. While the entrance is genuine, this is not an authentic location for it, as the station was originally constructed by an independent Metro company that did not use Guimard's entrances.
The windmill is within fenced private property, and may be difficult to see from the street, especially if there are leaves on the nearby trees. It is near the more visible Moulin de la Galette.
Built in 1717, the windmill is now part of a restaurant of the same name, and is easily visible from the street.