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  "editorialMarkdown": "[View next **KB CaféShop – Trudaine**](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/kb-cafeshop-trudaine>)\n\n## Place du Tertre\n\nPainters, portraitists and café terraces on Montmartre’s compact hilltop square.\n\n[Plan this experience](<https://www.paris.fr/pages/lieux-de-diffusion-artistiques-3540>)\n\n[Explore the story](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/place-du-tertre#experience-story>)\n\nCost **Free entry**\n\nTime to allow **Allow 30–60 minutes**\n\nPlace **Montmartre, Paris**\n\n01 / The experience\n\n### An artists’ square, still at work.\n\nAn easel changes the way a square is used. Around Place du Tertre, paintings stand between café terraces and the routes taken by people crossing  [Montmartre](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/montmartre>) , while portrait artists work with a sitter only a few steps from the passing crowd. It is a busy, commercial place, but it also remains a working outdoor studio. Watching the process gives the visit more substance than simply walking through the souvenir-filled streets around it.\n\n#### The Carré aux artistes and village-scale square\n\nThe city allocates authorised spaces in the Carré aux artistes to painters, portraitists, caricaturists and silhouette cutters. Artists share numbered pitches in rotation, so the people and work on view change. That arrangement explains the variety within a small area: a completed landscape, a rapidly developing portrait and a cut-paper profile can occupy neighbouring corners without being part of a single exhibition or organised performance.\n\nThe surrounding buildings keep the scene at village scale. Low façades, awnings and trees enclose the square, with tables pushed towards its edges and narrow streets leading away from the centre. The architecture works best as part of the artists’ setting rather than as an isolated monument. A circuit around the perimeter reveals different views through the easels and café seating, while a quieter side street can be only a few moments away from the central crowd.\n\n#### Commissioning a portrait and continuing around the hill\n\nA portrait is a separate purchase from a particular artist. Style, size, price and the time you will need to sit are worth settling before work begins; an open-air visit itself costs nothing. The distinction is useful for families and companions who want different things from the square. Someone can browse the finished work while another watches a drawing take shape, without everyone committing to a paid activity.\n\nPlace du Tertre is close enough to  [Dalí Paris](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/dali-paris>)  and  [Sacré-Cœur](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/sacre-coeur-montmartre>)  to be the outdoor link between them.  [Musée de Montmartre](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/musee-de-montmartre>)  is another short continuation through the upper streets. The square makes sense within that wider day, particularly with a chosen museum or lunch stop giving the outing a second focus. Its appeal is the active mixture of art-making, terraces and pedestrian life, rather than a promise of a particular artist or an empty, postcard-perfect scene.\n\n![Place du Tertre, Paris](<https://above.guide/paris/_guide/images/tennis/roland-garros-tennis/generated-gallery-variety-v3/place-du-tertre-portrait-artist-and-green-shuttered-frontage-v2.webp>)\n\nCulture & landmarks **Place du Tertre** Paris\n\nIn pictures\n\n### The full gallery.\n\n02 / The essentials\n\n### Place du Tertre: visit essentials\n\n1. 01\n\n   Montmartre\n2. 02\n\n   Allow 30–60 minutes; longer for a portrait\n3. 03\n\n   Public square with no single museum timetable. Artists and cafés keep their own hours; visit in daylight for the working square.\n\n04 / Before you go\n\n### Plan your visit\n\nPainters, portraitists and café terraces on Montmartre’s compact hilltop square.\n\n#### Admission\n\nPublic square: free. Portraits, original art and café orders are paid separately at the price agreed with the seller.\n\n[Check admission](<https://www.paris.fr/pages/lieux-de-diffusion-artistiques-3540>)\n\n#### Choose your visit\n\nPublic square with no single museum timetable. Artists and cafés keep their own hours; visit in daylight for the working square.\n\nConfirm opening and service times for your visit.\n\n#### Arrival & access\n\nOn the upper Montmartre hill west of Sacré-Cœur. The pin represents the square. Anvers and the funicular provide an alternative to the long southern staircase; allow additional time through the busy upper streets.\n\nPlace du Tertre, 75018 Paris\n\nUneven paving, café furniture and dense crowds can narrow the walking route. The surrounding hill has steep streets and stairs. Artist attendance varies; no particular artist or portrait slot is included in this guide.\n\n[Get directions](<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=48.886518,2.340671>)\n\n#### Plan admission\n\nThe public square is free to enter without booking. Portraits and artwork are independent purchases: agree the price, style, size and sitting time with the artist before work starts. Café tables require an order.\n\n[About the artists’ square](<https://www.paris.fr/pages/lieux-de-diffusion-artistiques-3540>)\n\n05 / Where it is\n\n### Find it\nand what’s nearby.\n\nExplore around Place du Tertre\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### More of Paris, around your visit.\n\n#### Continue your Paris day\n\n- [Montmartre](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/montmartre>)\n- [Dalí Paris](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/dali-paris>)\n- [Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/sacre-coeur-montmartre>)\n- [Musée de Montmartre](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do/musee-de-montmartre>)\n- [All Paris sights and neighbourhoods](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do>)\n- [Paris cafés, restaurants and food stops](<https://above.guide/paris/food-and-drink>)\n\n#### Plan your Paris visit\n\n- [Paris city guide](<https://above.guide/paris>)\n- [Choose a Paris city day](<https://above.guide/paris/city-days>)\n- [Find a Paris hotel](<https://above.guide/paris/where-to-stay>)\n- [Plan Métro and walking journeys](<https://above.guide/paris/getting-there>)\n- [Build your saved itinerary](<https://above.guide/paris/my-itinerary>)\n\n06 / Good to know\n\n### Place du Tertre: frequently asked questions\n\n01 Is there an entrance fee for Place du Tertre?\n\nNo. The public square is free to enter. Portraits, paintings and café orders are separate purchases, with no included activity or guaranteed artist attendance.\n\n02 How do portrait sessions on Place du Tertre work?\n\nEach artist sells their own work. Agree the style, size, price and sitting time before starting; city-authorised artists occupy numbered pitches in rotation.\n\n03 Can I reserve a café table through Place du Tertre admission?\n\nThere is no square admission product. The cafés operate independently and their tables are for customers ordering food or drinks.\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### Make Paris\nyour own.\n\n[Visit the official site](<https://www.paris.fr/pages/lieux-de-diffusion-artistiques-3540>)[← All things to do](<https://above.guide/paris/things-to-do>)\n\nOpening hours, prices and access change. Confirm details on the official site before visiting."
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