Moulin Rouge guide

Soak up 130 years of history and glamour. Toulouse-Lautrec immortalised the Moulin Rouge's dancers on canvas; Edith Piaf and Yves Montand serenaded the audience here; contemporary burlesque queen Dita Von Teese sashayed on its stage. The audience has always been as starry as the performers, with Hollywood legends regular visitors.

The Moulin Rouge's new show is a sensation. Expect amazing costumes, tableaux of Parisian women over the past 130 years, and a performance with snakes inside a giant aquarium. For the climax, the stage is filled with the famous Doriss Girls shaking their tricolour petticoats for Paris's most famous dance, the Cancan.

Make an evening of it by booking dinner with your show. Opt for the three-course Toulouse Lautrec menu, or the luxurious Belle Epoque option featuring includes caviar, truffle and smoked salmon. And always, bien sûr, le Champagne.

This industrial-chic taproom landed across the road from the Moulin Rouge in 2018, on a mission to update the Belgian-beer scene. It offers 20 craft beers on tap, plus house brews and guest ales, poured well into the small hours.

Feast on seafood fresh from the Normandy coast at this lively little oyster bar, tucked off the main drag. There's also a selection of cheeses from the region; a carefully curated wine list provides a superb accompaniment.

Officially the bar and café of the Le Grand Hôtel de Clermont, but better known for its gregarious owner, Ammad. This old-school institution is always abuzz with funk, jazz and chatter. One of the most popular bars in the quartier.

Unlike Paris's multitude of galleries dedicated to great masters, Halle Saint Pierre hosts exhibitions of folk and outsider art, including Naïve Art by Max Fourny. Formerly a covered market, it includes a café, bookshop and auditorium.

An urban vineyard tucked away on the slopes of Montmartre. It's publicly owned and run, with sales of each year's Clos Montmartre vintage (around 500 litres) used for local projects. Next door is the bijou wildlife garden of Saint Vincent.