Amélie Poulain Film locations map: Montmartre Paris, Walking tour, Amélie inspired photoshoot and more!

This is the scene where Amélie leads the blind man around Montmartre before dropping him off at the métro station.

Lamarck-Caulaincourt métro station is located on Line 12 (dark green line), the same as Abbesses. This shot is taken from Rue Lamarck. This architectural design is unique because of its double staircase.

This is the sex shop that Nino sometimes works in. It is located halfway between Pigalle and Blanche métro stations.

Palace Video (real life: Toys Palace)
Address: 37 bd de clichy, 75009 Paris (Pigalle)
Tel: 01 45 26 29 86

This is the courtyard with the carousel and the view of the Basilique du Sacré Coeur where Amélie makes and Nino receives that phone call.

Place Saint-Pierre near Rue de Steinkerque.

The park between the carousel and the basilica is known as Square Louise-Michel (previously Square Willette). The phone booths are not there in real life 🙁

(image from Google Maps Streetview)

This is the costume hire store where Amélie buys the Zorro costume.
Au Clown de la République
Address: 11 Boulevard Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris
Tel: 01 42 72 73 73

Amélie takes photos of herself dressed in a Zorro costume in a photobooth. I found an old-fashioned black and white photobooth in this location, which could have been the one Amélie used. However, it may not be open all the time. See Part II for more details.

Photobooth
Address: 53 Rue des Trois Frères, 75018 Paris

This is the métro station where Amélie puts up the “Où et quand ?” (“Where and when?”) posters and Nino finds them.

Barbès-Rochechouart métro station, located on both Line 2 (dark blue line) and Line 4 (crimson/magenta line).

Closing scene

Rue Saint Vincent, 75018 Paris

Amélie film locations map with a Walking tour around Montmartre

I’ve created for you a simple walking tour around Montmartre, similar to the one I took (although I did it over several days and visits). I would leave yourself at least 2 hours to do this walk (more if you are a photographer). Honestly, I’d advise you to spend a whole day in Montmartre. There really is so much to see…

Start by taking the métro to Abbesses station. You’ll see that this is station that Amélie walks through. Note the tiling on the walls and the green Art Deco style signage at the exit of the station.

Basilique du Sacré Coeur – if you wish, visit the inside of the basilica. It was beautiful but I was a little underwhelmed to be honest, probably because I think Lyon‘s Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière is more impressive on the inside 😉 and without crowds or security measures to deal with. Also, you are not allowed to take photos inside the Sacré Coeur.

Walk around the left side and back of the basilica, then go west along Rue de Chevalier de la Barre and Rue Saint Rustique or Rue Norvins until you reach the intersection where Galerie Butte Montmartre  and Le Consulat restaurant are. You’ll notice that it’ll be super crowded around here and hard to take any decent photos. It is really  picturesque though!

Head north down Rue des Saules, I say ‘down’ because the street descends. At the intersection of Rue de l’Abreuvoir you’ll see a pretty pink house/café called Maison Rose (Pink House). This has got nothing to do with the film but well worth a look. It’s the house of Maurice Utrillo. He was the son Suzanne Valadon, an acrobat and model encouraged by Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and Renoir. He is buried in the nearby Cimitière Saint-Vincent (cemetery).

Rue de l’Abrevoir is worth a look for its picture perfectness. I was lucky to come during autumn and see the beautiful leaves starting to change colour.

Otherwise, you can continue along Rue des Saules. At the corner of Rue Saint Vincent, you’ll see some vineyards (Clos Montmartre). Unfortunately they are private and not opened to the public except during the Fête des Vendanges (but not on the day I was there). The harvest gets about 1500 bottles of wine per year. I commented about ‘secret’ vineyards on my Instagram and it seems like nobody knows there are some in the heart of Paris. I’d first seen them during my first visit to Montmartre in 2011 and forgot about it till I looked at my photos again!

Rue Saint Vincent is also another picturesque street to have a look at if you have time. On the corner of Rue Saint Vincent and Rue des Saules is a cute little cabaret, Au Lapin Agile (The Agile Rabbit) which been there since around 1860. It was once frequented by poets and artists such as Picasso, Apollinaire, Utrillo, Modigliani, Orlan, Carco, Dorgeles, Max Jacob, Paul Fort, Blaise Cencrars and many more. …

Continue down Rue des Saules and turn left onto Rue Caulaincourt and then Rue Lamarck until you end up at Lamarck-Caulaincourt métro station entrance. This is where Amélie leaves the blind man.

You’ll now have to climb up the double staircase to get up to the next street. If you spend any amount of time in Montmartre you’ll soon realise that there are stairs everywhere!

Go south along Rue Pierre Dac and you’ll come to the other end of Rue Saint Vincent. If you walk about 100-200m up this road it’s where the opening and closing scenes were shot. But be warned it’s not easy to take photos in the middle of this street since there are always cars coming. You’ll notice the ancient Roman style aqueducts on this street.

Continue down Rue Girardon. You’ll come to one of many squares in Montmartre, Place Dalida. Keep going until you get to the inserction of Rue Lepic. Here you’ll see Le Moulin de la Galette restaurant. The café Les Deux Moulins (The Two Windmills) is named after the two windmills here, the Moulin Rouge and this one.

Go down Rue de l’Orchampt, Rue Ravignon and Rue des Trois Frères until you come across the cute little greengrocer in the film, Maison Collignon or Au marché de la Butte in real life. You’ll also pass Amélie‘s apartment along the way 😉