Toulouse Lautrec and the ‘scandalous’ Moulin Rouge

     Perhaps the most famous Montmartre artist of them all was Toulouse-Lautrec. He managed to accurately capture the twilight world of the prostitutes, artists and of course the famous dancing girls at the Moulin Rouge. The show is not as scandalous as it once was but a visit to the spectacular floor show at the Moulin Rouge is still a unique – if expensive - Parisian experience. And the distinctive red windmill sails still turn slowly on top of the building, making this perhaps the world’s most famous and most photographed nightclub

      No doubt about it, Montmartre is overcrowded, overpriced and overrun with souvenir shops. But away from the tourist filled Place du Tertre, down some of the more picturesque side streets you can still feel the spirit of some of the greatest names in art.