Le Petit Train de Montmartre is exactly what it sounds like, a little train that takes you around…read moreMontmartre. We saw it going by when we were up at Sacre-Coeur during our family outing to Montmartre earlier this month. It was so cute, like a classic toy choo-choo train blown up and painted white.
We had plans to meet up with our friend after lunch in Pigalle, and as my six-year-old was feeling sick, I suggested we take it easy and ride the Petit Train, which picked up from in front of the Moulin Rouge. We bought tickets and climbed on, and took the train back up to Sacre-Coeur.
This was, it turned out, a stupid mistake. Just as the Funiculaire de Montmartre is not, in fact, a funicular, the Petit Train is not an actual train. It doesn't run on tracks, and is more like a few open cars strung together, charming but rickety, guaranteed to exacerbate any preexisting nausea.
The ride was short, at least, and got us back to the top, where we hung out for ten minutes before taking it down again. If everyone had been feeling well, we might have hopped off for a while before getting another one back. While I don't recommend Le Petit Train if you or your companions are susceptible to motion sickness, it is otherwise a pleasant way to get around Montmartre.