Paris IXth ward and its neighbourhood...

The neighbourhood surrounding the church Notre-Dame de Lorette and rue des Martyrs is a part of Parisian village life all in itself. Scrumptious food shops, restaurants for every taste and the bistros' warm atmosphere are waiting for you on this street that climbs towards the Butte Montmartre nearby.

For a day's shopping, department stores are only 10 minutes away, with the nightlife of the Moulin Rouge and the folly of Pigalle just right around the corner.
The many theatres of the 9th Ward offer the very latest of what Paris has to offer.
Collectors of antiques and objets d'art will find that rare something they've always been dreaming of at the famous HÔTEL DES VENTES DROUOT located in the antique district of the neighbourhood.

Art lovers will be able to visit "Le musée de la vie romantique, (The Museum of Romantic Life) which has kept all the charm of a private mansion in the neighbourhood known as Nouvelle Athènes. It was once the property of painter Ary Scheffer and his nephew, the writer Ernest Renan.
The museum has collections of souvenirs and objets d'art entrusted to the City of Paris on display honouring two great XIXth century personalities: the writer George Sand (1804-1876) and Ary Scheffer (1795-1858). The museum's main pavilion depicts the daily life of George Sand.
On the other side of the courtyard we find Ary Scheffer's workshop, where he worked from 1830 until 1858 and received the likes of Chopin, Liszt, Lamartine, Tourgueniev, Delacroix...
This museum provides a delightful look into the life and times of the romantics.
There are expositions displaying the artistic and literary life of the mid XIXth century." (Text taken from the official site of the City of Paris, owner of the museum).