Pigalle is famous for being a tourist district , with many sex shops on Place Pigalle and the main boulevards. The Divan du Monde and the Moulin Rouge, a world-famous cabaret, are both located in Pigalle, as well as topless and nude shows. During the day there are lots of tourists, even families looking at what is going on. At night time it gets a little bit seedy and you can find street prostitutes in this area. Pigalle is well known to tourists who want to experience "Paris by night".
It is home to some of Paris' most famous cabarets as well as topless and nude shows. Pigalle has a reputation as Paris's center for sleaze. Peep shows and sex shops still do line the boulevard, but a younger, hipper and resolutely more wholesome crew line the pavements nowadays, queuing to get into cool music clubs like the Boule Noire, La Cigale and La Machine du Moulin Rouge which is a hotbed of electro sound next door to the Moulin Rouge cabaret.
Pigalle is famous for having a great selection of strip clubs and cabarets. Some strip clubs or cabarets are very famous like Moulin Rouge but there are always a few rotten apples among the good ones.
Strip clubs in the Pigalle area sometimes have a bad reputation to scam tourists. Some strip clubs attract tourists inside and after a few drinks they might bring you a huge bill.
If you are not willing to pay this scam bill the bouncers might show up and frighten you. Some strip clubs also offer private dances but when you enter the room with the dancer, she may not strip at all.
