Paris

It’s one of the most beautiful cities in the world and one of the best known but as you walk through the elegant squares and broad boulevards, we’ll show you what other tourists will miss.

We start with the Louvre and reveal what one of its most famous residents brought with her from Florence that has since become synonymous with France. We’ll tell you where the Tuileries Gardens gets it name from. Then we’ll take you to the official centre of France and explain exactly what the beautiful but sometimes mysterious carvings on the cathedral of Notre Dame mean as you look up at them.

We’ll take you to the most beautiful church in Paris – and show you the dungeons nearby it where over 3,000 people waited to be guillotined during the Revolution.

Walk with us through the Left Bank and discover the Pantheon and the Boulevard Saint Germain. We’ll show you one of the best food markets in Paris and explain why the great short story writer Guy de Maupassant had lunch at the top of the Eiffel tower every day.

We finish our tour at the Arc de Triomphe and show how it fits into a striking pattern of great arches, new and old, across this elegant city.

Customer Reviews:

Dan Andrews  (Wednesday, 14 March 2007)
Rating:
“We bought your Paris guide the night before we set off and I’m really glad we did. We spent the Saturday doing it – punctuated by a lovely lunch in a restaurant you recommended near the Boulevard St Germain. Really feel we know Paris better now.” Dan and Julie, Weybridge