Paris City Tour with Private Friendly Guide and all Must-See Sites
Description
Even if you have little time in Paris, so much awaits you on this fast-paced 5-hour private Paris walking tour! So lace your shoes and explore the most popular Paris attractions like Place de la Concorde, Grand Palais, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame Cathedral with your private local guide. Enjoy the best views of Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Hill and Champs des Mars, see the Napoleon’s Tomb in Les Invalides, eye up to the largest fountain in Paris, take a step at the most romantic bridge in Paris and peruse the greatest art gallery in the world. This private walking tour is the best way to see Paris through the eyes of locals
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Itinerary
This private tour in Paris can be customized to meet your preferences. Approximate schedule is 10am-3pm with a short break for delicious French lunch along the way (at your own expense). 10am Meet your private local guide in your hotel lobby and get prepared to fall in love with this amazing city. Make your way to Trocadero, gaze upon the Paris gorgeous skyline from the observation deck at Chaillot Palace.
Amble through the lovely Trocadero Park and linger in front of ultimate civic emblem of the city – Eiffel Tower, awe-inspiring creation of French engineer Gustave Eiffel and once the tallest structure in the country.
11am Take a break from bustling city streets at adjacent Champs des Mars and get some unbeatable views over the Tower.
Afterwards, pay your respects to the great Napoleon Bonaparte visiting his tomb in Les Invalides.
12pm From here continue to spectacular Beaux-Arts style Petit Palais. Admire its floating steel and glass vaults (Grand Palais is on restoration until 2024-2025)
Gain valuable insight into the local life and experience remarkable splendor of French capital wandering down luxurious Champs Elysees, the soul of the city which connects two beautiful squares - Place de la Concorde and Place d’Etoile with Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon’s astonishing monument to himself.
Snap great photos at this instagrammable place in Paris
Hear amazing stories from your private local guide
1pm Feast your eyes on public art by Giacometti, Rodin and Maillol at elegant Tuileries Garden, the city’s green oasis first landscaped in the 1560s by Catherine de’ Medici.
2pm Ramble the scenic embankments of River Seine, go for a romantic stroll across the elegant Pont des Arts and take a closer look to impressive collection of locks put by couples from all over the world as a sign of their love.
See Notre Dame Cathedral, unique example of French gothic architecture looming above Place du Parvis on the Ile de la Cité, the historic core of Paris. Get an eyeful of world-famous sculptures of gargoyles and chimeras, take in cathedral’s gorgeous interiors and see the place where Napoleon was crowned, and kings and queens exchanged their marriage vows.
3pm End your afternoon recharging with a traditional French lunch in a café on the Square Jean XXIII which offers some fantastic views of impressive South rose window and the series of pinnacles and gargoyles of Notre Dame.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Your guide can meet you at your centrally-located hotel in Paris. You don't need to call to confirm the tour. The local supplier will contact you via email
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The tour can be modified to meet your preferences
- Private walking tour with the use of metro
- Please indicate prefer start time in comments when booking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please note: we do not meet travelers in hotels outside Paris. If your hotel outside the city, your guide will contact you to suggest you a meeting point in city center, close to the sights from the itinerary of this tour
Reviews(48)
Have in mind what you want to see we needed a bit more guidance and use of the Metro as weather extremely hot
Nikan is an excellent guide! He was easy to understand and was willing and able to customize our tour to exactly what we wanted.
We customized the tour to avoid overlapping our scheduled tours of the Louvre, Eiffel Tower a Seine River cruise. Nikan was able to show us some of the hidden gems on our walkabout. He also snagged us a lunch reservation for Le Procope made famous by Ben Franklin’s time in Paris during the American revolution. A nice addition to the tour!
Prepare to walk around considerable distance. We did 18000 steps. The tour can be tailored to your interests.
Sabrina is a very good tour guide making a wonderful tour from Notre Dame of Ile de la cite and to visit where Emily in Paris was filmed, Panthen, Jardin du Luxembourg, Arc de Triomphe, Tour Eiffel etc. We know much better about beautiful Paris with all the stories.
She was a good tour operator and Tour Guide and knew her stuff about the city. The tour was a long walking day and we walked probably about 18,000 steps so you need to be prepared for that. At times, because she had an agenda and we were a private tour, I was hoping that we would be able to have some small little detours as necessary. But I felt like she was locked on the agenda that needed to get done. But overall, she did a great job. I would recommend that if you’re gonna go to the Notre Dame, that you be aware that there is no reservations that they provide for you although I believe there are a way to get reservations for Notre Dame so you do need to wait in a long line. Our line was about 25 minutes to get into Notre Dame. Plus, also you don’t have access with this tour to the top of Notre Dame so you need to prepare for that I think had the tour operator told us some of this information before that would’ve been helpful so we could’ve tried to coordinate all of that together. Or it would’ve been nice if they could’ve coordinated all those things too, especially since this was a private tour.
Other travelers need to ask for Jacopo. He did an amazing job! We learned so much about the history and buildings of Paris. We had a wonderful time as we walked and spoke of life in Paris. Jacopo was thoughtful and assisted us happily with our requests from restaurants to restrooms, he had it covered. All travelers should have their own umbrella and footwear that tolerates a lot of puddles. The experience of walking through Paris is one my husband and I will have for a lifetime. Thank you Jacopo!
Nur was our guide, she did a great job showing us many historical sites , showed us how to operate the metro, and explained general need to know details. We appreciated her and she even provided additional activities for the remainder of our stay.
Five hours was just the right amount of time to see the major attractions. Christmas time in Paris is beautiful a d crowds if any were thin. Our guide Sunny was excellent. Very polite and informative. We could not have seen all on our own. Highly recommend this tour and guide!
This is a great tour if you want to personalize a tour of Paris. especially for a first time visitor.
