2 Days in Paris with a Friendly Local Guide

Got to see everything on this tour! All walking and public transportation (subway) which we like. Our guide, Camila, was terrific!

We traveled by foot and metro to see the sights of Paris. We asked for an additional stop at Les Invalides and our guide accommodated us. Count on 15000 steps per day with this tour.

We had only 2 days to go around Paris, but we were able to cover most of the beautiful spots we wanted to visit. Each day is a different tour guide. First day was Aurelie and second day was Camilla. Both friendly, easy to get along with and very accommodating. I was able to customize my tour. No dull moments. I felt at ease and safe with them. I highly recommend this tour for visitors with limited time in Paris.

We loved ❤️❤️ our guide Aliya!!! In the 2 days in Paris, she navigated us thru streets and history and made our tour come alive. We saw everything we wanted and more unexpected things that gave out tour a surprise. We booked the tour because language and directions are not our forte, she helped us to see the highlights for first time travelers to Paris. We loved the tour!! We loved her!!

Be Very Careful. Our family typically hires a private guide for a walking tour in each city we visit. We have done this for the last 20 years and it has worked brilliantly. A recommendation from Rick Steves I picked up from one of his books. I have often hired the guides from the list Rick includes at the back of his books. in this occasion, I did not do that. I went based purely on the recommendations from Trip Advisor. Based on those recommendations, we hired this company to provide a guide for a 2 day walking tour of Paris in January 2026 for our family of six adults. When the guide met us at our hotel, I thought it odd he did not ask us what we wanted to see. He just assumed we wanted all the usual sights, which we did not. We have been to Paris previously and done a tour with a private guide then. We wanted a different itinerary. He said we could adjust the itinerary as the day proceeded. Nonetheless, he wanted to take us to Notre Dame to start, so we agreed that was fine. The Guide said little to us about anything we were seeing as we walked Notre Dame. He just had us follow him and chatted with one of our party about nothing to do with what we were seeing. Again, not typical from our experience. Once inside Notre Dame, however, things became even more odd. Unless spoken to directly with a question, he said nothing. And what he did say showed that he knew very little actually the history of Notre Dame. He spent most of the time on his phone. I thought it very strange he was explaining nothing to us. So I asked him about certain things. Eventually he told us that he was not accredited with the City of Paris and not an "official" guide and was therefore not legally permitted to explain the contents of any of the sights to us while we were within the location. I immediately wondered how a company could provide such a guide on a tour of sights the guide was not legally permitted to explain while inside the locations we are visiting? Even more bizarrely, however, is that he also barely even spoke to us about what we were seeing as we walked between the sights, something he was permitted to do. Our group started as six adults from the same family. Three left after the first location as they were not going to "waste their time" with this guide, they told me. The rest of us stuck it out for another 3 hours and eventually just politely told him that we could see the rest of the sight on our own. We cancelled the 2nd day. And we told the guide why. He was very nice and apologized and offered to fix things the next day. We declined. I asked for a refund of our money. He referred us to his company. I asked for the contact information. I received no response. Even more telling, however, is that we have received no communication from the company whatsoever. We will obviously be taking this charge up with our credit card company. So, again, be very careful. Our experience suggests this company cannot provide what they contract for. Be very careful to ensure you receive a guide who is actually able to provide you with the information you are paying them to provide. Ours certainly could not. And yet despite this, they seem reluctant to make the situation right. Not a company I can recommend doing business with, at all. I cannot explain the apparently previous positive reviews, as our experience certainly was not that. The best I can offer, again, is simply to be very careful. Be sure you are receiving what you paid for.

just walking around, not much info. Guide not very knowledgeable. Guide was looking into his phone for directions.

Big help having someone know where things were and how to get there. Mehrdad was very helpful.......

Enjoyable. Jacapo was a very good guide who explained everything in detail. I was very happy with his guidance.

I originally planned to explore Paris on my own but as a solo female traveller, not great on directions, l instead decided to to book 2 Days in Paris with a Friendly Tour Guide and I’m so glad l did. The tour lived up to its name as Sanny was indeed a delightful, attentive and knowledgeable young man. He adapted the tour to see the areas l specifically wanted to visit and showed me unique and interesting places l would otherwise have missed. The best bit was not having to think about trains, tickets, maps, even ordering the right coffee as Sanny organised it all. This allowed me to just blissfully follow and be able to fully appreciate the beauty and diversity of Paris.

I am so happy I decided to do this experience, it was so worth it and Sabrina its so knowledgeable and accommodating this is the perfect way to get to know Paris and she knows all the best places. I recommend this tour and Sabrina as the tour guide.