Paris Le Marais Historical Walking Tour with Wine and Cheese Tasting
Description
This afternoon you will meet your expert local guide for a relaxed stroll through the historic Le Marais neighborhood of Paris, followed by a lovely seated tasting of select French wines & cheeses. This gastronomic and historical tour will ensure you receive an understanding of the scope of influences that affected the Marais' development into the trendy, charming area it is today. Limited to only 8 guests, this tour is the perfect way to unwind after a hectic day of sightseeing or even begin a fun night out in Paris!
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Itinerary
You will meet your guide on rue de Rivoli, the largest roman avenue that separates the North Marais from the South Marais. Village Saint Paul is full of antic shops, art galleries and peaceful streets.
As we walk around Le Marais, you will learn about the fortification wall of the medieval Paris, built in 1190 to protect the city from invadors. We will spot one of the remaining towers of the wall, and observe what the urban planning of Paris has managed to protect.
This charming castle looking building shows a great example of gothic architecture from the 16th century. It is now used as a public library with a large collection of art and design books.
Enjoy a nice stroll along the river Seine, and appreciate the architecture of the Ile Saint Louis and bridges that link the right bank to the islands where the history of Paris all started. You should be able to see the Notre Dame Cathedral from her back.
We will walk passed the beautiful Hotels Particuliers who remained from the aristocrats mansions of the 17th century, when Le Marais was still a country side landscape where vineyards and farms, owned by the monks, were irrigated by the river Seine, giving the neighborhood its name of swamps..
Lets finish our walk with a nice glass of wine and some cheese and enjoy the company of your host and other guests to share experiences on Paris, the best way to keep good memories!
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The minimum age to drink alcohol in France is 18
Reviews(32)
Great local insight! Good listener, and huge historical frame of reference for our tour. Being on a tour with David is like being with a good friend!
Katie was an excellent guide, pointing out street art and giving a great hiistory lesson of the Marais and how it fits in with French history. We learned a lot and had some great wine, cheese, and conversation at the end.
Great way to see the area. Enjoyed a fun wine and cheese tasting and excellent guide sharing history and wine knowledge.
Great overall experience. The guy Clementine was fantastic and very engaging and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend!
We were really looking forward to this. Got to meeting point early and 10 min before start time it started to pour down hard rain. We communicated to our guide (they had nicely provided her number prior) and we all decided not to do the walk tour in the pouring rain. When we asked for a refund the guide pushed it to her boss and provided his number. We texted him and also asked aviator to reach out. They sent our message to him and we followed up and he never responded and we did not get a refund!! Very disappointed and frustrated. There are so many other tour options. I do not recommend this one. 😠
I did not get to experience the tour due to rain. However, after contacting Viator they provided me a full refund. This makes me confident and will reschedule a tour when back in Paris. Thank you Viator team!
This tour is a must! Our guide, David took us off the beaten path so we saw things we normally would not have seen. We throughly enjoyed the walking tour and last but not least the wine and cheese taking at the end was wonderful too. I highly recommend this tour.
The tour guide was very difficult to hear and understand. The tour itself was not what we expected. The cheese and wine tasting was at the end. We paid nearly 400$ to walk around a few city blocks and get a tiny cheese plate at the end for four people. Tour guide new nothing about the wine and the staff at the restaurant had no involvement or engagement in the fact that we were there. Do not recommend.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the absence of our guide for your tour. We understand how important and valuable your time is, and we deeply regret not meeting your expectations on this occasion. Rest assured, we are taking immediate steps to rectify the situation and ensure that such an occurrence does not happen again in the future. Please accept our apologies,
Had a great tour with David, he’s very knowledgeable. And really good at choosing wine and cheese to try !
Just the two of us + the guide on our tour. Was like taking a stroll in the afternoon with your French grandmother. Viviana was kind, knowledgeable, and gave us a different view on a lot of things we had been overlooking! Three full pours of wine at the end. Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in history and looking for quality time with a local Parisian.
