Paris Promenade
We offer you walking tours with your own guide in Paris. A personal approach is important for us.
Walking along the Seine is a highlight. But Paris is so much more than only the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Notre Dame.
You choose tours linked with your preferable neighbourhoods or topics.
Our passion is to offer you an unforgettable tour.
ITINERARY ALONG THE SEINE (2 hours)
In this tour you experience many famous landmarks of Paris. We follow the eternal river La Seine, inseparable with the city itself. Sometimes we leave the Seine for a moment to wander through a beautiful park. And then again we cross the water over the oldest brick bridge of town. Memory lane from an earlier visit long ago or a complete new discovery? Maybe both will happen - when you join this classic tour. Beautiful views guaranteed !
Included in this itinerary:
- A nice and easy introduction to the city of Paris (including The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, Pont Neuf...)
- Feel the magic of the Seine as the aorta of the city.
- Sometimes we leave the famous paths to offer you surprising perspectives.
ROMANCE AT CANAL SAINT-MARTIN (2 hours)
Well hidden at the east side of Paris and close to Gare du Nord. Canal Saint-Martin has a natural charme with her fascinating locks ("les écluses"), beautiful iron bridges and a "love is in the air" atmosphere. It's the place for Parisians to gather for an apero ("du vin, du pain, du fromage"). But this chanel also contains many secrets which we love to share with you...
Included in this itinerary:
- An itinerary along Canal St. Martin.
- A short detour along a picturesque hospital and a plaque commemorating the attacks in 2015.
- We pass partly the popular le Marais neighbourhood to arrive at the yacht harbour at the Bastille ("l'Arsenal").
MONTMARTRE: A LIVING PAINTING (max. 2 hours)
So many painters have lived here, from all over the world. The impressionists (Utrillo, Suzanne Valdon, Van Gogh, Renoir...) found their home here, but also Picasso was hanging around. No surprises when you see the village. An atmospheric village of green and pink including some of the most beautiful images of the city Paris.
There’s a wineyard, two left-over windmills and a legend about a martyre (martre) with his head in his hand.
Included in this itinerary:
- Your guide brings you to places which most tourists even don’t know.
- Attention for the old (impressionist) masters but also modern street art at every corner of the street.
- Your itinerary ends at Sacre Coeur and Place de Tertre.
LE MARAIS: PARIS'S EXTREMES IN A NUTSHELL (max. 2 hours)
What have the jews, LGBTQ’s, the old French kings and the hipsters in common? Le Marais. They all once lived in this dynamic, divers neighbourhood. Once the kings dominated this area. After they left to the Louvre, the verdict for Le Marais was improverishment. Till deep in the 20th century Le Marais was nothing more than a bunch of hovels. A prey for the bulldozers. But the times were changing. Le Marais is now booming! If you want to experience the extreme contrasts of Paris in one neighbourhood then there’s only one adress.
Included in this itinerary:
- You pass with your guide the best pita and falafel bars in the jewish neighbourhood.
- You experience during this itinerary the royal and calm side of Le Marais.
- You discover that Le Marais is fully alive and the place to be for who feels like a hipster.
POSH AND PLEASURE IN PARIS (max. 2 hours)
Shopping windows without price tag because that would be so ordinary. Dazzling Christmas lights in the superlative. Hotelrooms for 45.000 euro per night. You find it all here. A place to dream of. In this tour we walked along the most flashy part of Paris which is so nice because it stays a fairytale for most of us. Experience the charmes of La Fayette, de classical beauty of Opéra Garnier, and the excessive Place Vendôme. Afterwards Place de la Concorde offers you all possible directions to continue the excitements of Paris. Because in Paris… dreaming is for free.
Included in this itinerary:
- La Fayette and Opéra Garnier
- Place Vendôme including the Ritz Hotel
- Jardin Tuilerie and Place de la Concorde
SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRéS: THE PURE CLASS OF PARIS (max. 2 hours)
Tasty brasseries and timeless shopping windows. Finesse and nice shades. St. Germain’s wealth, including a bit of grace, goes from generation to generation. St. Germain lies cosy on the left bank near the Seine. There you find silent, romantic squares. They are hardly to be traced on the Parisian map but so much more in your own imagination. Use your heart as a compass. St. Germain is tender for a dreamer. And what about the smells, the smells of St. Germain! The different aromas are like a stream of sensations. Are you joining us in this lovely journey?
Included in this itinerary:
- You walk through the small streets of St. Germain, the real Paris.
- You visit the oldest church of Paris.
- You pass the hotel where Oscar Wilde has lived, and through the cosy Course de Commerce including the oldest restaurant of Paris.
QUARTIER LATIN: THE SLUMBERING SMALL STREETS AROUND THE SORBONNE (max. 2 hours)
Before Paris became Paris, Quartier Latin was already the center of the city. The Romans were here and called their fortress Lutèce. In the Middle Ages Quartier Latin became the intellectual center with the Sorbonne university as its beaten heart. And still you find the students around Rue Mouffetard with here and there a tourist. Because for foreigners Quartier Latin is like an oyster. Would you like to be one of the few who knows where to enter this unique piece of Paris? We are pleased to show you the way.
Included in this itinerary:
- We walk through the Sorbonne university of then and now.
- You see the Panthéon: the church that never became a church, and another highlight from outside and inside: église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont.
- You discover during this itinerary old remains of the Romans, but also the place where author Ernest Hemingway used to be so happy. And optional: Emily in Paris!