- Chartres Cathedral, the crown jewel of Gothic art and architecture, is located in the picturesque French countryside, just over an hour from Paris by train. In a dazzling display of architectural... >>
- 4, 5, or 8 hours
List of Walks: City Ambience
City of Light at Night
PRICE: 35 per person, or 170 per group
Long known by the appellation "City of Light," Paris is sublime in the evening. On this orientation walk, we will stroll through some of the city's most beautiful quarters at dusk and into the... more >>Art Galleries of Paris
PRICE: 60 per person or 290 per group
Contemporary art is booming in Paris. In 2006, sales of artworks by artists born after 1945 increased by a whopping 80%. As a result, galleries representing artists from all over the world now dot... more >>New Bohemia (Paris of the Romantics)
PRICE: 55 per person, or 270 per group
Largely constructed during the first half of the nineteenth century by real-estate developers and wealthy financiers cashing in on a property boom, this right-bank neighborhood on the hillside... more >>Gardens of Paris
PRICE: 44 per person, or 220 per group
The garden landscapes of the Right Bank near the Louvre count among the most important historical gardens in Paris and France at large. Sun-dappled and filled with Parisians in the spring and summer... more >>Jewish Paris and the Marais
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
There has been a Jewish presence in Paris since medieval times: in the 12th century, when the Spanish-Jewish chronicler Benjamin of Tudela visited Paris, he named it "Ha-ir Hagedolah" (That Great... more >>Architectural Drawing Workshop
PRICE: 250 per group
Context:Paris' Architectural Drawing Workshop is a hands-on tutorial in the basic method of architectural sketching. It is led by one of the professional architects in our network and uses Paris'... more >>Orientation Chat (Paris)
PRICE: 80 per group
As part of this orientation chat, a representative of our organization will meet you at your hotel shortly after your arrival. We'll spend an hour with you, first exploring the neighborhood where you... more >>Paris Orientation along the Seine
PRICE: 35 per person or 170 per group
Paris was born over 2000 years ago as a humble fishing village on the banks of the Seine, and throughout the centuries depended on the river for everything from washing and drinking water to trade... more >>Market Walk
PRICE: 85 per person or 385 per group
Paris is widely considered a top destination for gastronomes from around the world. In perhaps no other culture than in France is food and "terroir" (the character of the soil) such a vital aspect of... more >>Montmartre
PRICE: 55 per person, or 270 per group
As rents in central Paris rose in the early 1900s, artists and bohemians of all types flocked to the decentralized area of Montmartre to create a society all their own. Led by an art historian, this... more >>Le Restaurant, A Parisian Invention
PRICE: 200 per person or from 530 per group
Restaurants, a defining feature of urban dining around the world today, remained a uniquely Parisian phenomenon until the late nineteenth century. Over the course of a sumptuous lunch in the classic... more >>Souper Intime, Dining in the Age of Madame de Pompadour
PRICE: From 1100 per group
Pleasure-loving French aristocrats of the mid-eighteenth-century invented a new fashion in dining: the souper intime (intimate supper), a meal of supreme luxury, held privately, behind closed doors.... more >>Medieval Churches of Paris
PRICE: 60 per person or 300 per group
Often overshadowed by the citys considerable museums, the art-filled churches of Paris give us a chance to walk back through time to discover Paris before Revolution, Haussmann, and modernity... more >>Categories
Chartres
New Bohemia (Paris of the Romantics)
- Largely constructed during the first half of the nineteenth century by real-estate developers and wealthy financiers cashing in on a property boom, this right-bank neighborhood on the hillside... >>
- 3 hours