- Of all the revolutions that gripped Paris in the 18th and 19th centuries, none so completely changed the face of the city as the architectural revolution directed by city prefect Baron Haussman. This... >>
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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 >>Art and Architecture of Gothic Paris
PRICE: 75 per person, or 270 per group
Our walk is confined to the Ile de la Cite, a small island in the middle of the Seine. Since its settlement by Gallic tribes in the 3rd century B.C., the island has been the cultural, artistic, and... 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 >>Basilica of Saint Denis
PRICE: 65 per person, or 280 per group
The basilica-cathedral of St. Denis is a "must see" for two reasons: as the birthplace of gothic architecture and as the burial place of virtually all the French kings and queens. Its history as... more >>Belly of Paris
PRICE: 75 per person per person or 330 per group
In his 1873 novel Le Ventre de Paris (The Belly of Paris), Emile Zola immortalized Les Halles, Pariss central food market from the 12th century until the late 1960s, as both the literal and... more >>Boulevards of Paris
PRICE: 55 per person, or 270 per group
Of all the revolutions that gripped Paris in the 18th and 19th centuries, none so completely changed the face of the city as the architectural revolution directed by city prefect Baron Haussman. This... more >>Centre Pompidou
PRICE: 44 per person, or 220 per group
The Centre Pompidou, home to Europes largest collection of 20th century art, is the second-most-visited museum in the world. The building itself is not only home to this important modern art museum,... more >>Chartres
PRICE: From 400 per group (excluding transportation)
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... more >>Chocolate Walk
PRICE: 90 per person or 410 per group
Paris is home to some of the world's best chocolate makers, chocolate sellers, and chocolate aficionados. Join one of Context's culinary docents for a delicious jaunt through chocolate shops and... more >>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 >>Custom Walk of Paris
PRICE: from 220 (2 hours)
We can design a wide variety of itineraries for people with special interests, lasting from 2 hours to 3 days, and starting at 220 Euros. Drawing on our network of docents, range of other services,... more >>Delacroix and French Romanticism
PRICE: From 280 per group (including tickets)
A towering figure of the Romantic Movement in France, the painter Eug่ne Delacroix (1798-1863) is best known for his dramatic renderings of epic scenes inspired by history, literature and... more >>Documentary Photography - The Decisive Moment
PRICE: 330 per group
Photography is an act of discovery, being present in the world, open to surprises and ready with the camera to respond to the interesting things that occur in daily life. Photographers often... 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 >>Gothic Paris for Families
PRICE: 275 per group (excluding tickets)
Gargoyles, stained glass, flying buttressesnothing symbolizes the Gothic mystery of Paris like Notre Dame, which is brought to life by a trained medievalist. Paris' mother church symbolizes the... more >>Grand Dining in the French Style, Four Centuries of Parisian Feasts
PRICE: From 710 per group
Dinner as spectacle, titillating all five senses, became a French specialty long before Louis XIV codified the form of royal hospitality in the seventeenth-century. This four-hour epicurean... 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 >>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 >>Louis XIV: Paris of the Sun King
PRICE: 55 per person, or 270 per group
When Louis XIV took the throne in 1643 France was organized as a reinforced centralized monarchy, which concentrated all political power in the hands of an elite few--most importantly, the king... more >>Louvre Antiquities
PRICE: 70 per person, or from 280 per group
This three-hour in-depth exploration of the Louvre focuses on the museum's fascinating antiquities collection. Accompanied by an art historian, you'll follow the devolopment of ancient art and... more >>Louvre Architecture & History
PRICE: 55 per person, or from 230 per group
From fortress to palace to museum, the Louvre's history mirrors that of Paris itself. This two-hour seminar looks at the building as a work of art in its own right. Accompanied by an art or... more >>Louvre Crash Course
PRICE: From 280 per group (including tickets)
No visit to Paris is complete without a stop at the Louvre in the company of our docent, who will lead your family through the most significant collections, weaving a timeline of art and history... more >>Louvre Dutch and Flemish Masters
PRICE: From 280 per group (including tickets)
For a brief, easily forgotten half-century, from the beginning to the middle of the 1600s, the Netherlands were the most powerful economic and naval power in Europe and one of its most effervescent... more >>Louvre French Masters
PRICE: 70 per person or from 280 per group
This in-depth three-hour private walk takes in the extensive French collections of the Louvre museum in the company of an art historian. You will begin your walk in the Cour Marly to establish a bit... more >>Louvre Italian Masters
PRICE: 85 per person, or from 280 per group
This in-depth three-hour private walk takes in the Louvre museum's Italian collections in the company of an art historian. The walk will focus on the collections in the Denon Wing, where you will... more >>Marais Mansions
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
The Renaissance arrived in Paris in the mid 16th century, transforming art and society. One of the best ways of reading and studying the Renaissance in Paris is by considering the architectural... 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 >>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 >>Medieval Life and Society
PRICE: 49.50 per person or 245 per group
Officially, the medieval period covers the time between the fifth century destruction of the Roman Empire in the West by barbarians and the fifteenth century end of the Roman Empire in the East,... more >>Medieval Louvre
PRICE: From 280 per group (including ticket)
This walk is intended for the return visitor to the Louvre who wants to go in-depth and learn more about the epoch of the Louvres origins. The Louvre was originally a medieval fortress built for... more >>Modernist Architecture
PRICE: 55 per person, or 270 per group
The first decades of the 20th century saw Paris become one of the most important sites of experimentation in architecture and design and effectively a center of gravity for the burgeoning Modernist... more >>Monet Seminar
PRICE: 60 per person, or from 300 per group
Claude Monet (1840-1926), is often regarded as the archetypal Impressionist. Monet was a leader in his own right, as his artwork reflected radical ideas and styles, and thusly influenced his fellow... 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 >>Montmartre for families
PRICE: 275 per group
Montmartre, the last village to amalgamate with Paris, is a must for visitors young or old. According to legend, its name comes from Mont des Martyrs, site of the martyrdom of St-Denis who picked up... more >>Montparnasse, St. Germain and the Avant-Gardes
PRICE: 55 per person, or 270 per group
Context Paris' Avant-Garde Paris walk of Montparnasse provides an excellent introduction to "the wild years" of Parisian intellectual life, between the end of World War I and the outbreak of World... more >>Musee D'Orsay & Paris in the 19th Century
PRICE: 70 per person, or from 280 per group
This in-depth 3 hour walk takes in the rich post-19th century collections of the D'Orsay Museum. You will begin your walk with a discussion of the history and structure of the building, first... 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 >>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 >>Origins of Paris
PRICE: 270 per group (excluding tickets)
Paris is far older than one might think: at least twice as old as Notre Dame. Before 1000 AD it was, variously, a Gallic settlement, a Roman town, and a Frankish royal capital, visited by such... more >>Paris Food Crawl
PRICE: 85 per person or 385 per group
Leisure time is a concept that the French take very seriously. Much of this revolves around enjoying the many splendors of French food and cuisine, making food shopping is an activity that is at the... 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 >>Plein-air Painting in Giverny
PRICE: 1200 per group with transport
The Impressionist painter Claude Monets (1840-1926) career is intimately entwined with the course of the river Seine. He grew up in Honfleur where the river meets the English Channel, then settled... more >>Realism: The Paris of ษdouard Manet and ษmile Zola
PRICE: 55 per person (including ticket)
ษmile Zola was a prolific novelist, the pioneer of the 19th century literary style known as naturalism. He was also a forward thinking art critic, who championed the radical art of his time. With... more >>Revolutionary Paris
PRICE: 55 per person or 270 per group
On the afternoon of 14 July 1789 a revolutionary rabble laid siege to a hated fortress, freeing the few remaining political prisoners, and dismantling stone by stone the building that had come to... more >>Rouen
PRICE: From 470 per group (excluding transportation)
The historical capital of Normandy and once prosperous city of Medieval Europe, Rouen is known for its many monuments and architectural treasures. Its streets are lined with medieval half-timbered... more >>Runner's Tour of Paris
PRICE: 220 per group
Despite their reputation as wine-drinking, cigarette-puffing lushes, Parisians are actually extremely sporty. As a result, Paris is somewhat of an unknown sports-lover's paradise, from the running... 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 >>Versailles
PRICE: 70 per person or from 330 per group
The chโteau of Versailles was built at the beginning of the 17th century as a hunting lodge for a man in search of solitude, King Louis XIII. Wanting to avoid staying at the local inn during his... more >>Categories
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Centre Pompidou
- The Centre Pompidou, home to Europes largest collection of 20th century art, is the second-most-visited museum in the world. The building itself is not only home to this important modern art museum,... >>
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