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List of Walks: History
Montparnasse, St. Germain and the Avant-Gardes
PRICE: group: €55 per person / private: €270
Our 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 War II. In... 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 >>Chartres
PRICE: From €400 per group (excl. transport)
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 >>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: Private from €470 (excl. transport)
The historical capital of Normandy and prosperous medieval city, Rouen is known for its many monuments and architectural treasures. Its streets are lined with medieval half-timbered houses, its... more >>Reims, City of Coronations and Champagne
PRICE: €80 per person or €600 per group
First a powerful Roman town, Reims played an important role in French history as the city where the first French king was baptized, and where the kings of France were crowned and anointed. The... more >>Belly of Paris
PRICE: group: €85 pp/private: €355 incl tasting
In his 1873 novel Le Ventre de Paris (The Belly of Paris), Emile Zola immortalized Les Halles, Paris's central food market from the 12th century until the late 1960s, as both the literal and... more >>Versailles
PRICE: € 70 pp+ tix or €355 per group+ tix
In 1632, King Louis XIII commissioned a small, intimate hunting lodge on the limits of the Versailles forest. For decades, the lodge was to be gradually transformed into one of the greatest palaces... more >>Realism: The Paris of Édouard Manet and Émile Zola
PRICE: €55 per person (including ticket)
Émile 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.... more >>Louis XIV: Paris of the Sun King
PRICE: group: €55 pp / private: €270 (excl tix)
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 >>Medieval Life and Society
PRICE: group €49.50 per person / private €245
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 >>Basilica of Saint Denis
PRICE: group: €65 pp / private: €280 excl. tix
As the birthplace of Gothic architecture, and a sacred burial ground of many of the French monarchs, the basilica of St. Denis boasts a robust history. In this 3.5-hour walking seminar led by a... more >>The Modernist Landscape: Buttes-Chaumont and La Villette
PRICE: €55 per person or €220 per group
One of the great urban public parks of Paris, the Buttes-Chaumont, opened in time for the Universal Exhibition of 1867. The Buttes-Chaumont, designed by J. C. Adolphe Alphand under the direction of... more >>Père Lachaise: From Garden of Remembrance to Shrine of National Memory
PRICE: €50 per person or €250 per group
While many visitors enjoy hunting for graves of celebrities like Frederic Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Honore Balzac, and Jim Morrison; few recognize the importance of Père Lachaise within the history... more >>Gardens of Paris
PRICE: group: €44 pp / private: €220
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: group: €55 pp / private: 270€
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 >>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 >>Paris by Riverboat
PRICE: group: €35 per person / private: €170
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 >>Medieval Churches of Paris
PRICE: small group: €60 pp / private: €300
Often overshadowed by the city's 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 >>Rive Gauche Evening Stroll
PRICE: €40 per person, or €170 per group
Bohemian cafes, narrow cobblestone streets and medieval churches all give the Left Bank of Paris its eternal charm. This two-hour Rive Gauche orientation walk, led by a knowledgeable resident docent,... more >>Paris Orientation Walk - Right Bank
PRICE: €35 per person, or €170 per group
Paris is virtually split in two by the Seine and each side of the river - the Rive Droite (Right Bank) and Rive Gauche (Left Bank) - has its own distinctive character. This two-hour orientation walk,... more >>Le Restaurant, A Parisian Invention
PRICE: group: €200 pp / private: €530
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 >>Categories
Gardens of Paris