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Architectural Bourgeois Paris 19th Century

4.25 reviews8th Arrondissement

  • 2 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Instant confirmation

Highlights

The guide is a historian. He is specialised in the history of the 19th century in Paris. He is passionate about this location of the 8th district, because it's simply beautiful. With this very experienced guide you will walk through another period of Paris. We surround ourselves with the rich cultural life of the bourgeois – full with architecture, art and nature of the 19th century. The 19th century of the Belle Epoque (Beautiful era) will come alive in this tour. Including plenty of photo opportunities in the Paris you've never seen before.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Galerie Lafayette (during opening hours)

What's not

  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Private transportation

Itinerary

  1. We will walk through the park, see ancient colonnade, a bridge, a pyramid, amazing trees. And walk around the parc, passing Hotel Menier, Pagoda of Mr. Loo and hôtel particulier of Camondo. Guide will talk about it.

    30 minAdmission included

  2. We will stand still at the statue of Baron Haussmann, the man who changed the view of Paris forever. Our tour will go through the heart of Haussmannian Paris. including the typical apartment blocks and wide boulevards.

    20 minAdmission included

  3. We will enter the Saint-Augustin Church. A church that has been build in the era of the tour (1860). (By request we can make a detour to pass the location where writer Marcel Proust has lived and written his masterpiece A La Recherche de Temps Perdu.)

    20 minAdmission included

  4. We will pass the back side of Gare Saint-Lazare. This is one of the main train station of Paris. Railroad is an important story of this part and period of Paris. The industrialization made many entrepreneurs rich. Mostly they were living exactly in the neighborhood of this walking tour. In front of the station we see a remarkable house: of Le Roi de la Bière, including a restaurant of McDonald!

    20 minAdmission included

  5. We end the tour with a typical phenomenon of the 19th century: les Grand Magasins (The Great Department Stores). We pass Printemps and the guide invite you to a marvellous climax inside Galerie Lafayette!

    30 minAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point
We will meet at metro stop Monceau, line 2. This is next to the entrance of the Monceau park, in particular the low rotonde tower du Parc Monceau (a leftover from an 18th century city wall).
Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size
Up to 10 travellers
Operated by
Paris Promenade
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

How it compares in Paris

  • Its from-price is 60% below the median of the 4664 experiences we list in Paris.
  • Its length is typical for the group.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 1797 of 4664.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Paris

Paris pairs grand boulevards and riverside monuments with café terraces, art collections of global stature and neighbourhoods that feel like villages.

The Seine runs through the heart of the city, past the Île de la Cité with Notre-Dame and the Sainte-Chapelle, the long façade of the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay in its former railway station. Downriver, the Eiffel Tower rises over the Champ de Mars, and the Arc de Triomphe crowns the Champs-Élysées.

Top-ranked sights in Paris: Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower, 4th Arrondissement.

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