Marais semi private walking tour
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 4 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This is a unique opportunity to learn about one of most important, layered, historically diverse and, in the last couple of decades, chic areas of Paris. We go through different stages of development of Marais, not leaving anything behind. On this visit, you will learn about the Jewish community and the Knights Templar; about the time when Marais was a fashionable neighborhood for opulent, yet restrained and elegant aristocratic abodes; when it fell from grace and was a working class, often dangerous place to be; how it was embellished, gentrified and how ultimately rose back to prominence. Not to leave anything out, you will also learn why it is one of most popular parts of the city for the Parisians too, not just for the tourists.
Inclusions
What's included
- A live professional art historian guide
What's not
- Snacks
Itinerary
A description of the quarter formerly known as "the belly of Paris"
The oldest fountain in the city of Paris
The museum of contemporary art and a decisive addition that profoundly changed this part of the city. This tour does not include a visit to the museum, as that is a separate visit altogether. We only discuss the museum from the outside.
The second most important institution and the second most important historic site of the city of Paris. Note : like with the Pompidou center, we do not actually enter the City Hall, as this is only possible one day a year and would be a separate visit altogether.
The center of the Jewish community of Paris
The oldest paved street in the city of Paris with a peek inside a uniquely beautiful 16th century aristocratic city villa.
A visit to a beautiful 17th century aristocratic city villa and its garden
According to the French, and many others, the most beautiful square in the world.
One of the most important historic sites in Paris, France and indeed the world.
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
- The guide will be waiting on the surface of the subway station, in front of Café Etienne.
- 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 in person
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Paris
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 4664 experiences we list in Paris.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 1577 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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