The Beat Generation in Paris Walking Tour
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This is a unique tour that follows the footsteps of the Beat Generation poets through Paris. The tour also provides the context in which they evolved, how they came to be, what defined them as "Beats". And we will discuss their groundbreaking work, their growth as writers and their influence on those who came after - the hippies, the punks & the post-modern works of today.
Inclusions
What's included
- Guiding service
What's not
- The cost of any food or beverage is at the customer's discretion
Itinerary
We start the tour at the Beat Hotel then visit the surrounding area, with the preferred cafés & bars of the Beats
We visit the famous Shakespeare & Company bookstore, where Ginsberg & Corso gave a reading of Beat poetry in 1957. Since then it has become a Paris landmark for book lovers. We will visit other locales in the area.
Jazz was an essential element in the conception of Beat poetry and we will see two of the jazz clubs they frequented while living in Paris.
We will visit one of William Burrough's favorite cafes
We visit the English language bookstore that featured the more controversial publications written by William Burroughs, and a dive hotel where Gregory Corso stayed when he couldn't afford the Beat Hotel.
We end the tour either in the Café Bonaparte, one of Gregory Corso's hangouts. The Beats preferred the more relaxed atmosphere of this cafe in comparison to the more famous ones on the Boulevard St Germain.
Alternatively we can take a metro down to Montparnasse & finish the tour in the Select, the café where Ginsberg composed the first verses of his poem Kaddish.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We meet in front of the Fountain on the Place St Michel
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 8 travellers
- Operated by
- Visit the Hidden Paris
- 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
- There is a certain amount of walking on this tour, but there are frequent stops
How it compares in Paris
- Its from-price is 32% below the median of the 4664 experiences we list in Paris.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 2969 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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