The Essentials of Paris in a 3 Hours Guided Tours
A Paris private tour specifically designed for first-timers who want a first comprehensive discovery of the historical heart of the French with a professional guide lecturer.
Luxembourg Palace and Garden close to the tour departure point.
Paris Private Tour The Essentials in 3 Hours in a Nutshell
150 € for 1 to 2 people + 40 € per extra person
- +/- 3-hour history oriented guided tour in English
- Really private tour = your party only (6 people max.)
- +/- 6 km distance covered
- Postgraduate (MPhil) certified French national guide
- Flexible schedule – 7/7 if available
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What’s in the tour?
Architecture
Ancient Rome
Moderne Era
Middle Age
History
Highlights
Institut
Louvre
Sainte-Chapelle
Conciergerie
Cluny
Concorde
Arc du Caroussel
Palais Royal
Quartier Latin
Place Vendôme
Palais du Luxembourg
Most Famous Gardens
Champs Elysée Garden
Palais-Royal Garden
Tuileries Garden
Luxembourg Garden
Place de la Concorde Scenery
La Madeleine
Arc de Triumphe
Assemblée Nationale
Champs-Elysées
Hôtel de la Marine
River Seine Scenery
Ile de la Cité
Notre-Dame
Hôtel-de-Ville
Pont-Neuf
Musée d’Orsay
Grand-Palais
Pont-des-Arts
Pont Alexandre III
Légion d’Honneur
Your Private Tour Guide in Paris
Certified French national guide
BA, Magna Cum Laude, Heritage Developpement & Preservation from Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers
Postgraduate from Paris Dauphine-PSL University
What to Expect in the Tour?
The principle of this Paris essential 3 hours tour is very simple: to give you a maximum of knowledge and insights of the historical heart of Paris.
The tour is structured in five parts:
- Latin quarter from Luxembourg
- Ile de la Cité, Notre-Dame and Pont Neuf area
- Louvre, Palais Royal
- Place Vendôme area
- Concorde area
The tour route components given are purely indicative and may vary due to contingency and to the walking rhythm of the group. There is no warranty to reach the Concorde area at the end of the tour.
The River Seine is very present along the route.
If you run very short of time, we also propose a 2-hour version of the tour for a more concentrated overview of the heart of Paris.
We have also offer a super extended “full day” version of the tour including a visit of the Louvre.
Photo of the famous Paris bookshop Shakespeare and company that we will normally cross on our route in the first part of the tour in Quartier Latin.
Photo of the hôtel de Ville de Paris, initially a Renaissance building heavily modified and extended during the following centuries. This is a milestone of the second section of the tour.The public square in front of the building was since the Middle Ages the bloody Place de Grève where were performed most of the public executions in Paris. During the French Revolution, the first Guillotine execution was performed there on April 25, 1792.
The Pont-Neuf at twilight, this bridge which is the oldest of Paris is one of the main milestone of the second part of the tour. In the background on the left is the Conciergerie and on the right is the cupola of the Pantheon which is closed to the location of the tour departure point.
The cour Napoléon (Napoleon square) with the famous Louvre’s Pyramid. The Louvre is the main milestone of the third part of the tour.Photo © Broaden Horizons.
Place Vendôme the main milestone of the fourth part of the tour is one of the world’s most famous symbols of luxury, a showroom for the most prominent jewelry of the planet.
Photo Place de la Concorde. It is the main milestone of the fifth and last part of the tour. We may reach it or not in function of our rhythm in the previous parts of the tour. In the foreground Concorde famous 19th-Century fontaines.
Things to know before Booking
Meeting Point
Close to Musée de Cluny,
exact meeting point given in booking document (email).
Access: Metro line 4 station Cité or Saint-Michel. RER B or C station Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame.
Paris Private Tour the essentials in 3 Hours Attention Points
- Tour is on foot.
- Prices do not include transportation, food, drinks or any other extra services.
- Neighborhood tour: we don’t enter in monuments unless otherwise specified.
- Tour duration & content are purely indicative, they may vary due to contingencies.
- Weather: the tour will start on schedule rain or shine.
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Paris Private Tour the Essentials
The 3-hour tourFor 1 to 2 people + 40 € for any extra person
A group of maximum 6 people exclusively yours
English language
Tour Saint-Jacques, one of the tour highlights visible from Ile de la Citée. Photo © Broaden Horizons.
Gardens of the Palais Royal (besides the Louvre) are on the tour route. In our opinion one of the most attaching places in Paris.