Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
A live professional art historian guide
Snacks
Meeting Points
Departure
Café Étienne
The guide will be waiting on the surface of the subway station, in front of Café Etienne.
A description of the quarter formerly known as "the belly of Paris"
15 minutes
2
Fontaine des Innocents
The oldest fountain in the city of Paris
10 minutes
3
Centre Pompidou
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.
15 minutes
4
Hotel de Ville
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.
10 minutes
5
La Rue des Rosiers
The center of the Jewish community of Paris
10 minutes
6
Historical Library of the City of Paris
The oldest paved street in the city of Paris with a peek inside a uniquely beautiful 16th century aristocratic city villa.
10 minutes
7
Jardin de l'Hotel de Sully
A visit to a beautiful 17th century aristocratic city villa and its garden
15 minutes
8
Place des Vosges
According to the French, and many others, the most beautiful square in the world.
15 minutes
9
Place de la Bastille
One of the most important historic sites in Paris, France and indeed the world.
10 minutes
Marais semi private walking tour
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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...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
A live professional art historian guide
Snacks
Meeting Points
Departure
Café Étienne
The guide will be waiting on the surface of the subway station, in front of Café Etienne.
