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Cityrama Night Tours
Night Guided Tours in comfortable coaches to discover Paris by night: Paris, dinner at the Eiffel Tower, cabaret shows, monuments (le Grand Louvre, Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral, Hotel de Ville, Bastille Square, Sorbonne, Pantheon, Saint Germain des Pres, Champs Elysees, Arch of Triumph, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Concorde Square, Madeleine Church, Opera Square, Place des Pyramides)… Cityrama is a Grayline Company.
American LimousineHigh class guided tours of Paris in real American Limousines.
These American Limousines offer you the best comfort you can await from these upper class vehicles. Leather seats, minibar, TV and more than you can expect! They are 9 meters long and can welcome up to 8 passengers.
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3 hour Paris Visit in a Limousine Lincoln.
You`ll have a guided visit of Paris including a bottle of champagne. The tour lasts three hours. The reservation is compulsory. Feel free to contact us if you have special requests.
Price per vehicle with driver, for a three-hour tour.
Paris City First
Guided tours in minibus to discover Paris and its outskirts: Paris its museums and monuments (le Grand Louvre, Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral, Hotel de Ville, Bastille Square, Sorbonne, Pantheon, Saint Germain des Pres, Champs Elysees, Arch of Triumph, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Concorde Square, Madeleine Church, Opera Square, Place des Pyramides), Versailles its castle and gardens, Giverny and Monet`s house, the Loire Valley Castles and much more.
 | PARIS CITY FIRST organizes excursions with air-conditioned minibuses. You`ll discover Paris and its surroundings in the cosy atmosphere of small groups. Pick-up and return to your hotel, your guide will explain you everything. Book your tour now with ComeToParis.com. A lot of people ask for these tours and the reservation is compulsory, so after it is to late ! |
This excursion will make you discover Paris and its major monuments: Madeleine, Opéra, Place Vendome, Concorde et les Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Invalides, Louvre, Notre-Dame (with free time and stop), the Eiffel Tower with a stop. The excursion ends at Montmartre close to the Sacre Coeur. The tour lasts around 3 hours and a half.
Departure Time: 8.30 am and 1.30 p.m., everyday. Pick up at your hotel.
After embarking for a river cruise on the Seine River where you`ll discover the major monuments, the islands, and the bridges of Paris, you`ll go for a guided tour in lights of Paris. The tour lasts approximately 3 hours.
Winter season: departure at 7 p.m. everyday.
Summer season: departure at 8.30 pm everyday.
Pick up at your hotel.
Accompanied by our driver-guide, you will appreciate the magnificient park, the Grand Trianon (view from the outside) and from april to end September on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, the magic fountain display in the gardens. Guided visit with audioguide in the State Apartments (Hall of Mirrors, King and Queen's Apartments).
Entrance tickets included (palace and gardens).
The tour last a bit more than 3 and a half hours (drive time included).
Departure Time: 1.30 p.m and 8.30 am everyday except Monday and special dates.
VISIT WITH AUDIOGUIDE in French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese Mandarin and Russian.
Pick up at your hotel.
Discover the wonderful land of Disneyland Paris with a door to door service. Each day, departure around 7 AM, return to Paris around 7.30 PM.
The one day hopper ticket allows unlimited access to both Disneyland Park and to Walt Disney Studios Park. The tour to Disneyland is operated by the Cityrama coach. Pick up from your hotel and return to your hotel by a Paris City First minibus after the tour included.
Pick up and drop off at your hotel to first Paris and then admire the most beautiful women of Paris dancing at Le Moulin Rouge in the top new Feerie Revue. Half a bottle of Champagne included per person. In the summer season, everyday at 8 PM and 10 PM and on saturdays at 10 PM only. In the winter season, everyday at 8 PM and on fridays and saturdays at 10 PM only. The tour lasts around 3 hours.
Discover the "Loire Valley", cradle of the French Renaissance and visits its jewels : the charms of the Château of Chenonceau* with itsenchanting gardens, then the private and enterely furnished castle of Cheverny*.
The last stop is at Chambord*, former royal residence, the biggest of the Loire Valley.
In winter, lunch will be served at Cheverny in le "Saint Hubert" restaurant and the programme of visits will be following : Chambord, Cheverny and Chenonceau.
*Saturdays from april to September: visits to Amboise, Chenonceau and Chambord.
Saturdays in October : visits Amboise, Chenonceau and Cheverny.
The tour lasts one day. Departure Time: 6.45 am. Return around 9.00 pm.
Winter season: departure on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday except on special events.
Summer season: departure every day except on special events.
Tour operated by CITYRAMA coach with licensed multilingual guide. Pick up and transfer from your hotel in Paris to our CITYRAMA agency for boarding motorcoach. End of the tour at the agency and drop off to your hotel by minibus.
Stroll on your own through the narrow streets of Montmartre and discover the Sacre Coeur Basilica and the artists and portrait painters of the Place du Tertre.
Next, our driver/guide will take you to the Eiffel Tower ; from the 2nd level marvel at the unique panorama.
Your excursion ends with a one hour Seine river cruise to admire the monuments and majestic bridges.
Departure from and return to your hotel by minibus.
Every day except July 14.
Departure at 12.30 pm.
Duration: around 5 hrs
In the morning, at Giverny, guided visit to a part of the wonderful gardens. Then, you will be on your own to visit Claude Monet’s house and studio. The driver-guide will also provide you with the entrance ticket to the Museum of American Art. Free time for lunch in the village.
Pleasant drive through the countryside of the Seine Valley. At Versailles, guided visit to the Queen’s Hamlet and to the gardens. Unguided visit to the State Apartments of the Palace (entrance tickets included).
Departure daily (except on Monday) from April 1st to October 31st at 8.30 AM.
Hotel pick up and drop off included.
It was in the marvellous Seine Valley countryside that the impressionist painter Claude Monet chose to live.
With your driver-guide, wander past the lilly pond and its famous Japanese bridge, Monet’s main sources of inspiration at the end of his life.
Then, visit at your own pace the flower garden, the house and the former studio of the painter.
Possibility of visiting the beautiful Museum of American Art (Entrance tickets included).
Departure daily (except on Sunday and Monday) from April, 1 to October, 31 at 1.30 PM.
Duration:5 hours
Hotel pick up and drop off.
Open TourA 1 or 2 day pass to discover Paris at your own pace. Hop on, hop off as many times as you wish.
The Paris L`OpenTour Pass gives unlimited access to the three tours on offer for a period of 1 or 2 days.
The Pass entitles you to get on and off the bus at any point along the route so that you can see and visit everything at your own pace. The tour is commented throughout in English and in French. When you validate your Pass, you will be given a set of earphones.
Keep them! It takes you to Madeleine, the Opera, the Louvre Museum, Notre-Dame, the Luxembourg Gardens, Saint Germain-des-Prés, the Orsay Museum, the place de la Concorde, the Champs-Elysées, the Arc de Triomphe, the Trocadéro, the Eiffel Tower, the Invalides, Bastille, Montmartre.
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The most comprehensive 3 day pass to discover Paris. Combine the OpenTour with Batobus and discover Paris at your own pace. You will have 1 pass with a 3 day validity.
With L`Opentour you will benefit from 4 different tours gathering more than 50 stops all over Paris. Recorded comments in 9 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Japanese. You can hop on and hop off the buses as many times as you want.
Le Batobus is a cruise with 8 stops between the Eiffel Tower and Pont d`Austerlitz. You can hop on and hop off the boat as many times as you want.
The most comprehensive 2 day pass to discover Paris. Combine the OpenTour with Batobus and discover Paris at your own pace. You will have 1 pass with a 2 day validity.
With L`Opentour you will benefit from 4 different tours gathering more than 50 stops all over Paris. Recorded comments in 9 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Japanese. You can hop on and hop off the buses as many times as you want.
Le Batobus is a cruise with 8 stops between the Eiffel Tower and Pont d`Austerlitz. You can hop on and hop off the boat as many times as you want.
The most comprehensive 3 day pass to discover Paris. Combine the OpenTour with Batobus and discover Paris at your own pace. You will have 1 pass with a 2 day validity.
With L`Opentour you will benefit from 4 different tours gathering more than 50 stops all over Paris. Recorded comments in 9 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Japanese. You can hop on and hop off the buses as many times as you want.
Le Batobus is a cruise with 8 stops between the Eiffel Tower and Pont d`Austerlitz. You can hop on and hop off the boat as many times as you want.
The most comprehensive 2 day pass to discover Paris. Combine the OpenTour with Batobus and discover Paris at your own pace. You will have 1 pass with a 2 day validity.
With L`Opentour you will benefit from 4 different tours gathering more than 50 stops all over Paris. Recorded comments in 9 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Japanese. You can hop on and hop off the buses as many times as you want.
Le Batobus is a cruise with 8 stops between the Eiffel Tower and Pont d`Austerlitz. You can hop on and hop off the boat as many times as you want.
2 consecutive day Pass for adults
Pass for children, for 1 or 2 days. Unique rate from 4 to 11.
1 Day pass for adults
4 roues sous 1 parapluie
Allow yourself to be charmed by an authentic and intimate journey through the heart of Paris, in the most enchanting of cars!
Escape the masses! Discover Paris in a truly original and personalised manner aboard your very own 2CV.
The 2CV, the quintessential symbol of the "French touch", thanks to its convertible, soft top roof offers a magnificent panoramic view. ou will be driven by a knowledgeable chauffeur, ready to respond to your every request and requirement (photo stops, ideas about restaurants, visits, shows, etc).
© Photos P. Legros/Citroën Communication.
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On the Essential Tour you will discover the essential unforgettable monuments of Paris: Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Opéra Garnier, Louvre Museum, Notre-Dame, Ile de la Cité, Place de la Concorde, Champs-Elysées, Arc de Triomphe...
Dates : day or « by night » tours, every dayPick-up : Hotel (if your hotel is centrally located in Paris) or Opera Garnier
Duration : around 1h30
Departures: 9:00am-11:00am-01:00pm-03:00pm-08:00pm-10:00pm
2 pers. minimum
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This tour will help you to discover a secret Paris with surprising places and ignored anecdotes: Place Vendôme, Kiosque des Noctambules, Place de la Fontaine Stravinsky, Place du Marché Ste Catherine, Hôtel de Sully, Hôtel de Sens…
Dates : day or « by night » tours, every day
Pick-up : Hotel (if your hotel is centrally located in Paris) or Opera Garnier
Duration : around 1h30
Departures: 9:00am-11:00am-01:00pm-03:00pm-08:00pm-10:00pm
2 pers. minimum
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The complete tour of Paris! A visit that will take you to the most beautiful areas of the capital, a magical itinerary: Essential Tour + Moulin Rouge, Montmartre (Sacré Coeur and Place du Tertre), Place des Vosges (Victor Hugo’s home), Place de la Bastille, Panthéon, St-Germain des Prés, St-Sulpice...
Dates : day or « by night » tours, every day
Pick-up : Hotel (if your hotel is centrally located in Paris) or Opera Garnier
Duration : around 3h00
Departures: 9:30am-01:30pm-08:30pm
2 pers. minimum
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This tour will help you to discover a secret Paris with surprising places and ignored anecdotes: ""Virée Farfelue"" + Butte aux Cailles, Cité Fleurie, Manufacture des Gobelins...
Dates : day or « by night » tours, every day
Pick-up : Hotel (if your hotel is centrally located in Paris) or Opera Garnier
Duration : around 3h00
Departures: 9:30am-01:30pm-08:30pm
2 pers. minimum
Paris Vision Plus
Guided tours in minibus to discover Paris and its outskirts: Paris its museums and monuments (le Grand Louvre, Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral, Hotel de Ville, Bastille Square, Sorbonne, Pantheon, Saint Germain des Pres, Champs Elysees, Arch of Triumph, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Concorde Square, Madeleine Church, Opera Square, Place des Pyramides), Versailles its castle and gardens, Giverny and Monet`s house, the Loire Valley Castles and much more
 | PARIS VISION PLUS offers you a wide range of prestige excursions in minibuses. So when you book your tour, you also book the personalized comment on the monuments and the cosiness of a small group. Pick-up and return to your hotel, you only have to follow the guide. Book your tour now with ComeToParis. A lot of people ask for these tour, and reservations are compulsory. Afterwards it is too late ! |
This excursion will give you an insight into the history of Paris, with its major monuments: Madeleine, Opéra, Place Vendome, Concorde et les Champs Elysees, Invalides, Louvre, Notre-Dame. The excursion is enhanced by a walking visit to Montmartre: the Sacre Coeur and the Place du Tertre. The tour last around 3 hours.
Departure Time: Around 8.30 am, everyday. Pick up at your hotel.
A discovery tour by minibus of the most beautiful monuments to be seen in the city, also a boat cruise along the Seine from where you can admire them once again but from a different angle.
Lunch will be served in the lovely setting of the restaurant “58 Tour Eiffel” situated on the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower. After lunch we continue our tour of the city with a stop at Notre-Dame followed by Montmartre.
Free time to discover on foot this famous area of Paris: the Sacré Cœur, the Moulin de la Galette, the Place du Tertre…
Departure at 9.00 a.m. on Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Duration:7hrs
Our guide will retrace the history of the Palace and the century of the Sun King.
You will have an exterior view of the Trianon and the gardens.
Free time to explore the fabulous Royal Apartments.
Departure at 8.30 am and 1.30 pm everyday except on Monday.
Duration : 3h30
As you reach the Loire valley, you start your “Renaissance” day with the visit of the Royal Château de Chenonceau, well-known as the "Château des dames" built in 1513 by Katherine Briçonnet.
Then you visit the Château de Cheverny, a private property which has kept its 17th century furniture.
After lunch (included), you are off to Chambord to discover this magnificent castle, the impressive undertaking of François Ier, with its famous double revolution staircase.
Castle of Chenonceau, Castle of Cheverny, Castle of Chambord. Entrance ticket included.
Departure at 6.45 am on Wednesday and Sunday.
Lunch in a typical auberge (drinks included)
Duration : 12h
Surrounded by dangerous moving sands, linked to the mainland by a dike, this "Marvel of the Occident" is unique in the world.
After a brunch at Carrouges Castle o breakfats, guided visit of the Abbey built on a rocky islet, which was principally a major cultural and pilgrimage centre during the middle ages.
You can admire the ramparted Gothic monastery superposed over the centuries, and in particular, the remarkable cloister and refectory. Free time to climb up the famed steep-sided narrow streets.
Entrance ticket and visit of the Abbey included. Lunch on-site and drinks included. Excursion operated by motorcoach.
Entrance ticket included.
* Pick-up and drop-off hotel by minibus. Drive through Normandy to Mont-Saint-Michel.
Departure on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 6.45 AM.
Duration:14 hrs.
Caen Memorial Arromanches Batteries of Longues Pointe du Hoc American Cemetery.
First part of the day: the Caen Memorial for an emotional visit as you relive the most important hours of the D-Day landings and the battle of Normandy.
Then onto Arromanches to have a look at the remains of the artificial bridge which was built by the allied forces in under 15 days.
AIn the early afternoon, discovery of the Batteries of Longues and a visit to the American Cemetery of Saint Laurent On the return journey stop at Omaha beach.
Entrance included.
Departure at 7.00 am on Thursday and Saturday.
Duration : 12 hours.
PocketVox, the audioguided visit that brightens your tripWith our MP3 audioguided visits, discover at your own pace the main districts, monuments, artistic masterpieces in Paris.
You choose:
Choose the subjects that interest you.
Once there, you’ll be able to go at your own pace exactly when you want – no prescribed times for visits, no appointments to keep, no fixed paths.
Exceptional MP3audioguided visits of roughly 1 hour and a half each:
Just put on your headset and follow the guide. The instructions are clear – you will never get lost. Enjoy our audioguided visits, prepared by experts in Paris. Discover neighborhoods full of history and charm; let yourself be guided through little-known streets and unusual places; visit the main monuments and see works of art in the major museums.
Notre dame, Place des Vosges, Montmartre, Louvre, Mouffetard, Rodin, St Germain.
With our MP3 audioguided visits, discover at your own pace the main districts, monuments, artistic masterpieces in Paris.
You choose:
Choose the subjects that interest you.
Once there, you’ll be able to go at your own pace exactly when you want – no prescribed times for visits, no appointments to keep, no fixed paths.
Exceptional MP3audioguided visits of roughly 1 hour and a half each:
Just put on your headset and follow the guide. The instructions are clear – you will never get lost.
Enjoy our audioguided visits, prepared by experts in Paris. Discover neighborhoods full of history and charm; let yourself be guided through little-known streets and unusual places; visit the main monuments and see works of art in the major museums.
It’s very easy!
Pour chaque ville à découvrir:
1: Choose your preferred visits from among our offers and then download them to your computer.
2: Transfer them to your MP3 compatible portable player: MP3 player, iPod, CD player, cell phone, etc.
3: Once there, simply turn your player on and begin your audioguided visit.
Along with the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, the Louvre is one of the three largest museums in the world.
A complete visit to all of its collections would probably take a very conscientious art lover about a week to complete. So instead of talking here about all the works on display, we have selected its nine most emblematic and famous masterpieces to begin to discover this amazing institution.
This “masterpiece tour” will begin with the discovery of the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace, before moving on to David’s monumental Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Veronese’s Wedding Feast at Cana, Géricault’s Raft of the Méduse, Delacroix’s Liberty Guiding the People, the Slaves sculpted by Michelangelo and Coysevox and Coustou’s Marly Horses.
Place: 1st arrondissement
Duration: about 2h30
This walking tour will allow you to explore one of the two existing Parisian villages, the other being the Butte aux Cailles. Montmartre is world-famous because of its Sacré-Cœur, its place du Tertre, the Moulin Rouge and the two boulevards at the foot of its hill: the boulevard de Clichy and the boulevard de Rochechouart.
You will not see any major architectural works on this walk. Instead, you will discover streets and lanes, famous or underrated, where History (with a capital H) and everyday life converge. You will come across many legendary places, such as the Lapin Agile, the Bateau Lavoir, the Moulin de la Galette and the Moulin Rouge. You will also discover a number of famous artists, such as Maurice Utrillo, Suzanne Valadon, Kees Van Dongen and Auguste Renoir, as well as picturesque characters like Lolo de donkey, Aristide Bruant, and even the popular film pixie Amélie Poulain, all of whom have helped make Montmartre what it is.
Place: 18th arrondissement
Duration: about 2h
This walking tour will allow you to explore one of the two existing Parisian villages, the other being the Butte aux Cailles. Montmartre is world-famous because of its Sacré-Cœur, its place du Tertre, the Moulin Rouge and the two boulevards at the foot of its hill: the boulevard de Clichy and the boulevard de Rochechouart.
You will not see any major architectural works on this walk. Instead, you will discover streets and lanes, famous or underrated, where History (with a capital H) and everyday life converge. You will come across many legendary places, such as the Lapin Agile, the Bateau Lavoir, the Moulin de la Galette and the Moulin Rouge. You will also discover a number of famous artists, such as Maurice Utrillo, Suzanne Valadon, Kees Van Dongen and Auguste Renoir, as well as picturesque characters like Lolo de donkey, Aristide Bruant, and even the popular film pixie Amélie Poulain, all of whom have helped make Montmartre what it is.
Place: 18th arrondissement
Duration: about 2h
On this walking tour you will encounter some of the famous people that lived in the Marais between the Renaissance and the Romantic eras: from 16th century architects Pierre Lescot and Jean Goujon to Victor Hugo, without forgetting the Duc de Sully, Madame de Sévigné, the 17th century architect Mansart and the 18th-century playwright Beaumarchais.
You will discover the first Royal Square in France –now called the Place des Vosges – and some of its remarkable mansions, or hôtels particuliers. Left untouched by Baron Haussmann’s ambitious city planning works during the Second Empire, the Marais remains a true catalogue of 300 years of aristocratic architecture.This walk gives you the opportunity to discover some of the most representative sites from the grand era of the Marais – between 1550 and 1650.
At the same time, our itinerary will introduce you to one of the most charming and lively neighborhoods in Paris.
Place: the Marais (4th arrondissement)
Duration: about 1h
On this walking tour you will encounter some of the famous people that lived in the Marais between the Renaissance and the Romantic eras: from 16th century architects Pierre Lescot and Jean Goujon to Victor Hugo, without forgetting the Duc de Sully, Madame de Sévigné, the 17th century architect Mansart and the 18th-century playwright Beaumarchais.
You will discover the first Royal Square in France –now called the Place des Vosges – and some of its remarkable mansions, or hôtels particuliers. Left untouched by Baron Haussmann’s ambitious city planning works during the Second Empire, the Marais remains a true catalogue of 300 years of aristocratic architecture.This walk gives you the opportunity to discover some of the most representative sites from the grand era of the Marais – between 1550 and 1650.
At the same time, our itinerary will introduce you to one of the most charming and lively neighborhoods in Paris.
Place: the Marais (4th arrondissement)
Duration: about 1h
Notre Dame Cathedral seems to be enveloped by an aura of mystery that undoubtedly owes much to Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame and its cast of world-famous characters: Esmeralda, Quasimodo and others. But there is so much more to this monumental cathedral. As the poet Paul Claudel said, “Notre Dame is not just an edifice, it is a person.” And it is true.
We could add that it is a very honorable person, a millenary witness to some of the greatest events in French history. Did you know, for example, that it was at Notre Dame that King Philip the Fair assembled the etats généraux to mark France’s independence from the political power of the Popes in Rome? King after king commissioned additions by the best artisans, turning Notre Dame into a true museum of the evolution of Gothic architecture and sculpture.
Our visit will take us from Romanesque sculptures to the statues of Louis XIII and XIV made by Antoine Coysevox and Guillaume Coustou in the early 18th century.
Place: Ile de la Cite (4th arrondissement)
Duration: about 1h30
Saint Germain-des-Près is one of the liveliest neighborhoods in Paris. To discover it we will wander down its streets, following the adventures of some of its most famous inhabitants, which have included Gérard de Nerval, Georges Sand, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, and many more.
Like them, the atmosphere that inhabits its old buildings, courtyards and alleys is sure to charm you.
Place: The Latin Quarter (6th arrondissement)
Duration: about 1h30
Saint Germain-des-Près is one of the liveliest neighborhoods in Paris. To discover it we will wander down its streets, following the adventures of some of its most famous inhabitants, which have included Gérard de Nerval, Georges Sand, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, and many more.
Like them, the atmosphere that inhabits its old buildings, courtyards and alleys is sure to charm you.
Place: The Latin Quarter (6th arrondissement)
Duration: about 1h30
When Clovis I, widely considered to be the first King of France, chose Saint Denis as patron saint of the kingdom, he gave this site, where legend has it Saint Denis is buried, an importance it would never lose.
His descendant, Dagobert I, was buried here in 640, and from that day on, the Basilica of Saint Denis became the necropolis of the Kings and Queens of France, up to and including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Our visit will take us to meet some famous characters from the history of France: Charles Martel, Pippin the Younger, Philip IV the Fair – who disbanded the Knights Templar –, Francis I, Catherine de’ Medici, etc.
Given that the artists who engraved or carved the tombs where the leading exponents of their age, we can observe the evolution of the art of sculpture over 1000 years, as well as a sense of what death meant to all these sovereigns.
Finally, the Basilica of Saint Denis – thanks to Abbot Suger – marks the birth of Gothic architecture which was to be adopted in the rest of the Western world.
Place: Saint Denis, on the outskirts of Paris
Duration: about 2h
When Clovis I, widely considered to be the first King of France, chose Saint Denis as patron saint of the kingdom, he gave this site, where legend has it Saint Denis is buried, an importance it would never lose.
His descendant, Dagobert I, was buried here in 640, and from that day on, the Basilica of Saint Denis became the necropolis of the Kings and Queens of France, up to and including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Our visit will take us to meet some famous characters from the history of France: Charles Martel, Pippin the Younger, Philip IV the Fair – who disbanded the Knights Templar –, Francis I, Catherine de’ Medici, etc.
Given that the artists who engraved or carved the tombs where the leading exponents of their age, we can observe the evolution of the art of sculpture over 1000 years, as well as a sense of what death meant to all these sovereigns.
Finally, the Basilica of Saint Denis – thanks to Abbot Suger – marks the birth of Gothic architecture which was to be adopted in the rest of the Western world.
Place: Saint Denis, on the outskirts of Paris
Duration: about 2h
Along with the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, the Louvre is one of the three largest museums in the world.
A complete visit to all of its collections would probably take a very conscientious art lover about a week to complete. So instead of talking here about all the works on display, we have selected its nine most emblematic and famous masterpieces to begin to discover this amazing institution.
This “masterpiece tour” will begin with the discovery of the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace, before moving on to David’s monumental Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Veronese’s Wedding Feast at Cana, Géricault’s Raft of the Méduse, Delacroix’s Liberty Guiding the People, the Slaves sculpted by Michelangelo and Coysevox and Coustou’s Marly Horses.
Place: 1st arrondissement
Duration: about 2h30
In this walk we will discover the neighborhood around the rue Mouffetard, which lies between the church of Saint-Medard and the place de la Contrescarpe, a picturesque and lively place that used to be known as the village of Saint-Medard.
We won’t find any major architectural treasures here, but instead will come across alleys and streets, some quite unknown, as well as hidden gardens and medieval homes. These places will lead us to talk about the wall built at the end of the 12th century by King Philippe Auguste, as well as various early phases in the evolution of Paris, and the Middle Ages in general.
We will also hear various anecdotes of funny and tragic events that took place in this neighborhood.
Place: 5th arrondissement
Duration: about 1h30
Throughout his life, sculptor Auguste Rodin attempted to reach a fuller expression of the truth of the subject being represented in his sculptures. Our visit will follow his evolution. He began by removing the attributes that habitually characterize people, then choosing to not gloss over physical defects, even amplifying them, and finally going as far as to play with physical proportions, and deforming bodies.
It was no longer a matter of describing or telling, but a way to take the viewer inside the subjects in question. “I understood,” he said, “that around the person represented, it was imperative to imply like a halo of ideas to explain that person, thus making art expand ike mysterious waves.”
It is the “intimate person” that interests Rodin, and he tried to reveal that richness, rather than report on the exterior circumstance of an existence.And with Balzac, he seems to have found was he was seeking. The simplicity we will have before our very eyes at the end of the visit, shows us that Rodin from then on oriented himself towards an art that made less and less reference to the real world.
The works to be commented are: Monument to the Burghers of Calais, The Gates of Hell, a portrait of Rodin’s father, The Man with the Broken Nose, Young Woman with Floral Hatt, The Age of Bronze, The Kiss, Saint John the Baptist, The Cathedral, The Age of Maturity by Camille Claudel, The Thinker , Danaïd, and finally the Bust of Balzac .
Place: 7th arrondissement
Duration: about 2h
Throughout his life, sculptor Auguste Rodin attempted to reach a fuller expression of the truth of the subject being represented in his sculptures. Our visit will follow his evolution. He began by removing the attributes that habitually characterize people, then choosing to not gloss over physical defects, even amplifying them, and finally going as far as to play with physical proportions, and deforming bodies.
It was no longer a matter of describing or telling, but a way to take the viewer inside the subjects in question. “I understood,” he said, “that around the person represented, it was imperative to imply like a halo of ideas to explain that person, thus making art expand ike mysterious waves.”
It is the “intimate person” that interests Rodin, and he tried to reveal that richness, rather than report on the exterior circumstance of an existence.And with Balzac, he seems to have found was he was seeking. The simplicity we will have before our very eyes at the end of the visit, shows us that Rodin from then on oriented himself towards an art that made less and less reference to the real world.
The works to be commented are: Monument to the Burghers of Calais, The Gates of Hell, a portrait of Rodin’s father, The Man with the Broken Nose, Young Woman with Floral Hatt, The Age of Bronze, The Kiss, Saint John the Baptist, The Cathedral, The Age of Maturity by Camille Claudel, The Thinker , Danaïd, and finally the Bust of Balzac .
Place: 7th arrondissement
Duration: about 2h
In this walk we will discover the neighborhood around the rue Mouffetard, which lies between the church of Saint-Medard and the place de la Contrescarpe, a picturesque and lively place that used to be known as the village of Saint-Medard.
We won’t find any major architectural treasures here, but instead will come across alleys and streets, some quite unknown, as well as hidden gardens and medieval homes. These places will lead us to talk about the wall built at the end of the 12th century by King Philippe Auguste, as well as various early phases in the evolution of Paris, and the Middle Ages in general.
We will also hear various anecdotes of funny and tragic events that took place in this neighborhood.
Place: 5th arrondissement
Duration: about 1h30
Notre Dame Cathedral seems to be enveloped by an aura of mystery that undoubtedly owes much to Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame and its cast of world-famous characters: Esmeralda, Quasimodo and others. But there is so much more to this monumental cathedral. As the poet Paul Claudel said, “Notre Dame is not just an edifice, it is a person.” And it is true.
We could add that it is a very honorable person, a millenary witness to some of the greatest events in French history. Did you know, for example, that it was at Notre Dame that King Philip the Fair assembled the etats généraux to mark France’s independence from the political power of the Popes in Rome? King after king commissioned additions by the best artisans, turning Notre Dame into a true museum of the evolution of Gothic architecture and sculpture.
Our visit will take us from Romanesque sculptures to the statues of Louis XIII and XIV made by Antoine Coysevox and Guillaume Coustou in the early 18th century.
Place: Ile de la Cite (4th arrondissement)
Duration: about 1h30
Paris à Vélo
There is a way to enjoy a close proximity to Paris: biking.
Let our guides and by-riders take you to a gentle ride, in safe conditions.
Come and see Paris in an original, odd way, away from traffic and stress.
We will make you discover enchanted and unexpected places. Paris has more than 5000 streets, many of them hiding treasures to be found: artists'studios, flowered yards, unusual monuments...and Parisians too!
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The hilly "East End" conciliates nature and modern architecture. Canals and boats, small houses in green yards, typical districts as Belleville and Menilmontant oddly alternate with new-built places or such novelties as the Parc de la Villette.
Duration: 3-hours tour.
Departure from April 1st to October 31st on Saturday or Sunday at 3.00 pm and from November 1st to March 31st on Saturday or Sunday at 2.00 pm. Other days for groups on request.
Includes: bike loan, guide service, insurance.
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6 am, Paris wakes up. It is the right time to discover in quietness such a famous but currently overcrowded place as Montmartre . A short but rough upward slope! Springtime and summer only, take this unique chance to see the colors of Paris change, as it lazily comes out of sleep.
Duration: 3-hours tour. Departure on Sunday at 6 am from May to September.
Other days for groups on request. Includes: bike loan, guide service, insurance.
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Paris By night ! 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th arrondissements (dist.) We'll first take a long ride through the ancient districts and narrow streets of the « Marais ». Then across the Halles and the Palais Royal, heading for the Louvre and the river, we'll be ending with the Islands and a glance at Notre-Dame.
Duration: 3-hours tour. Nocturne, on Saturday night 8.30 pm, from May to September.
Other days for groups on request. Includes: bike loan, guide service, insurance.
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A ride across the South of Paris, where the city bears the marks of fast changes, from the farms and factories of pre-war times to nowaday's urban patchwork. Along quiet avenues and streets, trees and flower scents, we'll get to the hidden charms of the Parisians' Paris.
Departure from April 1st to October 31st on Wednesday, saturday and Sunday at 3.00 pm.
From November 1st to March 31st:departure on Saturday or Sunday at 2.00 pm. Other days for groups on request.
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1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th arrondissements (dist.) We'll first take a long ride through the ancient districts and narrow streets of the « Marais ». Then across the Halles and the Palais Royal, heading for the Louvre and the river, we'll be ending with the Islands and a glance at Notre-Dame.
Duration: 3-hours tour. From April 1st to October 31st: departure on monday, friday, saturday, sunday at 10.00 am.
From November 1st to March 31st: departure on saturday and sunday at 10.00 am. Other days for groups on request.
Includes: bike loan, guide service, insurance.
Helicopter Tour of ParisEnjoy Paris for the air with our helicopter tours of Paris and surroundings!
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This 25 minutes flight is available every Sunday from Le Bourget Airport.
Take off for a sightseeing tour around Paris and enjoy an exceptional panoramic view of the capital and its suburbs.
Fasten your seatbelt for a breathtaking flight! Pick up and drop off at your hotel in Paris included.
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This 35 minutes flight is available every Sunday from Bourget Airport.
This is the opportunity to see Paris like you’ve never seen it: a magic discovery of the capital’s monuments and the Palace of Versailles.
Pick up and drop off at your hotel in Paris included.
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Let’s take off for a 45 minutes flight from Tuesday to Sunday from Paris Heliport.
Have fun at the Aeronotic and Space Museum: you will find an exclusive collection of 180 aircrafts a lot of space machines, engines and models. You will also have the possibility to visit two french supersonic “Concordes” and also a 747 Boeing.
And to finish brilliantly, fly over the Palace of Versailles and its gardens. Pick up and drop off at your hotel in Paris included.
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Leaving from the Airdrome of Lognes or Toussus le Noble, feel like a real pilot and take control of the helicopter!
This activity is divided in tow parts:
