Private guides for individuals or small groups

Panoramic city tour of monuments with photo stops (4 hours)

This half-day tour gives you a glimpse of the city. You will see all of the major monuments including the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Élysées, the Opéra, Notre-Dame (with interior visit, if open), Montparnasse, Napoléon’s Tomb, the Arch of Triumph, place de la Concorde, etc. Your guide will give you a live commentary of the sites and will happily answer any questions you have about Paris. Enquire Now…

Entrance tickets not included and are to be paid by the visitor on the spot. Ticket prices range from 12 to 18 euros per person depending on the site visited. For a small supplementary charge, we can arrange to have your tickets purchased beforehand.

Panoramic city tour of monuments and one-hour river cruise, with photo stops (8 hours)

This full-day tour will allow you to visit all of the sites listed in the four-hour tour above but at greater leisure.

You will have time to visit the inside of Notre Dame, or to go up the Eiffel Tower or l’Arc de Triomphe—visits you would not be able to complete in a half-day tour. If you book ahead of time, we can make reservations for you in a fine restaurant of your choice.

In the afternoon you can enjoy a one-hour ride on the riverboat and see the handsome and historic buildings of Paris as you cruise calmly along the Seine: Paris’ Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, place de la Concorde, Hôtel des Invalides, the Conciergerie, the musée de Louvre, Notre-Dame, île de la Cite, île Saint-Louis and much more. It is impressive how many of Paris’ historical monuments are located along and visible from the river. If time permits, do visit the artists’ area of Montmartre on a hilltop on the edge of Paris. Enquire Now…

Entrance tickets not included and are to be paid by the visitor on the spot. Ticket prices range from 12 to 18 euros per person depending on the site visited; 12 euros for the riverboat. For a supplementary charge, we can arrange to have your tickets purchased beforehand. For a three-course meal with wine, count on a minimum of 35 euros/person.

City tour plus lunch* on riverboat or in the Eiffel Tower (8 hours)

After a three- to four-hour city tour in the morning, take a cruise on one of the city’s famous Bateaux Mouches while you are served a delicious three-course meal (you may or may not invite your guide to eat with you; price of the meal is not included in the flat rate*). The lunch cruise lasts approximately two hours, from 12:30–2:30 pm. After that you may wish to go up the Eiffel Tower nearby, for a bird’s-eye view of Paris (14 miles on a clear day) or continue to explore the city in a more detailed way—see the Louvre, see Montmartre, go shopping. The guide can give you ideas to help you decide. Total time eight hours. Alternative to the river cruise lunch—lunch at the Eiffel Tower restaurant on the second level. A fine meal and a fine view. Enquire Now…

Half-day visit of Louvre Museum or other museums (maximum 3 hours)

Located in the old royal palace, this famous museum is an immense treasure of paintings and artifacts. Our guide will show you the principal art works in the Louvre Museum (Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Venus de Milo, and others), as well as some other sections, as time allows. Our guide can pick you up at your hotel, or you can save time by meeting at a convenient place near the museum. As the museum is in the center of Paris, public transport or a taxi is all that you will need for this visit. Time: three hours, morning or afternoon. Please note: The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays. Enquire Now… This tour is interchangeable with the Musée d’Orsay, the Pompidou Center, the Pablo Picasso Museum, the Rodin Museum, or any other museum in Paris.

If your group is larger than five people, a group reservation must be made to visit the museum at an allocated time slot. This reservation costs 76 euros. Entrance tickets must also be bought in addition to this fee at 12 euros per person

Walking Tour of Paris plus River Cruise (4 hours)

Choose a popular “quartier” such as the Latin Quarter, the Marais, the Champs-Élysées or île Saint-Louis to explore for half a day. Your guide will give you a detailed tour of the area of your choice, including its literary, artistic, architectural and historical importance. Plenty of time for window shopping and menu-checking among some of Paris’ best restaurants. End your tour with a relaxing one hour river cruise along the Seine where you can view the city’s monuments from a different point of view. A slow and detailed way to enjoy the city. Enquire Now…

Entrance tickets not included and are to be paid by the visitor on the spot. Ticket prices range from 12 to 18 euros per person depending on the site visited; 12 euros for the riverboat. For a supplementary charge, we can arrange to have your tickets purchased beforehand. Fees for public transportation (metro, bus, taxi) not included.

Half-day visit of Château de Versailles (4 hours)

Half an hour’s drive from Paris, is the world-renowned château built by the Sun King, Louis the Fourteenth, in the 17th Century. Choose a morning or afternoon visit. Your guide will show you the royal apartments, the royal chapel, the Hall of Mirrors, etc. The château is surrounded by gardens which also merit attention. In the summer enjoy a musical fountain display in the afternoon (8 euros additional charge per person). We can arrange lunch in a fine old fashioned restaurant near the château after your visit. Time: four hours including transport time. Please note: Château de Versailles is closed on Mondays. Enquire Now…

For groups a reservation must be made to visit the château. This reservation fee is 45 euros for groups of 1 to 5 people; 76 euros for groups of 6 to 30 people. General entrance tickets must also be bought in addition to this fee at 15 euros per person. (Many other options for supplemental visits exist; please click the Enquire Now button just above for more details.). There is also a is a parking fee of 48 €. Add 40 euros per person for a fine lunch in a typical French restaurant in Versailles, near the château.

Full-day visit of Paris and Château de Versailles with lunch in typical French restaurant (8 hours)

A full day visit allows you to see the Paris in a morning panoramic tour and then drive out to Versailles, about 30 kilometers from the city. Treat yourself to lunch in an elegant French restaurant in the town of Versailles for approximately 40 euros per person. After lunch, you will visit the château and the extensive gardens. And don’t forget the musical fountain show in the summertime! Time: eight hours. Enquire Now…

For groups a reservation must be made to visit the château. This reservation fee is 45 euros for groups of 1 to 5 people; 76 euros for groups of 6 to 30 people. General entrance tickets must also be bought in addition to this fee at 15 euros per person. (Many other options for supplemental visits exist; please click the Enquire Now button just above for more details.). There is also a is a parking fee of 48 €. Add 40 euros per person for a fine lunch in a typical French restaurant in Versailles, near the château.

Helicopter ride around Paris (25-minute flight)

Are you bored with the usual ways of seeing the city? Well here’s something different! You will be picked up at your hotel by a chauffeured car and taken to a helioport near Paris (where Lindbergh landed after his famous trans-Atlantic flight). Then you’ll take off in a helicopter to see Paris from above during a 25-minute flight. After your flight, you will be brought back to your hotel in Paris. A truly unique experience!

In the unlikely event that the flight must be canceled due to bad weather, you will get a full refund. Flights are confirmed on the morning of the day between 9 and 11 am.

Regularly scheduled flights take place on Sunday afternoons between 2 and 5 pm. Hence you would be picked up at your hotel at 1:30 pm. The cost is 500 euros per person, with a minimum order of two people.

For a group of one to five people, we can reserve your flight on the day you wish. The cost is 1,500 euros*, regardless of how many people are in your group of up to five persons. Enquire Now…

Service	Rates (common languages*)
Fee for guide, 4 hours:	350 euros
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Historical and Cultural Paris along metro 1 (Subway line 1)

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The cost of public transportation and possible break in a typical café are not included.

The Legend with a Golden Voice (Edith Piaf’s Paris, 4 hours)

Paris, tu es ma gaieté, Paris tu es ma douceur aussi, tu es toute ma tendresse …

Your guide will pick you up from the hotel and will start the tour in the popular district of Paris where Edith Piaf was born and where her singing career began. There, you will visit Edith Piaf Museum which hosts collections of her dresses, personal things, letters and photos. A few streets away, in the bar dedicated to the singer you can enjoy a coffee whilst admiring the many pictures and photos that tell a fascinating story of Piaf’s life. In front of the café you will be surprised to see an original sculpture of this tiny and fragile person. You will visit t he grave of Édith Piaf at famous Père Lachaise Cemetery, always covered with flowers and small personal things left out by the admirers of the Legend. You will find the places which still remember her voice, from the narrow backstreet pavements to the glorious cabarets of Champs Elysées. Enquire Now…

The price of drinks at the bar and the cost of public transportation are not included. Entrance to the museum and visit of the grave are free.

Paris Art + Literary Walking Tour (4 hours)

Café hopping, expatriate style! Visit the celebrated haunts, houses and resting places of Henry Miller, June Mansfield, Anaïs Nin, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Man Ray, Kiki de Montparnasse, Picasso, the Fitzgeralds and many of the other colorful figures that peopled the streets of Paris in the roaring ’20s. Your tour will take you by Gertrude Stein’s home, the famous “Bricktops” in Montmartre, Rue de la Huchette (well known for its brothels), the Shakespeare & Co. bookshop, and the infamous cafés; Café de la Rotonde, Les Deux Magots, Le Dôme, La Coupole, la Closerie des Lilas… you’ve read all about it, now it’s time to live it! Enquire Now…

Certain entrance tickets must be bought in addition to this fee at 12 to 18 euros per person. Cost for public transportation not included.

Da Vinci Code Paris: Private Tour (4 hours, 5 hours by car)

“The da Vinci Code”, the controversial thriller by Dan Brown starts in Paris, and the first half of the novel takes place in the City of Lights. With your private guide, you will retrace Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu’s footsteps as they decipher clues hidden in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces: the Ritz Hotel, la Grande Galerie du Musée du Louvre, where fictional curator Jacques Saunière was murdered, works of art such as the Mona Lisa and The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci, the Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio, l’arc du Carousel, pont du Carousel, the frescoes by Eugène Delacroix, the ceiling, the astronomical gnomen, and the “brass Line” inside Saint-Sulpice Church, and the jardin des Tuileries. You’ll find the Arago plaques (pictured at left) that mark Paris’ “Rose Line”, the north–south meridional line from which all east–west distances in France were measured until 1884. Search for the holy grail in I.M. Pei’s Inverted Pyramid… Author Dan Brown maintains that “all descriptions of artwork, architecture, in the book are accurate”… Find out for yourself where the truth stops and the fiction begins! Enquire Now…

Cost for public transportation not included. Prices listes above are for the following languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German. For other languages (Dutch, Danish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese) a supplement will apply.

In the Footsteps of the French Revolution (4 hours)

	Service	Rates (common languages*)
	Fee for guide, 4 hours:	350 euros
	Fee for guide plus chauffeured 4-person sedan, 4 hours:	835 euros
	Fee for guide plus 7-person minivan, 4 hours:	933 euros
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If you’re passionate about history, this is the tour for you! Visit the site where the Tennis Court Oath and the Declaration of the Rights of Man were signed, re-enact the fall of the Bastille and the September massacres and visit the favorite haunts of the Jacobins and the Sans Culottes. A thrilling and original way to spend a day in Paris. Enquire Now…

Certain entrance tickets must be bought in addition to this fee, at a cost of 12 to 18 euros per person, and public transportation costs are not included.

Ethnic Breakfast Tour (4 hours)

Make sure to skip the hotel breakfast on the day you take this scrumptious tour! Japanese pastries on the rue St-Florentin, Jewish pastries in the Marais, Arabic sweets and mint tea in the “Grand Mosquée de Paris” and a grande finale at “La Durée” on rue Royale to savor Paris’ finest macaroons. A soothing way to start the day. Enquire Now…

Price does not include the cost of purchases. Cost for public transportation not included.

French cooking class with renowned Parisian chefs (3 hours)
Chefs of the restaurants of Joël Robuchon, The Ritz, Hôtel le Crillon, and Plaza Athénée

You have a half-day free, you love French cuisine, and you would like to learn how to prepare one or two of your favourite French dishes? We have a great idea for you! Come and join a class of French haute cuisine with a renowned chef in Paris. There you will learn some of his cooking secrets and tips as you prepare three dishes. Our chefs have worked for all the famous gastronomic restaurants of Paris such as Joël Robuchon, and the restaurants of The Ritz, Le Crillon, and Plaza Athénée hotels (many with 3-star Michelin ranking).

You will be part of a group of up to 12 people, but usually the groups are smaller. The course will be in English. For this 3-hour course you will learn how to prepare three dishes: an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert, for a complete 3-course meal. You will start from the raw ingredients, step by step, to the final 3-course meal, ready to eat. If you have a favourite dish you would like to learn, we will try to accommodate your request with the chef.

Your cooking class can be in the morning at 10am, in the afternoon at around 2:30pm, or in the evening from 6pm. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes in advance. It will be held at a specially-designed, fully-equipped cooking workshop in central Paris. These classes are highly in demand, so please try to book as early as possible, for example 10-15 days before the date you wish to reserve your cooking course.

After your class, you can enjoy your hot, finished meal on the spot in a nice dining hall, or take it home. This cooking class is sure to remain a memorable experience that you can use to amaze your friends for dinner parties to come.

If you wish, we can arrange for chauffeured transportation to and from the class, or you can come there on your own. Enquire Now…

Wine Tasting: Learn the Vocabulary, Traditions and Vintages (2 hours)

Even with a base knowledge of wine, it can be hard to describe them. You’ll learn to tell the differences between aromas, the terminology to describe them, and how to read “behind the label”. Just as important, you’ll enjoy each of these wines in their appropriate glasses, goblets, and flutes, and you will learn the mysterious technique of “retro-olfaction”. Your wine tasting session is complemented by plates of fine cheeses and smoked meats. Your sommelier will accompany you during the tasting of three to seven wines, ensuring a wide variety of wines for the beginner as well as the connaisseur. Enquire Now…

Wine tasting sessions are held throughout the week and weekend for those 18 or older.

Shop ’til You Drop (8 hours)

Start off on rue Etienne Marcel where you will find a host of unique boutiques (Barbara Bui, Cacharel, Paul & Joe, le Shop…) for cutting-edge fashions and accessories. Lunch at the fashionable Barbara Bui Café (price for lunch not included), before heading to rue St-Honoré where you can check out the upscale boutiques, luxury jewelers and “Colette”, Paris’ leading concept shop. Then it’s time to see and be seen at the Buddha Bar before heading to the Champs-Élysées for the Grand Finale. No lugging your packages around either—you can leave them in the car with your private chauffeur! Enquire Now…

Price does not include the cost of purchases. For three courses and wine at lunch count on 35 euros per person. We can make you an alternate lunch reservation at the restaurant of your choice. The price of a cocktail at the Buddha Bar is not included, prices range from 9 to 15 euros.

Secret Museums (8 hours)

A great idea, especially for Sundays when many things are closed in Paris. Discover the Musée d’Ennery with over 7,000 objects from China and Japan, the Museum of French monuments with its eerie statues and sculptures, the Jacquemart-André museum with wonderful art from the 18th century, the Gustave-Moreau museum for its fantastic symbolist collection as well as the Police Museum. We suggest lunching at “Georges” at the top of the Pompidou Center. Enquire Now…

Price does not include the cost of entrances. Ticket prices range from 12 to 18 euros per person depending on the site visited and can be included for an additional fee. For three courses and wine at lunch count on 35 euros per person. We can make you an alternate lunch reservation at the restaurant of your choice.

Hidden Places of Worship (4 hours)

Avoid the crowds at Notre-Dame and take a step inside a host of churches, chapels, mosques and synagogues that even some Parisians have never seen. Over the course of the day you will visit Sainte-Chapelle with its famous stained glass windows, St-Etienne du Mont, the Russian Orthodox church of Paris, the Miraculous Chapel, the Synagogue des Ecouffes and the Buddhist compound in the Bois de Vincennes. We suggest lunch at the beautiful “Grand Mosquée de Paris”. Of course we can arrange for you to explore more of any particular place of worship that may interest you. Enquire Now…

Price does not include the cost of entrances. Ticket prices range from 12 to 18 euros per person depending on the site visited and can be included for an additional charge. For three courses and wine at lunch count on 35 euros per person. We can make you an alternate lunch reservation at the restaurant of your choice.

Paris Architecture (4 hours)

Whether you are a student, a professional, or an architecture buff, we can customize this tour to fit your desires and interests. Paris by Jean Nouvel, Baron Von Haussman, Le Corbusier and others… modern, gothic, medieval and more, your itinerary is up to you and your professional guide! Who built all this, why, when? Ask all the questions you want… Don’t forget to bring your cameras! Enquire Now…

Price does not include the cost of selected purchases.

Visit the lovely French countryside surrounding Paris:

There are many places of interest on the outskirts of the city. You start early in the morning and return in the evening—a  10 or 12-hour day of touring. Lunch on the way in a restaurant of your choice (not included). Possible visits include:

Malmaison: Memories of Happier Times (5 hours)

Only a half hour from Paris, embark on a half day retreat to the charming home of Josephine and Napoléon Bonaparte, a place that evokes the peace and happiness they experienced while living there. Visit the immaculate rose gardens and the Bois Préau Château where Josephine housed many fascinating relics after her divorce from Napoléon. A delightful and pleasant afternoon outside of the city. Enquire Now…

Entrance tickets not included and are to be paid by the visitor on the spot. Ticket prices range from 12 to 18 euros per person depending on the site visited.

Giverny: Claude Monet’s Home and Gardens (5 hours)

Just an hour from Paris, your entire group will delight in the spectacular atmosphere of Monet’s gardens and home, where he lived and painted until his death. The flower gardens, studio and Japanese bridge alone make for an unforgettable excursion, not to mention the charming Normandy country roads you will navigate on your way to and from Giverny. Enquire Now…

Entrance tickets not included. Ticket prices range from 12 to 18 euros per person depending on the site visited.

Chartres + Vaux-le-Vicomte (10 hours)

Only one hour away from Paris, start your journey in the delightful village of Chartres where you will get a chance to discover the chef d’œuvre of the gothic style, the fabulous cathedral of Chartres with its famous stained glass windows. After lunch, take a lovely One-hour drive to visit Château Vaux-le-Vicomte, the treasure of Nicolas Fouquet which rendered Louis the 14th mad with jealousy. After exploring the interior of the castle, you’ll have time to stroll through the gardens before heading back to Paris. Enquire Now…

Château Vaux-le-Vicomte offers special events all year-round:

• Flowers: From the end of March to mid-May the gardens are planted with 44,000 tulips, 11,000 forget-me-nots and daisies. From mid-June to mid-September you’ll see 11,000 flowers: 19 new varieties spread over 3,000 square yards.
• Water shows and performances in the fountains, basins and waterfalls, from March 25th to October 28th, on the second