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Marais in Paris PRIVATE with Expert Tour Guide
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Marais District with Expert Guide

By Babylon Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$161 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Learn about the history of the Marais district
  • Enjoy a Guided highlights tour with a personal touch
  • See the beautiful Place des Vosges
  • Explore the jewish neighbourhood
  • Learn why it became one of the most Chic places in Paris

Activity location

    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Outside metro exit Saint Paul (Metropolitan Line 1)
    • 10 Rue de Rivoli
    • 75004, Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Small Group option up to 8 guest
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • English

SAVE Money and book this Small Group option with up to 8 guests per guide!

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00 am
Price details
AU$161.37 x 2 AdultsAU$322.74

Total
Price is AU$322.74

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional art historian guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedAvailable Daily
  • What's includedWhat's includedDuration 2 - 2.5 hours
  • What's includedWhat's includedWheelchair Tour under Request Only
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTour price does NOT include service charge (optional)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTour price does NOT include luggage or coat storage

Know before you book

  • No large bags or suitcases are allowed in the tour, only handbags or small thin bag packs are allowed through security
  • Moderate amount of walking is involved.
  • Occasional closures without previous warning from the monument’s management. When this occurs, guests will be provided with an appropriate alternative route. In these cases the supplier is unable to provide refunds or discounts
  • Some specific monuments are subject to rules requiring quiet or restricted right to speak inside or specific NO Skip-the-Line. In these cases your guide will provide the information about the monument from outside.
  • Please provide a phone number and email you can be reached at during your trip.
  • This tour has a minimum requirement of 2 participants to run (an alternative date or full refund will be offered if the minimum is not met)
  • Wheelchair tour only available as PRIVATE (guide will not be able to provide a small group tour for guests that require wheelchair)

What you can expect

On this 2.5 hour Exclusive Private Tour, you’ll learn the secrets behind this must-see area that captures the hearts of Parisians and travellers alike. Dotted with royal mansions and former royal residences, the Marais is also the historical home of Paris’s bustling Jewish population.

Your guide will lead you through the tiny medieval streets and courtyards of this iconic area that once laid beyond the city centre. At the Church of Saint Paul and Saint Louis, you’ll begin to understand the opulence that marked the district during the Renaissance. Move through the courtyard of the regal Hotel de Sully, one of many residences you’ll discover on this tour. Some are open to the public, including the Musée Carnavalet. In the nearby Place des Vosges, a public square with unparalleled beauty in Paris, you’ll learn about the kings and queens who once called this district home. Travelling forward in time, your guide will introduce you to the Jewish community that put the Marais on the map through the 18th and 19th centuries. Try and resist the smells of pastries wafting through the air while passing the bakeries of the Pletzl on your way to the shops of the rue des Francs Bourgeois. The tour may end at the Hotel de Ville or the Pompidou Centre, both architectural masterpieces from very different periods that are must-see experiences in the Marais.

We’re more than just storytellers. Our young, passionate, and engaging guides approach touring in a different way. They will bring a personal touch to each tour, adding their own favourite anecdotes and tips along the way. They are there to listen to you, to answer your questions, and to create a dialogue – unlike other tours where they just lecture you as you go along. That’s the whole reason why we specialise in private and semi-private tours exclusively, to make sure you get the most possible out of your experience.

Location

Activity location

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    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOutside metro exit Saint Paul (Metropolitan Line 1)
    • 10 Rue de Rivoli
    • 75004, Paris, Île-de-France, France