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DISCOVER OUR TOURSImagine discovering Paris with a local friend — someone who shows you hidden spots, tells funny stories, and explains the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’. A friend who makes you feel great about Paris. And what if this friend came with a professional guiding license, a Master’s degree, and a skip-the-line access everywhere?
Bestselling tours
Family Tours
Around Paris
Museums & Monuments
Matters of Taste
Private Walking Tour of Montmartre: Bohemians, Booze, and Blessings
Museums & Monuments
why taking a tour with us
Our guides are neither pure scholars nor amateur locals – the best of both, really. We come from various cultures and have worked in a variety of professions. We banded together over a shared passion: bringing the richness, the zest, and the joy of Paris to people from all over the world.
Private tours
No ‘umbrella tours’. Just you, your guide, and Paris.
Personable guides
Born or adopted Parisians with Master’s degrees in French history, art history, humanities.
Skip-the-line access
State-licensed guides with legal priority access.
Unique content
Exclusive themed or custom-made tours designed by our team.
FLEXIBLE CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellation free of charge up until 48 hours before the scheduled tour date.
what our clients say
A Moveable Feast — Paris in the Time of Hemingway
We are so pleased with the Hemingway tour we took with Irina Kneller this week. I am an English professor so am not easily impressed, but Irina impressed me with her knowledge, professionalism, and friendliness. She was incredibly passionate about her subject (she has a degree in French literature) and was excited to share that passion with us. I cannot recommend her enough to be your guide. Thank you, Irina, for making our time In Paris so memorable!
French Revolution Paris Walking Tour
Irina was a fabulous tour guide. Three of us learned some fascinating aspects of the French Revolution, while walking the streets. This turbulent epoch was brought to life by Irina. She followed up on our tour with an email detailing some of the points she covered, as well as links to reading material.
Consistently awesome
I’ve had a chance to experience Thierry and Irina’s expertise first hand several times now – whether it’s been a tour of the Latin Quarter or of the Louvre, or even just a general walk through Paris, these two are top notch. Strongly recommended!
Louvre Express
We were very pleased with our visit. The appointment was easy to find and the guide was present on time. The 90 mn format is perfect for a first discovery of the Louvre for a family. This visit allowed us to discover major artworks accompanied by interesting explanations. The guide knows the museum perfectly, which saves us a lot of time and makes us appreciate the visit. The history of art as well as explanations of the works adds another dimension to the visit! To be done again without hesitation. Thanks Thierry!
Versailles Private Tour
We used this tour to visit many significant places in Paris such as Notre-Dame, Saint Chapelle, Louvre and the magical Saint-Germain district. Our tour guide Thierry was amazing. He described the history and origin of many details and symbols hidden within these majestic buildings, and led us through Louvre showing us the most outstanding paintings and sculptures of all time. It was very helpful as Louvre is great in size and might be very intimidating for first time visitors. Fortunately having a guide as great as Thierry enabled us to have a great experience with Parisian culture and art. He was even nice enough to recommend us other attractions that may suite our taste in Paris.
Amazing tour!!
I went to see the Versailles palace with this tour and our guide Irina was really the selling point for me! She was super knowledgeable in a very captivating way. She made the history of the palace come alive rather than seem slightly dull like sometimes you may find with tours. She was very nice and friendly and even took time to talk to every single person of the group to share some tidbits about what they were looking at. I left knowing more about the palace and France than I ever have before and I still remember the information! Highly recommend, you won’t be disappointed!
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