In an easy going city walk discover all the amazing highlights in Paris, such as the cathedral of Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the basilica Sacré-Coeur at Montmartre as well as some off-the-paths hidden gems like the Royal Palace, the ancient Roman Arena, the mysterious church Saint-Sulpice and the exciting quarter of revolutionaries at Odeon. You will further discover lots of amusing, intriguing and useful information about Paris and its social life.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
At your hotel
Starting from the red light district Pigalle and the worldwide famous cabaret Pigalle, we will reach the top of the hill Montmartre and visit its amazing church, the immense basilica Sacré-Coeur. We will also discover the legendary Place du Tetre where impressionist artists lived and worked in 19th century.
Starting from the ancient opera build by emperor Napoleon III, on a short walk to the Royal Palace we will discover some highlights as the luxury square Place Vendome, the king's garden Tuileries and the Louvre. After visiting the hidden garden of the Royal Palace and learning about its surprising past, we will have a rest fro lunch in this area.
We continue our walk of discovery through the medieval part of the Louvre, reach the oldest bridge in Paris, called Pont Neuf (New Bridge), we go on the island Ilde-de-la-Cité, pass the ancient royal residence Congiergerie and finally reach the gothic pearl of Paris, the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris.
Starting from the amazing ancient Roman arena, build at the same time as the Colosseum in Rome, you will be introduced to the Latin Quarter, the part of Paris where Romans lived and the first universities of Paris were created by monks in the middle age. We will see old monatseries, the most famous French university La Sorbonne, the quarter of revolutionaries at Odeon as well as the Luxembourg palace created by queen Marie de Medicis and the mysterious church Saint-Sulpice.
Starting from Saint-Sulpice we will join the Trocadero in front of the Eiffel Tower. This is the best place for having a view on the Iron Lady and for taking beautiful pictures.
We arrive at the Eiffel Tower on the End o the tour. From here you can chose to go on the top if you order your ticket in advance, or you can have a boat trip of one hour with audio description on the Seine river with our skip-the-line tickets.
End tour at the last destination or go back to your hotel
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
- Guide fee
- Tickets for the bus (around 3 euros)
- Lunch
- Drinks
The tour will start with all weather conditions. Please don't forget an umbrella and a bottle of water, especially in summer. You have to wear sporty shoes, since we will be walking for several miles.
On the days of week I am available or busy according to the seasons. During the academic year (October to May) I am teaching in university. However, in my company MSP SAS we have a dozen guides who all fulfil the guidelines of quality and expertise I put on myself and my wife Kristina with whom I manage the company. Our guides a available each day of the week.
After a law degree in Italy and Austria, I worked as a journalist for nearly 20 years, first in Italy and from 1995 to 2014 in Paris. I started guiding in 2014 and followed a new education for my national French guiding license. With my wife Kristina, an architect and historian of art, we created a guiding agency in Paris in which by now work a dozen highly qualified and licensed guides. All of us are driven by love for art, passion for history and eagerness of showing the French beauty to our guests. We provide private and group city tours as well as visits in the main Parisian museums as for instance Louvre and Musée d'Orsay. We manage also excursions to the Palace of Versailles, to the mansion of Monet, to Normandy and so on. During the academic year, I still give lessons for journalism in the Parisian university HEIP.
“Louvre with Christian ”
We had a great time with Christian who managed to show us the Louvre and its highlights in a very limited time. He gave us a perfect overview of the museum and showed us all the highlights. He had very interesting stories to tell and we enjoyed the time with him. He was very flexible and responded to our requests. Thank you Christian for some wonderfull insights!
Christian G.
(1 reviews)Thank you for your great review. It was a pleasure for me to show you the Louvre and some of its treasures. Hope to see you back in Paris soon! Christian