This is the tour you need in order to understand where and how it all started...

From Notre-Dame to the Bastille (4 hours)

We begin the tour with Notre-Dame (to beat the crowds), then we visit the rest of the CIty Island. If we plan it ahead, we can go inside Sainte-Chapelle. Then we walk through the Latin Quarter. As we walk, I will unravel the mystery and the story of Paris so that you'll fully understand how the city grew from a small settlement to its present size.

Then we cross the river again to go to the Saint-Louis island (a stop for the best ice-cream in town can be included).

Then we cross the river again to go to right bank (North of Notre-Dame) and we visit the Marais,

the area where the nobility lived before Louis XIV moved to Versailles.

Here we can include an inside visit of the house of Victor Hugo (free entrance - except Mondays).

(please click on the above link to find out why you should definitely visit the house of Victor Hugo!)

We normally finish the tour on Bastille square but, to tell you the truth (don't I always?😇), I always know where I start but I seldom know where I finish... Because it depends on numerous factors: how fast you walk, how many questions you ask (don't - or please do - get me started!), if we enter a museum or not... This walking-tour is meant to be adapted to your desires. There will not be that much walking (there will be a lot of benches and cafés on the way!) but you could get tired after a while and you always have the possibility to call it a day when you've reached your limit!

But if we make it to the Bastille, it's a good spot for you to find out why July14th is called "Bastille day!".