Unsure where to start exploring Paris? There are many guided tours available online, making it hard to choose. We’ve handpicked the top tours to help you find the perfect fit based on your desires and budget.
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Guided Bus Tours / Monuments
1) Tootbus Paris Bus Tour
Make the most of your stay and discover Paris on a bus.
With this bus tour, it’s up to you where you hop-on and hop-off the bus! You will many famous monuments and attractions throughout Paris, and the audio guide or the comments of the guide will introduce you to the mythical places and all the secrets of the history of our capital.
It gives you the opportunity to just hop off at any time and visit museums and the most iconic places in Paris.
On the list, you will find places such as Opéra Garnier, Louvre Museum, Pont Neuf, Notre-Dame, Champs Elysées, the Eiffel Tower, etc.
You can admire the city in the open air thanks to a 2-story bus with an open roof on the first floor.
Duration: 2h if you don’t hop off at all
Price: €29
Type: guided tour by bus
Insolite and artistic guided tours
2) Street Art Tour of the Butte aux Cailles
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Here is an unusual tour where you will discover street art in Paris.
It takes place in the Belleville district where you will have a guided tour about the region’s street art. You will see graffitis, paintings and murals made by well-known artists such as Seth, Clet and many others.
The meeting point is in the Ménilmontant district. On your way, you will walk through the two main “epicenters” of Parisian street art. You will discover artists and what characterizes them as well as their art, and you will earn some knowledge about their technical vocabulary.
There is one interesting point. The visit is mainly based on one question: how did Parisian art go from Leonardo to street art?
Duration: 2 hours
Starting point: Rue de Paris, 75020 Paris, France
Price: 47.43 €
Type: guided tour by foot
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3) “Romance” ride in a horse-drawn carriage
In a more intimate and romantic atmosphere, a carriage will take you to discover some of Paris’ most famous places.
This carriage, which can accommodate up to 4 people, will help you enjoy the capital in a different way.
Both in summer and winter, you can take advantage of this tour to visit the romantic districts of Paris and the Champs-Élysées, thanks to magnificent horses and carriages that will help you spend a wonderful time.
Duration: 1 hour
Starting point: Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France
Price: €135
Type: guided tour in a carriage
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4) The Catacombs of Paris – Fast-track tickets
You can now buy a queue ticket with an audio-guide to visit one of the most mysterious places in Paris: the catacombs.
This 2 km underground network located below the ground of the capital is a real labyrinth.
Your audio-guide will provide you with information and anecdotes about this dark place where the remains of more than 6 million Parisians are located.
Duration: 45 minutes
Starting point: 1 Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, metro station “Denfert-Rochereau”.
Price: from €29
Type: audio-guided tour on foot.
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5) Visit Paris on your bicycle
Visit the French capital with a guide on a bicycle. He will show you the main interest points such as Napoleon’s grave, the Invalides, the Eiffel Tower and many others. All the equipment will be loaned to you.
According to what you choose, you can begin the visit in the morning or the in afternoon. You will also be able to take a break to have a snack in a nice Parisian bakery, for instance.
What people really liked about this activity is the fair number of pictures you will be able to take during your trip. You will cycle through some nice places in the capital and have many opportunities to take some nice pictures.
Duration: 4 hours
Starting point: 24 Rue Edgar Faure, 75015 Paris, France
Price: 39€
Type: city bike guided tour on a bicycle
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Culinary guided tours
6) Bateaux Parisiens Dinner Cruise
Discovering Paris on the Seine river, illuminated during the mild evenings – isn’t it a bit enchanting? Well, that’s what the Parisian boats have to offer – a two and a half-hour visit with dinner to enjoy it even more.
Delicious dishes are prepared on-site with fresh produce selected each morning.
On the tour program: the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Palais, Place de la Concorde, the Louvre museum, the Conciergerie, the City Hall, the National Library of France, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Orsay Museum, the National Assembly.
Four different dinner options are available, so it’s up to you to choose which one you want to make your experience unforgettable.
Duration: 90 minutes or two-and-a-quarter hours
Starting point: At the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Port de la Bourdonnais.
Price: from €89
Type: dinner cruise
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Museum guided tours
7) Skip-the-line Guided Tour of the Louvre Museum
Benefit from this visit to discover one of the most famous museums in the world: the Louvre Museum.
Thanks to your skip-the-line ticket and the interpreter-guide who will accompany you, you will not have to wait in line and you will enjoy the visit to its fullest with clear explanations provided by your guide.
The guide will focus mainly on three artworks: the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and the Coronation of Napoleon the First.
You can also enjoy the visit on your own. After the tour with your guide, you can discover by yourself the other departments of the museum (which includes 8 departments in total), and have a snack as well as do some shopping in the souvenir shop.
Duration: 2 hours and a half
Starting point: Agence PARISCityVISION – 2 rue des Pyramides
Price: €69
Type: museum guided tour
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8) The Palace of Versailles
Born from the jealousy of King Louis XIV, this castle later became the residence of the kings of France.
You will find more than 60,000 pieces of art here.
The estate of the Château de Versailles is made up of different parts: the castle, the gardens, the carriage gallery, the Trianon estate and the park; all this over an area of 800 hectares.
This place was ideal for the hunts organized by the Court, where many kings would come to enjoy their time there. In 1682 it became the main residence of the royal court and the government.
A few years after the French Revolution, guided tours were already organized and it became a museum.
Duration: as long as the museum is open
Starting point: Entrance A, Pavillon Dufour – 78000 Versailles
Price: from €19.50
Type: audio-guided tour on foot
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