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Private Tour in the Saint-Germain Area: Walk and Savour French Delights

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About this activity

Favourite area of literary and artistic figures like Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Simone de Beauvoir, Pablo Picasso or Jim Morrison, Saint-Germain has fascinated generations of bohemians since the 1920s. This tour takes you back in time and reveals some of the places artists mostly appreciated, but also allows you a contemporary view on this area that is nowadays one of the most sophisticated in Paris. The equally refined culinary delights you’ll find on the way will make you understand why we call this tour "exquisite". • Admire the most typical haussmannian architecture that makes Paris look like Paris • Discover writers’ favourite cafés at the beginning of the 1900s • Get exclusive behind the scenes access to the oldest and most famous bakery in town • Walk along one of the last medieval streets left in this area • Indulge yourself with an exquisite selection of French desserts, cheese and charcuterie

Highlights

    What's included

    • One of the best macarons in the city
    • A piece of the most traditional sourdough bread in Paris
    • A glass of wine with the cheese and charcuterie in a local covered market
    • One patisserie and a hot chocolate produced by an award winning cocoa specialist
    • A taste of salted butter caramel straight from its inventor's shop
    • A selection of truffled cheese and charcuterie

    Not included

    • Additional food and drinks
    • tips or gratuities for your guide

    Itinerary

    1. Your private professional guide will lead you in the streets of this charmig area, once the bohemian neighborhood where many American expats loved hanging out. You will try the most exquisite French specialties : pastries, hot chocolate, sourdough bread, caramels, macarons, truffled cheese and charcuterie and delicious wine.

      3 hoursAdmission free

    2. Discover this medieval street and imagine Paris before Haussmann.

      20 minutesAdmission free

    3. Bois de Boulogne

      The guide will introduce you to the oldest restaurant in Paris.

      Pass by (no stop)Admission freeSee on map

    4. Bois de Boulogne

      You will try an exquisite bite of pastry and a hot chocolate from this cacao master

      15 minutesAdmission freeSee on map

    5. Meet your guide and learn about the controversial French Academy.

      15 minutesAdmission free

    6. The guide will explain you the tough destiny of this very old abbey, one of the oldest in Paris.

      5 minutesAdmission free

    7. Bois de Boulogne

      You will have a taste of the original caramel from its inventor.

      10 minutesAdmission freeSee on map

    8. Visit the medieval oven of this old bakery and learn the story of this flourishing family business. You'll get to try their sourdough bread at the end of the tour.

      20 minutesAdmission free

    9. Bois de Boulogne

      You will see the contemporary version of this once bohemian café, one the favourite places of Hemingaway, Picasso, Scott Fitzgerald or Gertrude Stein.

      Pass by (no stop)Admission freeSee on map

    10. Bois de Boulogne

      You will try a delicious macaron from this pastry-chef, elected the best in the world in 2016.

      10 minutesAdmission freeSee on map

    Meeting point

    In front of the Institut de France

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    Pickup

    • Everyone meets at the start point

    Drop-off

    • Marché couvert Saint-Germain

    Know before you go

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
    • One per booking

    Cancellation and refunds

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

    If you cancelRefund
    At least 1 days before100%
    Between 0 and 1 days before0%
    Supplied by
    Paris Urban Delights
    Product code
    265370P2

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