Your Special Paris Musketeers Tour
Walking tour through the Latin Quarter in the footsteps of Alexandre Dumas
- WITH
- Irina | about the guide
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Paris - Normandy - Champagne - Loire Valley
France -
3 hrs
DURATION -
6
MAX. No. ON TOUR
TOUR DETAILS
- keywords :
- transport :
- By walk with possibility of taking a taxi to go to the fencing class
- ACTIVITY LEVEL :
- Light
- ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISABLED :
- yes
- Kid friendly :
- Children are welcome from 13-14 years (walking tour is quite physical)
- LANGUAGES:
- Russe/Russian (native), Anglais/English (Bilingual), Français/French (Bilingual)
- MAX. No. OF PEOPLE :
- 6
INCLUDED IN THE TOUR
- Fencing lessons
NOT INCLUDED
- Meals - Taxi/ transport if necessary - Extra fee for the fencing class if the tour is on Sunday or during the holidays. In this case the difference of the price should be paid on the spot.
ITINERARY
You will meet your guide on the Place Dauphine located west of the Île de la Cité, ready for a guided two-hour stroll in the footsteps of Alexandre Dumas's musketeers and the places where they lived. You will walk down the narrow medieval streets towards the Pont Neuf, through the Rue Dauphine, the Buci street, the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the Rue de Tournon with its magnificent individual hotels. You will also walk along the fence of the Luxembourg Gardens to see the eponymous palace, just before heading to the beautiful baroque church of Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes. Your walking tour will end on the Place Saint Sulpice where you will admire the Church of Saint Sulpice near which resided D'Artagnan. Then, you will take a 45 minutes fencing class during which you will learn all the techniques once used by musketeers. (Please note that if your tour takes place on Sundays or during holidays, the fencing course will cost more expensive and the difference will be paid locally due to the exceptional opening of the venue for this activity). At the end of the day, you will enjoy a delicious dinner in the prestigious and historic Michelin starred restaurant, the Relais Louis XIII.
WHERE AND WHEN?
- MEET-UP LOCATION:
- Your hotel in Paris or place Dauphine
- END OF TOUR LOCATION:
- Restaurant Relais Louis XIII or site Saint Sulpice
about
your guide
Irina
The Hague
- languages :
- Russe/Russian, Anglais/English, Français/French
A native of Moscow, I left Russia 10 years ago at the end of my journalism and French literature studies, to come and live in Paris. Passionate about the French capital, I became a State-licensed guide in Paris, France. After guiding at the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Versailles, Grand-Palais and other Parisian museums and exhibitions, I moved to The Netherlands for family reasons. I now continue to guide in Amsterdam and The Hague. I hold 2 Master’s degrees—in French humanities and journalism, and I continuously expand my knowledge of European art history and history. I’m not a lecturer, though. I strive to provide academic-level tours in a fun and accessible way. I worked for several years in journalism and marketing before I embraced my passion for culture and became a guide. I enjoy the conversational format of a private group, and I’m always happy to adjust the tour to your interests and needs. Another of my favorite activities is hiking that I practice all over the world (Nepal, Ecuador ...). Any of my tours can be given in English, French or Russian languages.
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