Let’s discover the Underground Paris…

During your visit, withought doing the huge line of course, you’ll dive into the depths of Paris and discover all its mysteries. Here were located the ancient Parisian quarries dating back to Roman Era, from where stones were extracted to build the city and its surrounding throughout the centuries. In order to sanatize the city, works commissioned by the King were carried out as of 1777, closing cemeteries and sending the bones to these tunnels left by the quarry workers! the Catacombs were born. Discover this and much more during this 1h30 visit where you’ll enter rooms usually not open to the public…

Admission tickets not included (30€/ person + 30€ / group for the guided tours fee – we buy them for you and do all the reservations)

OPTIMIZE YOUR TIME
During this tour, by day or by night, you’ll be able to have a general idea and capture the best shots of the city accompanied by myself, a professional and licensed guide. With a fews stops at, for instance, the Ile de la Cité (Notre Dame Cathedral), the Opéra House, the Trocadéro (Eiffel Tower), the Arc de Triomphe or any other place you prefer, this tour is the best, comfortable, knowledgeable way to discover Paris.

“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war” Napoleon Bonaparte

The Hotel des Invalides was commissioned by Louis XIV in order to host all his army’s invalid or injured soldiers. Not only because of his pious consciousness but to avoid them to live on the cities streets and disturb public order. Today, in this military complex, we can visit the Army Museum, with its collection spanning from Medieval times to WWII, and two different churches (one for King and the other, for the soldiers). It’ll be here where we’ll find Napoleon I’s tomb, too!

ONCE UPON A TIME…
Three kings named “Louis” and three Queens named “Maria”. They all lived in this magnificent palace, an architectural gem located 20 miles from the Paris. Louis XIV, married to Maria Theresa of Spain, moved officially from the Louvre Palace to Versailles in 1681 after decades of construction. His great grandson, Louis XV, married to Maria Leszczynska of Poland, was the one who enjoyed it afterwards, even if he didn’t like all the protocol burden which came with his legacy. Louis XV’s grandson, Louis XVI, married to the famous queen, Marie Antoinette of Austria, was the one who paid the price for living in such luxurious standards while his subjects were struggling to survive. Come inside and let’s discover together all the history, stories and anedoctes these walls and gardens can tell us.

FROM A SWAMP TO A LIVELY NEIGHBORHOOD

This is where we’ll find a lot of old buildings and “hôtels particuliers”, specially because it has been saved from the Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann’s project of reconstruction of the French capital during the second half of the XIX century. A place for history, fashion, architecture and gastronomy lovers !!

MEDIEVAL PARIS TOUR

At the Ile de la Cité, right in the heart of Paris, let’s go back 800 years in time. Let’s talk about how Paris became the religious and political center and one of the most important European cities because of this new and “modern” edifice. Let’s talk about the evolution of the Gothic style, from Notre Dame to the Saint Chapelle. Let’s understand why the kings of France preffered the Louvre, moving out of the Palais de Justice – Conciergerie building complex. Even if Napoleon III wanted to thoroughly renovate his capital during the second half of the XIX century, we still are able to see a few medieval remnants in the “ville lumière”.

The neighborhood of artists and bohemians?

Montmartre is definitely more than that. It is true that artists like Picasso, Modigliani, Henri Matisse and many others made this part of the city famous, but the “mount of the martys”‘s history tells us much more about Paris than many of us think. Let’s visit the Sacre Coeur basilica’s interior, stroll around 21th century painters working at Place du Tertre, take that famous picture in front of the Moulin Rouge and much more.

IMPRESSIONS…

In this former railway station, we’ll be mesmerized with the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters like Monet, Manet, Cézanne, Renoir, you name it. Even if the Museum is worth it a visit of its own, a combo with a prior visit to the Louvre would give a general idea about the evolution of the art history in Europe until the beginning of the XX century. Should I remind you that here we can find a Opera Garnier model exposed as well? A Montmartre tour would be a perfect match for your day too.