Paris Historic Center: 19th Century Boulevards Tour

Discover Paris’ historic heart: elegant boulevards, medieval churches, world-class museums, and rich history. Perfect for first-time visitors!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hotel de Ville - The Hôtel de Ville in Paris, with its impressive Renaissance architecture and grand façade, serves as the magnificent city hall, representing centuries of Parisian history and civic pride. Decorated with intricate sculptures and elegant embellishments, it stands as a symbol of governance and cultural heritage in the heart of the…
What's Included
  • Local expert guide
  • A thoroughly constructed-narrative
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Elegant and monumental 19th century boulevards, medieval churches, the world’s best art museums, unbeatable spirit of its inhabitants and a delicate (or perhaps quite pronounced!) sense of superiority, that’s Paris! Welcome to the world capital of class, elegance, fashion, love, art and amazing cuisine! Occupying this spot continuously since the 17th…

Location
Hôtel de Ville
Hotel de Ville, outside the metro at exit 5, next to the Paris tourist office, look for a yellow umbrella.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Chuckley24
Jan 18, 2026
Great tour, tons of history and stories - Tom was excellent! Tons of knowledge and good jokes. The fact that he’s a native English speaker and also fluent in French made the tour great.
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Mads_kruuse
Oct 24, 2025
Fantastic tour - We were a group of 6 friends in Paris. Some were there for the first time and some had been there several times. Francesca our amazing tourguide had so many stories and interesting facts about this city that everybody had a fantastic tour. And thanks to Francesca the tour did’nt feel too long, despite the freezing cold and the heavy winds.
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_lucy0789_3
Oct 1, 2025
Amazing experience! - Brilliant experience! Our tour guide was Francesca and she was amazing. Very enthusiastic and so informative! She really made the beginning of our first ever Paris trip special and gave us so many recommendations of food places, cafes and things to do. She made a massive effort to speak to everyone in the group and make it a really comfortable environment with the way she delivered the tour. Would highly recommend!
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Easthantseast
Sep 18, 2025
Great informative walking tour - Such an interesting tour we learnt so much. Tom our guide was full of fun interesting and entertaining facts about this lovely city. Would definitely recommend
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B4507tmphild
Sep 16, 2025
Tour Paris with Tom the Pom! - Having just arrived in Paris the night before, this tour was just what we needed to gain an insight into Paris-its landmarks and fascinating history. Tom The Pom was brilliant! His knowledge of the area and the history is vast and his delivery wasn't too heavy with humour along the way. He drew the crowd (of about 12) together with references from our countries and made us all feel very welcome by answering our questions along the way. The two and a half hours flew by and we really recommend this Walkative tour about the history of Paris with Tom.
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951sheenaf
Sep 10, 2025
Excellent tour guide - Francesca was very knowledgeable and made the tour interesting. The visual aids added to her exciting narrative. We can recommend this tour.
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Magdalena
Sep 6, 2025
Great Tour! Would recommend - Anna was a very good tour guide. She was very knowledgeable, had a great sense of humor, and answered all of our questions excellently. Even though we were a group of over 20 people, we could hear her loudly and clearly everywhere, even on busy streets. We highly recommend the tour!
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414debbiec
Aug 27, 2025
Jason was great - Our guide Jason was friendly and informative, he showed us a handful of sights in the centre of Paris. The group size was about 20 people which worked well. Would recommend.
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Natalie_c
Aug 9, 2025
The tour guide gave nice... - The tour guide gave nice information but also talked a lot about silly stuff. I could see with another guide it could be better.
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Claire_a
Sep 26, 2025
Don’t bother - A road was closed due to a parade, we arrived 5 minutes late but they had already left without us. You would have thought knowing the number of people on the tour they would have waited. Called the number, they told us to go to Notre damn bridge to find them so we did. Called them back as we could not find them, then they told us to go back to the start and “someone” would come for us. We waited for an hour but no one came. What a waste of money. We were really looking forward to it as well.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).