4.5h

Please ask for availability by mail before you book

Pickup at your hotel for Private tours and close to Arc de Triomphe for shared tours (exact adress to be advised by mail).

We operate this 4 hours half day tour in the morning and in the afternoon.

A stunning and complete half day sightseeing tour of Paris in minibus. Constructed 2000 thousand years ago and divided in 20 districts, each one is a village with its own history and centres of interest.

Your professional guide will drive you to discover the most famous places and there will be 2 stops* within the tour. 

You will see the Place de la Concorde with its Egyptian obelisk, fountains, statues and columns, the Madeleine church looking like a Greek temple, then the Opéra Garnier gorgeous architecture from the 19^th century, the rue de la Paix with its luxurious jewelleries, Place Vendome with its column comitioned by Napoleon.

You will then take the Rivoli street before joining the Champs-Elysées Avenue. On the top is the Arc de Triomphe with its 50 meters high celebrating the Napoleon victories. After, you will go to see the Eiffel Tower* built for the Universal Exhibition in 1889.

You will follow the Seine river bank where are located most of the major historical buildings of the city: Le Grand and le Petit Palais, the Tuileries gardens.

You will cross the river Seine to join the left bank. You will pass by Notre-Dame Cathedral and then continue with the Latin Quarter, Le Pantheon, the Luxembourg gardens, St Germain, St Sulpice churches, Les Invalides built in the 18^th century where is Napoleon’s tomb.

You will cross some of the most prestigious bridges during this trip : Alexandre III, Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge of the City. You will finish this visit with the "village" of Montmartre* where you will have another 20 minutes to stroll around the Sacré-Coeur Basilica and to the Place du Tertre where all the historical artists and painters used to show their works.   

Afterwards, our guide will drive to the famous company: “Les Bateaux Parisiens” at the Tour Eiffel foot to board one of their boats for around 1 hour cruise with lively commentaries together with passages of music evocative of the places and periods on the route.

You will discover most of these 38 bridges of which Le Pont Neuf the oldest of Paris built during the 16th century, the last one’s le Pont Charles de Gaulle inaugurated in 1995 and many famous others : Pont Marie, Pont Alexandre III, Pont de l’Alma..

The tour will end at the cruise location which is close to the Eiffel Tower and walking distance to the Champ-Elysées as there is no return to the hotel.