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Make exploring museums fun for the whole family on this private guided tour of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Head straight in the museum with skip-the-line entry tickets, then explore the museum with a kid-friendly guide, who brings the works of art to live with fun stories, games, and treasure hunts.

The Louvre Museum is a must-visit attraction in Paris, but it can be overwhelming wandering around alone. Make sure you see the highlights and the artworks that interest you most on a customizable private tour with an art historian guide. Learn more about the history of the museum and its vast collection, and get the chance to ask your guide plenty of questions.

Visit two of France’s most storied landmarks, all in one day—and enjoy a seamless way to explore—on this private tour of Versailles and Giverny. Following pickup at your Paris hotel, travel via private vehicle to Versailles, where you’ll tour the palace and gardens with an audio guide. After a 3-course lunch on the Seine, visit the Fondation Claude Monet in Giverny with an audio guide before returning to your hotel.

The Saint-Ouen Flea Market (Marché aux Puces Saint-Ouen) in Paris is one of the largest flea markets in Europe and can be overwhelming to browse on your own. Maximize your time on a private shopping tour with a former antiques dealer guide. Enjoy pickup at your hotel and metro tickets, then explore the market with your guide.

Visiting museums with children can be challenging. Make the most of your time at the Musée d’Orsay on this private guided tour. Head straight in with skip-the-line entry tickets, explore the Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces with a guide, who will keep your kids engaged with age-appropriate activities such as quizzes, games, and fun stories.

Art enthusiasts love visiting the last home of Vincent van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris, and this private tour offers a personalized experience. Your driver picks you up from your accommodation in a private electric vehicle and takes you to the van Gogh House to learn more about the artist’s life, as well as other attractions in the pretty village, including Auvers Castle and the church.

Visit a French attraction that most tourists miss on a private half-day tour to Fontainebleau Castle. After a hassle-free transfer from your Paris accommodation, follow your guide through the UNESCO-listed castle’s gardens and most important rooms, including the apartments of Napolean III. Along the way, listen to immersive commentary that takes you through seven centuries of royal residents. You can expand the tour to visit the nearby Vaux le-Vicomte Castle.

Step into the Luxembourg Garden on a VoiceMap audio tour and enjoy a private walk at your own leisure. Find the Left Bank's living room, where 400 years of royal ambition, revolution, and Liberation-era bullet scars unfold across manicured lawns, mythic fountains, and a bronze Statue of Liberty. Wander past 20 statues honoring queens and trailblazing women of France, discover a working beekeeping school and an orchard preserving 600 rare fruit varieties, and trace bullet pockmarks scarring the Palace walls from fierce street fighting during the 1944 Liberation of Paris. In just 60 minutes and across 1.2 miles, this self-guided audio tour reveals the layered history that Left Bank locals stroll past every day but rarely stop to learn.

This self-guided walking tour turns Paris into an open-air concert hall, following composers like Chopin, Berlioz, and Debussy through the streets and stories that shaped their music. One stop marks the exact square where more than 1,100 people were guillotined, the same execution scene Berlioz imagined in Symphonie fantastique. Start at the Palais Garnier, the gilded opera house that set the stage for Paris's musical ambitions. A few streets away, Chopin spent his final weeks at Place Vendôme; his funeral at La Madeleine drew crowds to hear Mozart's Requiem. The walk crosses onto the Champs-Élysées before finishing near the Arc de Triomphe, where Debussy's Clair de Lune brings the afternoon to a dreamlike close. Perfect for music lovers, history buffs, or anyone who wants to see Paris differently, this walk blends culture, drama, and beautiful music into a single afternoon. Download the VoiceMap app and enter the ticket code from your confirmation email to start touring.

Looking for a tour to take you off the beaten Paris path? This self-guided audio experience takes you strolling through the Belleville and Ménilmontant neighbourhoods. Learn the art of flânerie (city wandering) from a French literature scholar and learn all about the history and culture of these lesser-traveled areas. And with lifetime access to the tour, you can revisit it whenever you want.

This self-guided audio tour is about the life and times of Poland's greatest king, Jan III Sobieski. This man of legend, talent, and virtue was a warrior, statesman, and patron of the arts who sought peace. However, he was not afraid to lead in war. Over the course of 60 minutes, you will explore the Wilanów Palace complex to hear about the palace's history, symbolism, landscape, and the legendary battle which established Sobieski as a heroic figure throughout Europe.

Notre-Dame de Paris has watched over generations of changing artistic tastes, political upheaval, and religious practices. On this self-guided audio tour, you’ll find out how the UNESCO World Heritage site has evolved through nearly nine centuries of construction, destruction, and rebirth. Your guide on this audio tour is Lindsey Hansen, a Context Travel expert and art historian specializing in medieval French Gothic architecture. The tour takes you through Notre-Dame's most significant spaces, including the central nave and the ambulatory chapels with their funerary monuments for France’s elite. During the tour, you’ll learn to spot the difference between original medieval elements, later additions, and recent restorations. You’ll be taught to ”read” the cathedral’s complex history through its architecture. This tour offers a rare opportunity to trace Notre-Dame’s 900-year evolution, from its medieval origins to its post-fire restoration.

Turn your Paris morning into a feast of buttery croissants, artisan chocolate and French cheese on a 2.5-hour food walk. Join a small group of up to 10 guests or choose a private experience just for your party. Enter Alain Ducasse’s chocolate world, explore Christophe Adam’s inventive pastries and savor Terroirs d’Avenir’s craftsmanship. Compare croissants, crown your favorite and enjoy treats with drinks such as Viennese coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Taste golden waffle, a rich chocolate cookie, classic quiche and crusty baguette, too. Between bites, wander through Palais-Royal’s gardens, the elegant Galerie Vivienne and the gourmet delights of Rue du Nil. Choose private for a dedicated guide, personal phone-photo assistance, tailored recommendations and flexibility to adapt the pace and finish location within your booked time. Perfect for food lovers, couples, friends and families craving delicious discoveries and a taste of Parisian life. Tastings and venues vary by day and season.

Taste the sweeter side of Montmartre on a food walk filled with chocolate, macarons, French pastries and village charm. Choose a 2.5-hour small-group tour or a 3.5-hour private adventure with 20+ sights and personal attention of your guide. Enjoy 10 tastings, from fluffy meringue and delicate macarons to rich chocolate, éclairs and freshly made crêpes. Sip seasonal cocoa on the group tour, or hot chocolate or coffee on your private experience. Every corner feels like a Paris postcard—perfect for memorable photos, carefree smiles and treasured Paris moments. Choose private to explore Picasso’s Bateau-Lavoir, Van Gogh’s address, Moulin de la Galette, the vineyard, La Maison Rose, Place du Tertre and the playful Passe-Muraille. Discover artists’ stories and quieter lanes as your guide helps capture photos on your phone. Perfect for food lovers, couples, friends and families seeking delicious discoveries and memorable Paris views. Tastings and venues vary; sightseeing is exterior only.

Visit two of Paris’s art museums in a single day with this tour. Follow your guide as you learn about the stories behind the Musée Rodin and Musée d'Orsay collections. Take in artworks including ‘The Kiss’, ‘The Thinker’, and ‘The Starry Night’. Perfect for visitors wanting to see as much of Paris’s art culture as possible, but have limited time available.

Keep kids engaged—and explore the Louvre Museum on this private tour. Leave the legwork to your family-friendly guide as you enjoy the Louvre’s expansive collection of artworks at your own pace, including the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory of Samothrace, and the Venus of Milo. Insightful commentary will bring context to what you see, while games and quizzes will entertain young children.

Discover culture and art through the ages with an exclusive private tour of the epic Parisi Tour. Skip the line and discover some of the museum's 35,000 works of art in eight themed galleries from your art historian guide. Then, enjoy free time to explore, and see paintings, sculptures, and architecture dating back to 450 BC. to the 19th century. You can be up to 8 people for this visit.

Unlike traditional Paris sightseeing tours, this exclusive experience seamlessly combines the grandeur of the Opéra Garnier with privileged access to the newly opened Théâtre du Parfum des Capucines, offering an elegant journey through architecture, storytelling, and the centuries-old artistry of French perfumery. Tour start times and the order of the guided visits may vary depending on the Opéra Garnier and Fragonard schedules. Your final itinerary and confirmed start time will be sent to you by email before your experience.

Experience Paris through its most captivating senses on this one-of-a-kind journey combining perfume, chocolate, and French craftsmanship. Begin at the iconic Fragonard Perfume Museum, where you'll discover the history of fragrance, explore rare ingredients, and learn how master perfumers—known as "noses"—create scents that evoke memories and emotions. Next, uncover the surprising connection between perfume and chocolate through interactive sensory experiences and a guided tasting of exceptional bean-to-bar chocolates from Alain Ducasse. Just steps from the Palais Garnier, Ducasse's celebrated chocolate manufacture is renowned for its artisanal approach, controlling every stage of production from cocoa bean selection to handcrafted creations. Perfect for food lovers, culture seekers, couples, and anyone looking for an experience beyond traditional sightseeing.

Gain a deeper understanding of the history of Paris's Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie, without keeping up with a large tour group, with this private experience. Follow your guide as they lead you around each historic location, providing insightful commentary on the stained-glass windows and architectural details. Enjoy plenty of opportunities to ask questions as you go, too.

Enjoy the many masterpieces the Louvre Museum has to offer on a small-group tour. Save time with skip-the-line entry and relax as you leave the navigation of the sprawling museum to your guide. Learn about the artists behind each work for a more engaging experience with the art you’ll see.

Visit the Marmottan Monet Museum with an art historian, during a private tour lasting around 2 hours. The Musée Marmottan Monet opened its spaces to Impressionism in 1940, when it became home to Monet’s iconic "Impression, Sunrise". This painting, which has gone down in history for inspiring the name of the movement, was the foundation stone of the Museum’s Impressionist collections. The Museum hosts the world’s leading collection of works by Monet and offers a unique experience of his art in terms of both quantity and rarity, with artworks also from Caillebotte, Renoir, Gauguin, Pissarro, Morisot, Chagall, Manet, Corot, Sisley, Rodin...

Discover the pulse of Paris after dark with this VIP Club-Hopping Experience, a curated night that blends luxury, music, and authentic Parisian energy. Your evening starts in central Paris with a welcome drink and introductions. Then, your nightlife host leads you through three to four of the city’s top venues dependind on the kind of night you want to have, from chic cocktail lounges and rooftop bars to exclusive nightclubs. Skip the lines, enjoy reserved tables, and toast the night with your first drink included at select stops. Travel between venues in comfort with private transfers or Subway depending on the option you have chosen, while your local host ensures everything runs seamlessly. This premium experience is perfect for solo travelers, couples, or groups wanting to explore Paris’s nightlife safely and stylishly. Expect good music, friendly people, and a taste of the city’s world-famous party culture.

Taking memorable photos of trips can be challenging, even for professionals. This private photo shoot helps solo travelers ensure they take home beautiful portraits of their trip to Paris by visiting the city center with a professional photographer. The walking photoshoot for solo travelers is less expensive than sessions for groups and includes 250 portraits in digital format.