Paris Tour
The Islands of the Seine

Paris Tour The Islands of the Seine
Approximately 3 hours
115 euros total for your party of up to 4 persons
A Private Tour For Your Party Only

Our tour of the Islands of the Seine takes you through the Ile de la Cité, Island of the City, where lived the first inhabitants of the region over 2,000 years ago.

Going back in time is almost easy to do here with a visit to the 800 year old Cathedral of Notre Dame.

A walk down the street from the cathedral is the nearly as old Sainte Chapelle. Just next door to that is the palace of Philip IV (1284-1314), the Conciergerie, later a prison for Marie Antoinette.

For something a little more contemporary is the newly renovated facade of the Palais de Justice, the Palace of Justice, built on the palace site of Louis IX.

Along with these grand and historical buildings is the tranquility of Place Dauphin, created by Henri IV in the early 1600s, just after he had the Place des Vosges built.

After a stroll through the cavernous interior of Cathedral Notre Dame, our Tour of The Islands of the Seine visits Square Jean XXIII, the lovely park on the eastern and southern sides of Notre Dame, offering close-up views of the cathedral's "flying buttresses".

Just beyond is the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation which remembers the thousands who were deported from France to concentration camps during the German Occupation of World War II.

We leave Ile de la Cité by crossing a pedestrian bridge and come to the next island, Ile St. Louis and the historic 17th century houses there.

Since its development in the 1600s this island has been the residence of many famous people: Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Camille Claudel, Honoré Daumier, André Breton, Marie Curie, Leon Blum and Georges Pompidou among them.

Our Paris Tour The Islands of the Seine is a beautiful and historic walk, with the added charm of never being far from the river. It doesn't get much more historical than this. Visit a European capital city at its very roots. You may even learn what a Merovingian is.

Use the form below and let us know on what day you would like to take our Paris Tour The Islands of the Seine. We will respond with a confirmation. The fee for the tour is 115 euros for your party of up to 4 persons. This is not a per person fee.

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