15 Best Paris Tours & Experiences 2019

Great experience exploring Paris catacombs with a local guide

My son and I really enjoyed the tour with our guide Leo (Eleonore). Time went by so quickly, it felt we were down there for few minutes rather the 1.5 hrs. Leo was casual and easy to talk to. She is clearly passionate about the topic and waved in number of stories from the past and current about the 'cataphiles', people who explore co called "negative Paris".
We are glad we choose this group tour. We went inside exactly at the scheduled time vs waiting in the line and Leo's personalized commentary made it very engaging. We also had an access to parts open to groups only.
In conclusion- a bit pricey but we are glad we did it. Great memories.

Reviewed by Vanda • August 31, 2018

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Amazing Experience

We had the best time with Léo! She is a fantastic guide with an obvious love for the catacombs and the history. The tour was above and beyond what we expected in terms of information provided and the amount of time. Léo took us into areas that are not accessible to the general public and we did not have to wait in the very long line. If you want a personal tour from a top notch guide this is the tour for you! Léo stayed in constant contact with us and provided updates with our fail. She also went above and beyond with advice on other sights to see and help with directions on the Metro system.

Reviewed by Jessa • October 24, 2018

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Amazing experience

When we arrived at the catacombs, the wait was over 2 hours to get in but with Léo, we got right in! Léo was a wonderful & incredibly knowledgeable guide. You can really tell that this is a passion of hers. I’ve already recommended her to family & friends who are planning trips to Paris. The catacombs were incredible, but having Léo as our guide made it 100 times better. We are so glad we found this booking because Léo truly gave us the best experience.

Reviewed by Molly • July 01, 2018

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Great tour

Our guide met us at the main entrance to the catacombs. She was very knowledgeable and informative. It was very nice to skip the line,as it stretch around the block when we were able to enter. I would highly recommend this tour and this tour guide. Leo was very nice and willing to assist us with questions regarding the tour or anything in Paris. It was a great experience.

Reviewed by Nancy • April 15, 2018

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Thoughtful and enjoyable tour

Eleanore was clearly an expert in her field,, extremely knowledgeable about both the Catacombs and Parisian history. We greatly enjoyed meeting her, learning the history of the Paris and the Catacombs and hearing about her own experiences in the Catacombs. Highly recommend

Reviewed by Ali • September 03, 2019

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Excellent Tour

We had an excellent tour with Leo. She has a thorough understanding of the history of the catacombs and entertained us with great stories during our tour. Overall an amazing experience!

Reviewed by Carl • June 09, 2017

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Most amazing tour...a real highlight

Always wanted to visit the Paris catacombs and our guide Leo brought this visit to life. She was passionate and knowledgeable and a pleasure to meet.

Reviewed by Anna • September 14, 2016

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Amazing tour

Amazing tour with incredibly knowledgeable guide, Leo! She really made the whole experience incredibly interesting.

Reviewed by Eléonore • April 02, 2019

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Leo was a great guide!

Fascinating tour. Léo knew so many facts, was very nice. You can tell she lives for this stuff! Thank you!

Reviewed by Kat • November 22, 2018

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Great tour

Reviewed by Stefanie • November 23, 2018

Crimes and Legends of Old Paris Walking Tour

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(I'm sure no one has ever said..) Champagne in Champagne!

If you're going to visit France, then you have to try champagne. And if you're going to drink champagne, what better place to drink it than at the wineries where it is produced!!

Our tour guides, Richard of Reunion Island (our driver) and Victor were fantastic hosts. Being an early start (7am ex Paris), Richard understood that, at that time of day, most hotel restaurants were not yet open for breakfast. As such, he stopped at a bakery and brought us fresh croissants for breakfast before heading off on the leisurely drive to Epernay.

On site we visited a major winery (in this case Moët & Chandon) and then two smaller wineries, one of which provided us with a sumptuous luncheon. A few other sights were taken in as well, not to mention the numerous, picturesque French villages we passed through.

All of us on the tour were from English speaking countries and this was neither a problem for the Wine Passport hosts nor the staff at all of the wineries we visited. This tour is a fantastic day out and I, for one, would highly recommend it. I would gladly do it again (this time making room in my suitcase for some takeaways)!!!

Reviewed by MattyQ65 / TripAdvisor • December 25, 2017

Full-Day Wine Tasting Tour of Champagne from Paris

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Beautiful pictures of our engagement!

On our trip to Paris last week, my fiancé contacted Tripshooter to capture his proposal outside the Louvre. Hiring a photographer was a last minute decision (and I’m so glad he did!) so he emailed them the morning of and they were able to accommodate his request. Hadi waited outside in the pouring rain for about 30 minutes late at night for us to show up and acted like a tourist. He captured some really beautiful pictures of the whole moment starting before I even knew what was happening, to my fiancé down on one knee, and our celebratory hugs and kisses after I said yes! Then he came up and introduced himself and we took some more posed and candid pictures around the Louvre and on the streets of Paris. The pictures turned out truly amazing and we could not be more happy with them! Everyone we have shared them with has been really impressed with how great they are! We would highly recommend trip shooter to capture your special moments!

Reviewed by Lauren R / Tripadvisor • June 07, 2018

Private, Professional & Fun Photo Shoot in Paris

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Fascinating Tour of Paris Catacombs with Leo

Our tour through “likealocalguide”, 16 yr old daughter and dad, to the Paris catacombs this past weekend with Leo (Eléonore) was absolutely fascinating made possible because of Leo. She is amazing and passionate about the catacombs and it shows through her extensive knowledge of the history of the site. One huge note: book this tour (with Leo of course) as the line to get in without “skip the line” was insane. Had to be at least close to a 2 hr wait. She was able to take us, small group of about 12-15, to areas not accessible to the general public. The catacombs is more than just about the bones and Leo explained all of this in clear details with rich antidotes. Amazing 2 hr tour for both of us. Do yourself a huge favor and select likealocalguide as your tour company and choose Leo as your guide.

Activity in Paris: Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour. Photo by Christopher who visited that tour.

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Reviewed by Christopher • July 02, 2018

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

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Fantastic Trip

My wife and I enjoyed this day trip with Victor Chevrot of Wine Passport last week. I cannot overstate how much fun we had. Victor selected three Champagne Houses for us to visit--one very large, one small and one medium sized. Each was different but all greeted us with friendly and knowledgeable staff. We had had a very nice lunch, paired with different champagnes at one, and tastings at the other two. We visited the extensive cellars of the large house and had a tour of the processing equipment and fermentation tanks at the other. We also visited the Chapel at the Abby of Hautvillers and Dom Perignon's final resting place. Victor is very knowledgeable. We could not imagine a better guide or better experience. Without hesitation, I recommend this excursion.

Reviewed by Mark56003 / TripAdvisor • December 25, 2017

Full-Day Wine Tasting Tour of Champagne from Paris

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A wonderful day in the Loire

Our tour was with Victor and we got the luck of the draw and no one else booked on our day. The tour opened with a personal pickup complete with croissants and bottles of water. Victor took us to Château Chambord where we explored the castle and gardens at our leisure. Afterward we ate lunch at a fantastic restaurant carved into the face of a hill. The food was fantastically prepared and we got to chat, eat and have several wines of the region. Finally we visited an organic and biodynamic vineyard where we walked among the vines and Victor explained the uniqueness of the terroir. After the gorgeous walk and talk we got to sample several wines from the region and tour the caves with one of vineyard employees. Truly a wonderful day and quite a value.

Reviewed by Lauren M / TripAdvisor • February 19, 2018

Loire Valley Castle & Wine Tour from Paris

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Leo (aka Eleonore) is amazing!

Leo who gave us the tour (appears on this website as Eleonore but goes by Leo) was so great. She was very very knowledgable on the catacombs and not just the history but more current events to do with the catacombs as well. She brings a big binder to show you pictures and maps to give context to the stories she tells you. She points out how to identify different things about the bones and does a really good job of making sure everybody gets a change to see. She also sends out a primer email a bit before the tour so you have a copy of the ticket if you need it, you know where to meet, what shoes to wears, practical information about the museum. Leo probably knows every bone in the catacombs and she is passionate about all of them.

Reviewed by Caroline • October 24, 2018

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

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Can only give 5 stars...

Amazing!

The queue was 5 hours long... even their ‘skip the line’ queue was lengthy but this, we got there, met Leo and we were in. Absolutely brilliant!

Leo was a fantastic guide. She was able to accommodate my booking for my wife’s surprise Xmas present at short notice. She was very passionate and knowledgeable and took pride in sharing this with us, answering any questions we had. The rest of the group were great too, it felt as though we were among friends.

We’d recommend seeing the Catacombs to anyone but only if you do it through Leo. The tour time is also longer than the standard tickets. We got about 2 hours exploration time!

A memory that will stay with us forever. Thank you Léo! 💀🌟

Reviewed by Melissa • January 06, 2019

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

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Bike riding around Paris with Anto will be one of my favorite memories of our trip. Anto was friendly and knowledgable and made the experience so fun! Anto's tour is an authentic and engaging way of exploring Paris made even better by the fact that Anto knows the city inside and out and his love for the city is palpable and makes him beam with enthusiasm the entire trip.

And then, once it's over, you'll get a very detailed e-mail from Anto reminding you of every place you visited along your guided tour, as well as fun facts and recommendations of places to eat and visit. Anto suggested a restaurant for our anniversary dinner and it was absolutely perfect! Don't miss out. Anto is the best!."

Reviewed by Andrea A / TripAdvisor • March 27, 2015

Bike Paris end to end (tiny group!)

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Awesome!!!

We did the tour a few days ago with Lèo, who was extremely knowledgeable and familiar with the Catacombs. She knew everyone who worked there and they all seemed very happy to see her. We had our five year old son with us and he was apprehensive about the whole idea and threatened to veto the tour in lieu of a day on the swings in Le Jardin du Luxembourg. Lèo was patient and engaging with him and actually made him want to go down into the Catacombs. We can’t thank her enough. Highly recommended for families with children or for those with time constraints who want to skip-the-lines ( we literally walked past 300+ people waiting and went straight downstairs)

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Reviewed by John • July 25, 2019

Catacombs of Paris Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

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I usually like to fly solo when "touring" a city, however, biking with Anto was a great move for me! He was so kind, respectful, light-hearted and just such a wonderful person all around. He is quite knowledgeable about Paris and was very much into the tour and enjoyed giving us great information. The evening drinks were a blast, too! We went to some up and coming neighborhoods for drinks with friends and met some fantastic people. I always felt safe with Anto ~ plus, the pubs and restaurants had great food, ambiance and great drinks. I will book Anto next time I am in Paris and recommend him to all my friends that come here, as well!

Reviewed by LizzieDarcy1 / TripAdvisor • February 21, 2016

Bike Paris end to end (tiny group!)