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Paris: Pastries & Damnations - A Sweet Tour of the Old City

By Bon Appétit Walks
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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is £60 per adult

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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

  • Savour the flavours of Paris with a tasting of melt-in-your-mouth pastries
  • Discover the dark side of Paris with tales of floods, flames and forgotten souls
  • Stand where the majestic Notre-Dame towers and hear the tale of its legends
  • Uncover chilling secrets beneath the romantic facades of Paris
  • Learn about the history of medieval justice and the ghostly past of some streets

Activity location

    • Paris
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 7 Rue des Nonnains d'Hyères, 75004 Paris, France | Look for a handsome french guide in the garden.
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Paris: Pastries & Damnations - A Sweet Tour of the Old City

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
£60.19 x 1 Adult£60.19
Total
Price is £60.19

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided walking tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pastries tasting
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Historical insights
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Children under 8 years, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

Step into the poetic soul of Paris on a walking tour that blends indulgence and intrigue. Begin at the peaceful tip of Île Saint-Louis, and wander through centuries of stories - some delicious, others devastating.
Step into the poetic heart of Paris on a walking tour where indulgence meets intrigue.
Begin in Le Marais, within the tranquil gardens of L’Hôtel de Sens, and wander through centuries of stories, some sweet, others sorrowful.

Savour melt-in-your-mouth pastries from beloved local patisseries, the kind that make Parisians late for work and travellers fall hopelessly in love with sugar. Yet between each bite runs a darker current: this ancient heart of Paris was forged by floods, fires, and forgotten souls.

Stand before the majestic towers of Notre-Dame and hear the legends that still echo in its shadows. Follow the trail of the condemned at the former morgue, uncover the chilling curse of Jacques de Molay that brought a century of misery to the French crown, and reveal the secrets that lie beneath Paris’s most romantic facades.

Along the way, step into hidden courtyards, pause before haunting statues, and visit places where love turned to loss. Learn how medieval justice worked (spoiler : terribly), why certain streets are haunted by memory, and how one mysterious face pulled from the Seine became the most kissed lips in the world.

The journey ends atop the hill of the Panthéon, resting place of France’s greatest minds, a fitting finale to a walk where the sweetness of life is forever laced with the beauty of sorrow.

Location

Activity location

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    • Paris
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 7 Rue des Nonnains d'Hyères, 75004 Paris, France | Look for a handsome french guide in the garden.
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France