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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.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Meet your guide outside Café Le Nemours, 2 Place Colette. Look for the guide carrying a purple bag. Please arrive 10-15 minutes before departure.
Itinerary
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1Place Colette
A delicious morning begins in literary Paris. Begin on the square named after Colette, the celebrated writer who made the nearby Palais-Royal her home. Café terraces and elegant façades set the scene for a morning devoted to Parisian pleasures. Photo: your first Paris-morning portrait, with café life unfolding behind you.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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A royal courtyard with a playful streak. Discover 260 striped columns that turn a grand courtyard into one of Paris’s most recognizable contemporary artworks. Daniel Buren’s installation creates unexpected patterns, perspectives and a wonderfully playful contrast with its classical surroundings. Photo: a striking black-and-white Paris postcard starring you.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Paris reflected in silver. Look for the 2 fountain sculptures installed in 1985, where polished metal spheres reflect fragments of the surrounding palace. These shimmering details offer a delightful little discovery between the courtyard and gardens. Photo: a miniature world of palace reflections captured in silver.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Coffee beneath the palace arcades. Tucked beneath the arcades beside the gardens, this café gives your morning a beautifully Parisian setting. The published tasting route pairs a comforting whipped-cream-topped coffee or chocolate drink with a homemade waffle tasting. Photo: a sweet breakfast moment framed by elegant arcades.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included -
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A secret-feeling garden with royal roots. Step into a peaceful garden whose story reaches back to Cardinal Richelieu in 1633. Tree-lined walks, formal planting and surrounding arcades reveal a quieter face of central Paris between the morning’s delicious discoveries. Photo: a dreamy garden perspective beneath the trees.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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A great chef’s passion, expressed in chocolate. Discover chocolate made from bean to bar in Paris: roasting, grinding and refining transform cacao into something extraordinary. This boutique introduces Alain Ducasse’s chocolate craftsmanship, with a chocolate-praline cookie among the published tour tastings. Photo: a tiny chocolate treasure with a very grand culinary name.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included -
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A glass-roofed escape into elegant old Paris. Built in 1823, this covered gallery enchants with patterned mosaic floors, graceful architecture and a luminous glass roof. Its boutiques and bookshop windows invite the kind of lingering glance that makes Paris so rewarding on foot. Photo: a cinematic portrait beneath the gallery’s glowing canopy.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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A quiet square with an unexpected past. This intimate square emerged in 1805 from the courtyard of an Augustinian convent. Today, its historic façades and neighboring food shops create a charming pause between the grandeur of Palais-Royal and the lively streets ahead. Photo: a little pocket of old Paris, beautifully removed from the bustle.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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From music journalism to the art of baking. The bakery’s founder, Basile Kamir, began as a music journalist before turning toward traditional baking. Discover this characterful address and the savory side of a French morning, with quiche Lorraine among the published tastings. Photo: golden pastry and an old-Paris bakery backdrop.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included -
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An aromatic chapter in French taste. Discover a tea house whose history reaches back to 1692. Its carefully composed blends introduce another side of French gastronomy: fragrance, balance and the pleasure of slowing down over a beautifully prepared infusion. Photo: an elegant tea-house moment on a picturesque Parisian square.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included -
11L'Éclair de Génie Café
Where a classic pastry gets a delicious new personality. Enter the creative world of Christophe Adam, known for reinventing the éclair. Colorful pastries and a marble counter set the scene for contemporary indulgence; the published route features a chocolate-cream-filled croissant. Photo: a pastry close-up worthy of its own Paris love story.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included -
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A small street with an enormous appetite. Discover a compact concentration of food craftsmanship: bread, cheese, fresh produce and chocolate share this little street. The neighboring specialist shops make it easy to see how exceptional ingredients shape everyday pleasures in Paris. Photo: a delicious streetscape of artisan shopfronts.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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The everyday baguette, taken seriously. Opened in 2015, the house’s first bakery celebrates long fermentation, traditional pastries and breads made with heritage grain varieties. Discover why aroma, crust and texture make a simple piece of bread worth remembering. Photo: golden baguettes and flaky pastry—the unmistakable pleasures of Paris.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included -
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Meet the character behind French cheese. Explore a cheesemonger that works directly with producers and matures cheeses on site. The selection emphasizes farmhouse craftsmanship, making this a flavorful introduction to how milk, place and aging create remarkably different personalities. The published tasting includes cheese and salted butter with bread. Photo: a wonderfully French pairing of cheese and fresh baguette.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included -
15PLAQ Chocolat
A chocolate finale at the source. Finish at PLAQ’s original manufacture-boutique, where a workshop, shop and café share one address. Its bean-to-bar approach puts cacao at the center of the experience, with rich hot chocolate providing a fitting final indulgence. Photo: one last chocolate-filled Paris memory.
10 minutes • Admission ticket included
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Choose a 2.5-hour small-group tour with up to 10 guests, or a private tour exclusively for your party.
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Choose a 2.5-hour small-group tour with up to 10 guests, or a private tour exclusively for your party.
- Both options include the advertised food and drink tastings. Selections and venues may vary by day and season.
- Private option only: enjoy a dedicated guide, personal attention and recommendations tailored to your interests.
- Private option only: your guide helps capture memorable photographs on your phone.
- Private option only: discuss your preferences at the beginning to personalize the pace and your preferences within the booked route and duration.
- Private option only: choose your preferred finish location within the booked duration. Travel time may require itinerary adjustments; additional transport is not included.
- This experience includes walking and some standing tastings. Seating is not available at every venue; comfortable shoes are recommended.
- Please share dietary requirements when booking. Vegetarian adaptations are possible; other dietary alternatives cannot be guaranteed.
- The experience is unsuitable for guests with severe or life-threatening food allergies.
- Dammann Frères normally closes on Sundays; venues and tastings may be adjusted accordingly.
- The route is not wheelchair accessible. Service animals are permitted.
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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