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Two of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris in a single walk: the Latin Quarter, home to generations of students, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the haunt of writers and their café terraces.
You start at the Saint-Michel Fountain and slip into the medieval lanes behind it: rue de la Huchette, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre. The oldest tree in Paris, still standing in its little square. Notre-Dame, revealing itself just across the river.
Then up the hill, past the Roman baths of Cluny to the Sorbonne, the Panthéon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, and back down to the Medici Fountain beneath the Luxembourg Palace. A sweet crêpe somewhere along the way.
The final stretch belongs to the writers and philosophers: Le Procope, the oldest restaurant in the city, the old lanes around rue de Buci, and the terraces of Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots. The walk ends at Saint-Sulpice, on its grand square.
Just you, your guide, and the streets of Paris.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Right in front of the Saint Michel fountain, a few meters away from the Saint-Michel metro station exit
Itinerary
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1Fontaine Saint-Michel
Where the walk begins, at the gateway to the Left Bank: a monumental fountain on a square that has been a meeting place for generations of students.
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Rue de la Huchette
Squeeze through one of Paris’s narrowest and oldest streets, unchanged since the Middle Ages, then treat yourself to a sweet crepe, Brittany’s famous specialty
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Saint-Severin
The flamboyant Gothic church of the lower Latin Quarter, with its famous twisted pillar
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Eglise Saint Julien Le Pauvre
One of the oldest churches in the city, beside a small square where **the oldest tree in Paris** still stands — and where Notre-Dame suddenly reveals itself, just across the water
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Medieval Garden Of The Cluny Museum
The Roman baths of Lutèce, still standing in the middle of the modern boulevard
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6La Sorbonne
The most famous university in France, where the Latin Quarter got its name
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Pantheon
At the top of the hill, the temple where France buries the people it wants to remember
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
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The church beside the Panthéon where the relics of Sainte-Geneviève, patron saint of Paris, are kept.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9
A peaceful square hiding a grim medieval history, and home to Emily’s apartment from Emily in Paris
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Luxembourg Gardens
Down rue Soufflot to the Luxembourg Gardens, where the romantic Medici Fountain lies in the shadow of the palace
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Odeon, Theatre de L'Europe
Down the rue de l'Odéon to the theatre and the sloping square in front of it
5 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
12Le Procope
In the passage just below the Odéon: the oldest restaurant in Paris, and a haunt of Benjamin Franklin
5 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
13Rue de Buci - Paris
The market street, then the tangle of old lanes behind it: this is the medieval village the quarter grew out of.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Pres
The oldest church in Paris, and the one the whole quarter is named after.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15Les Deux Magots
The most famous of the terraces facing the church — with the Café de Flore a few steps away and the Brasserie Lipp across the boulevard: the three addresses that made the neighbourhood's name
5 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
16Eglise Saint-Sulpice
Saint-Sulpice, a church so vast it rivals Notre-Dame, with an unfinished facade full of stories
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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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.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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