Prime Paris Private Tour | Île de la Cité & Louvre Museum
Private
5 hrs 30 mins
Enjoy a fascinating private tour of the two most iconic sites of Paris, Île de la Cité, and the Louvre Museum, with an expert English-speaking private guide. Spend two hours exploring the Île de la Cité, where you will see the recently refurbished magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral from the outside, the Conciergerie, a medieval castle that became a revolutionary prison, and the Courts of Justice ,where Louis and Marie Antoinette were tried for treason. After a break, enjoy priority access to the Louvre Museum with your private guide – where you’ll see famous masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo.
- Enjoy the exclusive and expert attention of your private guide
- Explore the Medieval heart of Paris on Île de la Cité
- See the outside of the magnificent cathedral of Notre Dame
- Learn about the dramatic events of the French Revolution
- Enjoy priority access and expert private tour of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa
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Your private Prime Paris tour begins in the heart of Île de la Cité. This island is home to the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral which you will view from the outside. This Gothic masterpiece was built over 900 years ago and recently refurbished after a devastating fire in 2019 . It was made famous by Victor Hugo and the legend of Quasimodo. But it is also where the French kings were crowned, and remains a symbol of Paris’ strength and endurance after the blazing fire that destroyed the roof in 2019.
A Celtic tribe called the ‘Parisii’ settled on the island during the Iron Age. After the fall of Rome, it was Clovis, King of the Franks who triumphed. The French kings governed from this island, and became the dominant power in Europe with Charlemagne – the first Holy Roman Emperor.
You’ll hear many stories and scandals of successive French monarchs outside the Conciergerie – the medieval royal palace that became a Revolutionary prison and is where the king and queen were held captive. You’ll see the Courts of Justice where King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were tried and found guilty of treason.
The island holds many secrets to France’s past!
After a break, it’s time for a guided tour of the Louvre. The Louvre was also built to be a royal palace, and now houses one of the most extensive collections of art in the world. With your expert guide, you’ll enjoy priority access, skipping long lines, to enter this majestic building. You’ll see iconic masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo, as well as the spectacular collections of the French romantics like Delacroix and Gericault, the Coronation of Napoleon, the royal jewelry collection, famous works of the Italian Renaissance, and the many wonders from Ancient Greece and Egypt.
Your exclusive private tour ends inside or outside the Museum, just ask your guide.
- Private English-speaking guide
- Walking tour of Île de la Cité
- View Notre Dame Cathedral from the outside
- See the Conciergerie from the outside
- Place Dauphine (outside)
- Palais du Justice (outside)
- Louvre priority entrance tickets
- Please note: Entrance into the newly refurbished Notre Dame Cathedral is not included in this tour, you will see Notre Dame from the outside only.
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