Free tour - Latin Quarter, Notre Dame and the Left Bank

Highlights

  • Notre Dame: gargoyles, flying buttresses and the great fire of 2019

  • Sorbonne university – where ideas are born

  • student lifestyle – artsy movie houses and cool cafés

  • Latin Quarter heroes: the Unicorn, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hemingway, Picasso and Gertrude Stein

  • your guide. Fluent English, but also a Latin Quarter local

  • Notre Dame: gargoyles, flying buttresses and the great fire of 2019

  • Sorbonne university – where ideas are born

  • student lifestyle – artsy movie houses and cool cafés

  • Latin Quarter heroes: the Unicorn, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hemingway, Picasso and Gertrude Stein

  • your guide. Fluent English, but also a Latin Quarter local

Summary

From Notre Dame to Sorbonne University and to Panthéon, explore Paris' oldest district. your guide is a born Parisian who went to school here in the Latin Quarter.



Tour info

Duration
1 hour 30 minutes
Group Size
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Why take this tour?

Explore the district of Notre Dame, Sorbonne University and the Pantheon. On this free walking tour of the Left Bank, your guide is a Parisian who went to school here in the Latin Quarter.

Experience for yourself Notre Dame, gargoyles and flying buttresses. Understand how Gothic changed church architecture forever. And humankind’s relationship to God as well.

Soak in the riveting power of Sorbonne university. Understand why “Sorbonne” matters so much all over the world. And discover how Notre Dame caused Sorbonne to happen in the first place.

Get lost in the medieval back alleys that tourists cannot find on their own. Search for the haunts of the Unicorn, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dante Aligheri and Hemingway.

Immerse yourself in the fine art of student life, Paris-style.

We finish right next to the home of Emily in Paris. You can eat a croissant... 

Walk the Paris that has Notre Dame, ideas, art and revolution in it.

What’s included?

  • small groups, authentic tours (we send extra guides when there are many bookings)

  • 90 minutes, in English

  • your guide is a born-and-raised local, not some expat

  • small groups, authentic tours (we send extra guides when there are many bookings)

  • 90 minutes, in English

  • your guide is a born-and-raised local, not some expat

  • we do not go inside each building, so we can see more

  • no set price. you pay what you want, after your tour

  • we do not go inside each building, so we can see more

  • no set price. you pay what you want, after your tour

Frequently asked questions

Things to know

Before you book

  • this is a free tour, you decide what you pay, at the end of your tour

  • we walk rain or shine

  • the booking fee you are charged now (€1.95) is not for the guide. do not forget to pay your guide

Before you go

  • we walk rain or shine

  • your guide will wear a pink vest

  • we start on time. If you're late, look for our pink vest at the cross of rue Galande and rue Dante streets

Cancellation Policy

    Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund

Redemption information

    your guide wears a pink vest.
    we walk rain or shine.
    you do not need a voucher. simply join us.


    Your voucher will be collected or scanned on redemption

Operated by:

Discover Walks

About operator:

How will you visit your next destination: with an expat guide or with true NATIVES?  our guides are all natives who want to share their city. With care and with enthusiasm.

We do not give you a standard tourist performance. We treat you like visiting friends, sharing our city's secrets along with its famed landmarks. 

Tours with Discover Walks are fun, informative and personal, so you feel part of it.

You will find us in Paris, London, Prague, Madrid etc. The list is growing.

We walk run or shine. We offer instant confirmation, free cancellation, and "book now and pay later".

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