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The History of Paris: The French Revolution Tour

  • 3 hours
  • City Highlight Tours
  • Paris
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Choose one of 3 locals available

Experience hosted by Lucien, Thomas & one other local

  • Private Tour
  • Carbon Neutral

Walk through the heart of Paris and trace the footsteps of revolutionaries, writers, and radical thinkers. From royal gardens to rebellious cafés, this tour brings the French Revolution to life—right where it all happened!

Destination
Paris, France
Category
City Highlight Tours
Duration
3 hours
Transport mode
Walking tour
Available languages
Français, English, Hindi
Included
  • Private Guide
  • All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral
Excluded
  • Entrance to Attractions

6 reasons to book this tour

  • Dive into the intriguing history of Paris
  • Get to know more about The French Revolution
  • See main landmarks & their historical relevance
  • Enjoy a tour by the side of a history expert
  • Can be 100% personalized to your wishes
  • All your questions answered by your local host

What you can expect

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On this 2.5-hour walking tour, you’ll explore some of the very places where the French Revolution of 1789 unfolded—from royal palaces like the Louvre and the public Palais Royal gardens to bridges and cafés, like the famous Procope, that witnessed secret meetings and fiery speeches. Your local guide will take you through the elegant facades and narrow alleys of central Paris, revealing how they were once the backdrop of historic change for Paris and the world, through the fall of a tyrannical monarchy and the tumultuous and dramatic beginnings of a young democracy.

This tour isn’t about dates and textbooks—it’s about standing where the revolution happened, hearing the stories of real people who risked everything for change, and understanding how the past shaped the Paris you see today.

We’ll kick things off at the peaceful Palais Royal gardens, where revolutionary ideas first took root. Then, step into the grand courtyard of the Louvre, a place that’s seen centuries of French history unfold. From there, we’ll cross the Seine and wander the charming streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, stopping by the legendary Café Procope—a favorite haunt of thinkers and revolutionaries. We’ll wrap up at the dramatic Conciergerie, once a fearsome prison during the Revolution. History, hidden gems, and powerful stories await!

The local hosts are natural storytellers, each one with a different background ranging from arts to history. They can’t wait to share some of their unique stories and personal anecdotes with you! Feel like changing the route a bit? No problem, the hosts will be happy to personalize the tour to your wishes and make their city your city!

Choose your local

Get to know these 3 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

  • Lucien - Licenced Guide, history lover and passionate revolutionary Parisian

    Lucien

    Licenced Guide, history lover and passionate revolutionary Parisian

    4.9435 reviews
    Français・English
  • Thomas - Adventurous, Curious and your Gateway to Paris

    Thomas

    Adventurous, Curious and your Gateway to Paris

    5.031 reviews
    English・Français
  • Anukool - The 'Kool' Historian

    Anukool

    The 'Kool' Historian

    4.8221 reviews
    English・Hindi

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

  1. Meeting point

    Meet at At the entrance of Cafe Le Nemours - Paris to start your journey

  2. Itinerary

    This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

  3. Start in Revolutionary Splendor

    Discover the magnificent Palais Royal gardens, a birthplace of revolutionary ideas and once a lively hub of political and romantic intrigue

  4. Walk through History

    Step into the courtyard of the Louvre and hear how it transformed into the world's largest museum during the Revolution

  5. View the Guillotine Legacy

    Gaze across to Place de la Concorde from the Tuileries Gardens and learn about the palace that once stood there and the chilling executions that took place

  6. Wander the Streets of the Past

    Explore the preserved alleyways of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and soak in the atmosphere of revolutionary Paris

  7. Visit a Church with Scars

    Step inside the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and uncover the story of the September Massacres of 1792

  8. Uncover Hidden Revolutionary Corners

    Stroll down Cour du Commerce St-André, see the first guillotine site, pass by Café Procope, and meet the fierce Danton in statue form

  9. End at a Prison of the People

    Finish your walk at the Conciergerie on the Île de la Cité, the grim last stop for many during the Reign of Terror

  10. Make it yours

    Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

    Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

    Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

  • Feel confident booking

    Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

  • Change of plans?

    Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

  • Loved by travelers worldwide

    Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

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Jennifer🇺🇸 United States
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25 August 2025
We had a great day!Great Historical Tour
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Jill🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
11 July 2025
Anukool was an exceptional guide. He didn’t just explain the French Revolution—he brought it to life. Through vivid storytelling, he recreated the tensions, politics, and personalities that fueled the storming of the Bastille and the decade of upheaval that followed. His deep knowledge and ability to make complex history accessible and engaging made this one of the most memorable tours we’ve taken. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to truly feel the history beneath their feet.Walking Through History with Anukool
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Karen🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
7 September 2025
Anukool, was friendly and so knowledgeable. We had an excellent time. Highly recommend.Fabulous night
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Elizabeth🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
5 September 2025
Anukool was an amazing host who gave us great historical information, told us all about the food of the city and answered all of our questions. It was great that he took the time to sit with us and enjoy the food, it felt like eating with a new friend! The amount of food was incredible, definitely get more than your moneys worth! Strongly recommend this tour!Great experience!
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Alice🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
3 September 2025
Our guide, Thomas was an excellent tour guide who was very knowledgeable, friendly, informative and flexible. The rain was off and on and we made the best of doing inside visits to different buildings and landmarks in addition to walking through beautiful gardens and neighborhoods. We found him to be very positive and would recommend him to anyone visiting Paris. Great tour--even in the rain!
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Barb🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
28 August 2025
Lucien was an excellent tour guide. He was so knowledgeable and kept the tour very interesting. I only wish we had more time at the museum. I would definitely recommend. Fantastic tour
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Susan🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
26 August 2025
We really enjoyed our tour of the hidden gems with Lucien. He shared interesting lesser known facts about Paris' history and wove the details into the highlights of our tour. He even was prepared with a first aid kit when I was stung by a bee. Thank you so much, Lucien!Lucien shared an interesting perspective
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Frank🇺🇸 United States
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24 August 2025
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Ros🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
23 August 2025
Although we have been to Paris several times, Anukool still managed to surprise us with his excellent knowledge and enthusiasm for this wonderful city. He took us to the museum of Paris and there he bought to life the complex history of Paris. Anukool is an excellent guide … friendly and informative. He also does a guided food tasting tour, and had some excellent restaurant suggestions for us to try during our stay. We would highly recommend Anukool! Paris … a city full of surprises..!
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jack🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
21 August 2025
Very nice enjoyed our time with Thomas Really great for French history buffsEnjoyable
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Jacki
(About local )
14 August 2025
Anukool was a fabulous host. He was knowledgable, really enthusiastic about Paris and full of interesting stories and facts. He was also flexible - meeting us at our preferred location, ensuring we had breaks and finding a great lunch spot. An excellent tour and we would highly recommend Anukool as a friendly, professional and fun host. Best host!
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Elena
(About local )
12 August 2025
We had fun, informative and tasty tour with Anukool. It was the right combination of history, architecture, culture, food and trivia - all at a good pace. Anukool's enthusiasm for what he does combined with his relaxed and easy-going manner made this a wonderful experience for us. Thank you Anukool!Enjoyable Montmartre food tour
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Dulce🇵🇹 Portugal
(About local )
3 August 2025
Anukool was a very nice host to me and my daughter and engaged with us in a very educated manner and adjusting to our preferences, even if it ment diverting from the original plan. The historical pointers were very interesting and we also exchanged gastronomic advice. Very much recommended. Shall do it with all the family next time!Great afternoon with good food,
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Judianne🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
3 August 2025
We had a wonderful tour with Anukool. He was very knowledgeable, friendly and interesting. We learnt lots …. Including really interesting facts and would definitely recommend him to others. Great tour. Highly recommend
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Larissa🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
2 August 2025
My husband and I only had a short amount of time to visit Paris. I reached out to Lucien about a custom tour and he had great suggestions. He is extremely knowledgeable, and a good conversationalist. My husband and I loved the time spent on the tour. I feel like we got a better insight and feel for the city than we ever would have walking around sight seeing on our own. Thank you again Lucien for the fantastic tour. Lucien made our day! Highly recommended.
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Esmeralda 🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
24 July 2025
Anukool helped us get the most out of our time in Paris. Our group spent 6 hours him during which time he showed us major historical sites, lesser known attractions, and some hidden gems of Paris. He is timely and polite, charismatic and accommodating. He demonstrated encyclopedic knowledge of world history, art, architecture, and French culture. He shared thoughtful insights about the city and its culture. It was simply a joy to explore the city with him because he clearly enjoys doing this. I highly recommend him to anyone wanting to maximize their time in Paris and have a fun day walking around the city.
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Nadia🇪🇨 Ecuador
(About local )
24 July 2025
We did the tour on a public holiday, and he was the one who guided us through different streets and places. Along the way and during the tastings, we came to understand a bit more about the culture—not just the culinary side, but also the daily life of the people and their view of the world. He was very patient with his explanations, as English is not our native language. The food was abundant, delicious, and varied Lovely experience
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Loni🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
19 July 2025
Loved our tour of the Louvre with Lucien. He knew exactly where to go and what to see. He was a wealth of information. He was nice and answered any questions we had. Would not hesitate to book one of his tours again. Lucien is awesome!!
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Erin🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
10 July 2025
My family of 4, including 2 preteens, had an amazing experience with Thomas. He curated our 10 bites to eat based on our wishes and brought us to beautiful locations. We really appreciated the historical knowledge shared and the quick access documents that came out of his backpack to help share this knowledge. Highly recommend this engaging and charming guide! Amazing culinary experience with Thomas
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Aneeta
(About local )
7 July 2025
Our goal was to have an introductory walk to learn about Paris so we can follow up with our own itinerary. Anukool was great! He was friendly, knowledgable, and showed us some great neighborhoods. His knowledge goes beyond Parisian history, and was able to weave some interesting connections between global historical events and Parisian. We had a fun tour.Fun, enthusiastic, friendly
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Kate🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
24 June 2025
Anukool was a terrific guide! He was engaging, informative and fun to be with. He was personable and felt like a friend with lots of knowledge showing us around. He has lots of hidden interest thet we were lucky enough to discover along the way. Thanks for an amazing tour Anukol!The Awesome Anukool
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Claire🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
23 June 2025
Lucien is a highly knowledgeable, considerate and communicative guide. We would highly recommend the liberation of Paris tour with him!Amazing guide!
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EILEEN🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
22 June 2025
Very knowledgable about food and history. We tried a variety of foods, almost too many. Very easy to understand. He pointed out the places of importance in history. We also appreciated his care for us in staying hydrated on a very hot day!
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Oleksandra
(About local )
20 June 2025
Thomas, thank you so much! It was an absolute pleasure listening to all these stories emerging from the places you just pass by, not knowing what makes them really so special. It was like an immersive experience in a sense, and probably the best free walking tour we had. So keep up the good work of sharing your passion to this beautiful city!Walking Tour with Thomas
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Kara
(About local )
19 June 2025
Thomas was an amazing guide!! I loved getting to know him and the city. Thankful for his kindness and wealth of knowledge. I’d highly recommend this tour- I learned so much! He also sends a follow up list of recommendations!Paris Adventures with Thomas
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Mia
(About local )
16 June 2025
Our group of 5 had a wonderful patisserie tour of Paris. Anukool is very knowledgeable and was able to provide an excellent tour of some very unique patisseries in Paris. I would highly recommend him. He was very communicative prior to meeting up with us. He was also very accommodating as we had to add an additional person on at the last minute. He helped with restaurant recommendations too! Thanks so much Anukool for making our Paris trip even better! Please sign up for this tour and you will NOT regret it! Wonderful Patisserie Tour with Anukool
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Ellie🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
11 June 2025
This tour was satisfactory but didn’t blow us away. Our guide, Anukool was friendly and had some great historical knowledge. However, we had to put him back on track a few times as he would drift into conversation about sports or travel elsewhere, we really wanted to learn as much as possible about the St. Germain area and the tour was a bit loose / not structured. Anukool also arrived 15 minutes late and we ran almost an hour over time. Which was fine but might’ve left people who had later plans not getting the full experience. Walking tour. Latin District
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Goh🇲🇾 Malaysia
(About local )
11 June 2025
Thomas is very accommodating , he knows the area very well and showed us some hidden gems around the area. We asked for some shopping tips and he presented the Shopping Map for the area. A very friendly person too. We enjoyed the tour very much. Marais Expert
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Ingrid🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
4 June 2025
Amazing afternoon in Paris!
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George
(About local )
30 May 2025
Lucien was thoughtful, knowledgeable and also humorous/serious. An incredible guide.A super guide
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Paul🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
26 May 2025
My wife and I booked an afternoon tour with Anukool around Montmatre. Met Anukool and he is a very knowledgeable and friendly guy who gave us a great tour of the area and told us many things we would not have learned if we had done this on our own. He recommended some great places to visit and eat. Montmatre as a area is well worth visiting and whilst there are the obvious attractions such as Sacre Couer there also many hidden gems. Really liked Anukool and the area. I will definitely visit Montmatre again.Interesting and fun afternoon Anukool
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Michelle🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
24 May 2025
My 21 year old son and I had the best morning with Anukool. He took us to the most fabulous places to taste French delicacies each one better than the last. He was really chatty and full of knowledge of the surrounding area which was super interesting. It rant was the most fabulous morning (and we even left with doggy bags of treats)! Highly recommend
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Barbara🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
23 May 2025
So three of us (adults visiting from Canada) did this tour with Anukool today. This should definitely be on your list to do while in Paris. He is very engaging, very knowledgeable. He knows the location of hidden food gems and delights in sharing them. There was lots of food, you won’t end hungry. Highly recommend this tour and any tour with him really. Awesome Tour- Don’t Miss It!
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Michael🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
22 May 2025
Lucien was knowledgeable, funny and curated a memorable day for myself and my family! We all left with a great appreciation for the building, its history as well as so many of its incredible treasures. Great overall experience. Awesome Louvre Tour!
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Anil🇮🇳 India
(About local )
20 May 2025
Anukool has lived in France for a long time and loves his city. He is very knowledgeable about French history and an engaging conversationalist. He can also show you many non-touristy corners and give you good tips for the time you spend on your own. We took a customized tour with him and really enjoyed being with him.Great guy!
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wvnyndjgg6
(About local )
20 May 2025
Wonderful experience. Knowledgable and great choices of food. Would recommend to everyone.Walking food tour
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Russ🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
20 May 2025
My wife and I, plus our three boys took a 3 hour walking tour with Anukool about a week ago. He is a really good guide and and seems like an even better person. We really enjoyed talking with him about local points of interest as well as a multitude of other things he had experienced traveling around the world.Excellent guide
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Luc🇳🇱 Netherlands
(About local )
14 May 2025
Together with Anukool I had a very interesting trip! To me it was a very nice experience. Anukool has a lot of knowledge about the city and its pastries and the adresses that we went to are definitely all good! Glad I booked the tour.Dive into the pastries of Paris
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Joni
(About local )
13 May 2025
We covered a lot of ground which was great for a first timer to Paris and Thomas provided a great overview of culture, architecture, food and things to do. He was also very flexible in terms of special requests for the tour although the group chose to let Thomas decide.Thomas - Tour Guide in Paris
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Guy🇿🇦 South Africa
(About local )
10 May 2025
Anukool is the ideal guide-friendly,full of interesting historical facts and stories and has an excellent knowledge of general information ie politics,religion,sport and food.He can recommend restaurants,coffee shops and patisseries for the most discerning foodie. Highly recommended Informative neighbourhood wander
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Yasmina
(About local )
9 May 2025
The tour was very informative and interesting. Thomas was happy to answer all the questions. His tour included fascinating stories and facts. I totally recommend choosing this guruwalk.Visit Paris with Thomas
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Dan Andrei🇷🇴 Romania
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5 May 2025
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Mali
(About local )
2 May 2025
We enjoyed Thomas's tour. He was professional, nice, he paid attention to the travelers and to the weather. The rout he chose was interesting.Tour with Thomas
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Christa🇩🇪 Germany
(About local )
30 April 2025
Interesting tastings, stories and discussions. We enjoyed it.Highly recommended
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Larissa
(About local )
29 April 2025
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Ashley
(About local )
26 April 2025
Lucian made our time at the Louvre absolutely unforgettable. His detailed knowledge of specific paintings and sculptures, fun stories, and general humor made our whole night! Amazing historian with humor
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Andy🇨🇭 Switzerland
(About local )
25 April 2025
Our tour with Anukool was great! He was very knowledgeable, flexible, and great with our kids. Highly recommend!Great experience!
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Unknown
(About local )
23 April 2025
Very knowledgable on Paris history and architecture. Happy to go over time to fit everything in. Thanks. John and PamelaGolf pro turned tourist guide
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Erin🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
20 April 2025
Anukool was so great! My daughter and I did a tour of our neighborhood we were staying I with Anukool and got such a great tour... we were beyond happy! We had not only a great historical tour of the area but great spots to grab a bite. We really enjoyed Anukools perspective of the area and recs. You will be very happy with Anukool as your Paris guide. AMAZING TOUR GUIDE!
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Yuliya
(About local )
20 April 2025
Thomas was a great guide - personable, knowledgeable and engaging. He ensures his groups are small and everyone gets personalized attention. We covered several interesting neighborhoods we might not have ventured into on our own. Highly recommend!Thomas - Tour Guide in Paris

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