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Discover the soul of Paris on this walk around Notre-Dame and its magical surroundings. From ancient streets to riverside secrets, this tour takes you deep into the city’s origins—with stories that bring the past to life.

Destination

Paris, France

Category

Skip The Line Tours

Duration

2.5 horas

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Français, Español

Included

• Private Guide
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to Attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 2 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

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 fountain in the middle of the square - Paris to start your journey

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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. Camina por la isla

   Pasee por la Île de la Cité, pasando por mercados de flores, callejuelas adoquinadas y la medieval Rue Chanoinesse. Descubra el reloj más antiguo de París y sus leyendas ocultas a simple vista.

4. Dentro de Notre Dame

   Acérquese a esta obra maestra gótica. Aprenda sobre su arquitectura, sus siglos de historia y el incendio que conmocionó al mundo.

5. Sigue explorando

   Una vez finalizado el tiempo con tu anfitrión, puedes quedarte dentro de Notre Dame y seguir explorando por tu cuenta o despedirte fuera de la atracción, donde tu anfitrión te indicará otros lugares para explorar en París.

6. 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

Corina🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

4 julio 2025

We loved our tour of the Louvre with Julien. He is extremely passionate about Paris, and art, and you could easily feel that in the way he talks about the paintings. Our family listened to every word he has told us, and wished we had more time to go through the museum. Great tour!

Lina

(About local Julien)

27 junio 2025

Julien was a wonderful tour guide! He really explained the meanings behind the art and was able to engage my children in all the paintings and art that we saw! Now the whole family will look and view art differently! Thank you Julien!Best tour!

Claire🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Lucien)

23 junio 2025

Lucien is a highly knowledgeable, considerate and communicative guide. We would highly recommend the liberation of Paris tour with him!Amazing guide!

Maria

(About local Julien)

10 junio 2025

Julien was absolutely fantastic!Fantastic!

Maria

(About local Julien)

10 junio 2025

Julien was absolutely fantastic!Fantastic!

purti🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

7 junio 2025

We had a few changes in what we wanted to achieve for the tour and he was great in accommodating us. This is my fourth visit and I still learned something new with him. Knowledgeable and Great

valerie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

3 junio 2025

Julien was a wonderful guide. He took us to all the popular spots and many other places in the louvre that many people miss. Every minute was well spent and filled with a colorful, educational explanation. Julien is well worth the fee and a tour guide is essential for the louvre as far as I am concerned because of its immense size. Great time!

George

(About local Lucien)

30 mayo 2025

Lucien was thoughtful, knowledgeable and also humorous/serious. An incredible guide.A super guide

Dana🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

23 mayo 2025

Julien took us on tours of the Orsay and the Louvre. We would have been totally lost without him! We are not big museum people but he made sure to show us the necessities and introduce us to some lesser known pieces as well, all while keeping it interesting. He was extremely knowledgeable and fun. We highly recommend him! Julien was fantastic!

Michael🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lucien)

22 mayo 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!

Peter🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

10 mayo 2025

Julien is full of valuable information on art, history and the Republic. He is knowledgable and engaging. He was aware of my interest in painting so spent time talking about techniques used by artists, especially brush strokes and colors used in shadowing and blending. Julien spent significant time on Delacroix whose work was of great interest to me. Highly recommended!!Enjoyable and informative louvre tour.

Dan Andrei🇷🇴 Romania

(About local Lucien)

5 mayo 2025

Henk🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Julien)

3 mayo 2025

1

Julien was our guide for a tour in het Louvre a week ago, for me and my twelve year old daughter. Julien advise us to start a little early (8:45 am), to be able to see the Mona Lisa before large groups of (Asian) tourists poured into the hall where the painting is exhibited. And good advice it was….we had pretty much uninterrupted views of the painting for about 5 minutes. We experienced a small thrill from running through the hallways and the corridors of the Louvre (just follow the guide...) to be at the painting as soon as possible. Apart from this nice episode, Julien is very kind and friendly and has extensive knowledge of the Louvre building, its history and occupants and the artwork on display, for instance the 18th century French painters, the jewellery, the Greek and Roman statues etc. etc. Also he asked my daughter a lot of questions about the museum and paintings and involved her a lot in the explanation of the artworks. Sometimes Julien spoke a little fast for her (English is not our native tongue) but she enjoyed the tour as much as I did. Henk Douwes, the Netherlands We enjoyed it a lot

Laura

(About local Julien)

29 abril 2025

1

My family of four selected Julien to guide us through the Louvre to see some highlights. I had sent him a note just the evening before requesting a few things to see with as much context and story telling as he could provide. We saw everything I requested and then some, but more importantly, Julien pointed out things that brought the artwork to life and gave it meaning, providing history, context, and fun facts. He was engaging with the whole family, and I highly recommend him! I so enjoyed this tour with Julien. Big bonus that when you book with a guide, you skip the long admission lines. Julien is excellent!

Ashley

(About local Lucien)

26 abril 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

Gary🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

23 abril 2025

First of all, Julien was spectacular!!! BUT, tickets were not available when we showed up when our voucher specifically stated not to buy tickets and just pay cash to Julien who would have the tickets. Your website should state to purchase the tickets at the same time you book a guide!?!?! But he helped us reschedule another day, but the tickets available had to be a package so we’re a lot more money. Once on the tour with Julien, he was remarkable with information and stories to make the experience memorable!Leuvre

Lauri🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

15 abril 2025

The tour of the D'Orsay with Julien was great! First, Julien offered to buy the tickets for us before the tour to save time (we, of course, reimbursed him for the tickets) - it was wonderful that we could just meet him at the entrance and walk into the museum. Once the tour began, Julien's knowledge of the artists and their works was incredible and he kept us engaged throughout the time. We felt that we saw and learned so much during our time together. And when we needed a little break during the tour, Julien was so accomodating and immediately pivoted to explaining other art pieces to us while we rested. Julien is a master storyteller and made the tour so much fun! We highly recommend a tour with Julien! And thank you again, Julien! We're so appreciative.Wonderful tour of the D'Orsay with Julien!

ALLYSON🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lucien)

13 abril 2025

5 of us (2 from US, 3 from UK) enjoyed a fun, educational day with Lucien at Les Invalides. He is extremely knowledgeable and his passion about the collection was evident in his enthusiastic delivery. He was a great communicator both in planning and in the actual tour. I highly recommend him. A great day at Les Invalides!!

Randi🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

11 abril 2025

Communication with Julien prior to the day of the tour was great! He kept us informed of all of the important details, including the place to meet him on the day of the tour. He purchased our admission tickets to the Louvre in advance, and was waiting in the line to enter the museum before it opened. Once it opened we very quickly made our way to see the Mona Lisa and it gave us a great view before the crowds arrived. He continued yes to point out the highlights of the Louvre and explained a lot of detail in the paintings to really help us understand the artists perspective. It was a fantastic way to see the highlights and avoid the crowds and lines as much as possible. Great Louvre Tour

Hayley

(About local Lucien)

2 abril 2025

We can't fault the tour with Lucien. Our students were engaged and very happy to have learnt so much about the Latin Quarter. Lucien is warm, knowledgeable and passionate about the history of Paris. Highly recommend!An excellent tour!

Lisa

(About local Julien)

31 marzo 2025

Julien was a fantastic guide for my family of 4 (two adults and two teens). He was so knowledgable and the tour was interesting. We were also one of the first to get in to view the Mona Lisa before the crowds arrived. He is also just very kind and easy going. Highly recommend! Explore the Louvre with a Local Guide

Lori

(About local Julien)

30 marzo 2025

Our private Louvre tour with Julien was an absolute highlight of our trip. He is deeply knowledgeable, fun, attentive, and very thoughtful. He covered the highlights beautifully, shared the history of the palace, showed us points of interest from the windows, and listened to our art interest. Such a delight evening! We highly recommend Julien!!OUTSTANDING!!

Chris🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Julien)

29 marzo 2025

Brilliantly entertaining, extremely knowledgeable and totally charming. Highly recommended.Super guide Super guy.

bvg🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Julien)

29 marzo 2025

My wife, our two adult daughters, and I had the pleasure of visiting the Louvre with Julien. It quickly became clear that Julien not only shared his deep passion for the museum’s history and art, but also took the time to get to know his guests to ensure the experience was perfectly tailored from the very first moments inside the museum. We learned so many fascinating details about numerous artworks and the museum itself — he's undoubtedly one of the best guides we’ve ever had! A huge thank you from Switzerland, and a well-deserved 10 out of 10 rating! 😊Close to perfect :)

Emilio🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

28 marzo 2025

Julien was great. Easy to communicate with, on time and he was very good at keeping my family engaged. He knows the Louvre museum like the back of his hand. I recommend himFamily of four with two little kids

Barbara🇸🇪 Sweden

(About local Lucien)

23 marzo 2025

Chris

(About local Julien)

20 marzo 2025

Julien led a tour for me, my wife, and our 10 year old and 7 year old children and we loved it! Julien was terrific with the kids and made sure they were entertained and educated throughout. We learned so much, not only about the art work, but about the history of the Louvre itself. He clearly has a passion for art. Highly recommended. Fantastic Louvre tour

Erin🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

12 marzo 2025

Juliane was amazing! We toured the Louvre with our 11 and 7 year old daughters. My husband is a history teacher and has spent many years teaching Art History. Julien was able to keep everyone engaged! The Louvre was our girls favorite part of Paris, thanks to the amazing tour we had!! Cannot recommend enoughGreat Family Tour!

Betsy

(About local Lucien)

12 marzo 2025

It was such a wonderful and knowledgeable tour. Lucien is a bubbly, kind, passionate and informative person who gave us such a great experience. We learned more about Paris than we would have ever known — he knew answers to every question, questions that didn’t even pertain to the actual content of the tour itself. Me and my partner were very happy and thoroughly impressed with our experience! Historic WW2 walking tour

Kim

(About local Julien)

8 marzo 2025

Julien is definitely one of the best tour guides I’ve ever had! His knowledge of art is extensive and he makes the experience fun! Julien is amazing!

Maria🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

15 febrero 2025

Vale la pena hacer un recorrido del Louvre en compañía de Julien. Nos sentimos complacidos por sus explicaciones, conocimiento y por su gentil trato con nuestra familia. Excelente experiencia

Erika

(About local Lucien)

8 febrero 2025

Lucien guided us through Paris from the Louvre to Versailles with ease. He had thought of every detail and made us fall in love with France. He is extremely professional with excellent communication starting from our first message until the end of our tour. He provided recommendations for our entire stay, not just during the tour. We highly recommend Lucien!Lucien was the best part of our visit!

Carla

(About local Julien)

27 enero 2025

Julien was so knowledgeable and he made our experience so fun. We didn’t have much time as we wished but he got us everything we wanted to see and more and gave interesting facts about everything. We can wait to do another tour with him definitely recommend Julien!!Amazing guide

Ning

(About local Lucien)

19 enero 2025

The Paris Saint-Oeun flea market can be overwhelming! In fact, my husband and I have bern there many times. Our tour with Lucien made all the difference! He’s smart and interesting as well as flexible. He helped us find a beautiful, hand-carved statue of the Virgin Mary … even though his speciality is a market overview rather than finding specific items. Wonderful tour! Flea Market with Lucien!

Johann

(About local Lucien)

8 enero 2025

Great, fun, informative tourGreat tour of the Louvre

Gina🇭🇰 Hong Kong

(About local Lucien)

5 enero 2025

We booked Lucien for our visit to the Lourve, and we definitely found the right person! We were late and Lucien was able to get us in quickly which was amazing! He was very enthusiastic about everything in the Lourve, our 2.5 hours tour was way too short! Lucien gave us a very interesting and informative tour which was exactly what we were looking for! My daughter is 11 years old and she thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Lucien was very easy going, he was happy to show us the sections that we were more interested in (which was not in the itinerary). We highly recommend Lucien and will definitely book another tour with him for our next visit. Merci beaucoup Lucien!Fantastic guide!

David🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Julien)

4 enero 2025

Julien was such a great guide. His knowledge was remarkable and his enthusiasm had no limit. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour - Julien really did a great job of distilling the massive Louvre into an interesting and sensible 2 hour experience. We would highly recommend Julien - he was a great guide. ThanksFantastic tour

Lisa🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

3 enero 2025

Julien was amazing! He was easy to get ahold of. He made sure we knew where to meet and discussed our interests before the tour. We had a three hour Louvre tour with Julien and it was the best. I don’t know if we would have been able to see and understand all of the art without his expertise. He met us at the carousel outside and stayed with us until we had a taxi to our next adventure. I highly recommend a tour with Julien! Great morning at the Louvre

Gibran🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lucien)

27 diciembre 2024

Lucien gave my family and I a wonderful tour of the Orsay Museum. He is knowledgeable and makes the tour engaging. Would definitely recommend. Wonderful guide

Sandra Cheryl🇵🇭 Philippines

(About local Lucien)

24 diciembre 2024

We absolutely loved our walking tour with Lucien. He was engaging, thoughtful, accommodating and informative. Christmas Reunion in Paris

Wayne🇳🇿 New Zealand

(About local Lucien)

22 diciembre 2024

Lucien was a fountain of knowledge and catered for our family group of diverse ages by the information he shared. We may have walked over 7kms but it was an easy stroll filled with laughter and sightseeing.Fun and knowledgeable

Joe🇵🇹 Portugal

(About local Julien)

20 diciembre 2024

Julien guided my wife and along with our son (10) for 2 hours in the Louvre. We asked that he focus mainly on our son and make it fun and interesting for him. He was great and all 3 of us really enjoyed the tour. Highly recommend! Excellent!

iris🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Julien)

14 diciembre 2024

Julien was so full of empowering information. He engaged and enhanced our experience by bringing us into the art. Well done! Wish we booked for longer! A bientot Julien! Excellent Experience with Julien

Iris🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lucien)

5 diciembre 2024

Lucien was very knowledgeable and friendly and was quite passionate about French history. However, we thought we would be provided with more past and current Jewish life in Paris. This was just a very small part of the tour. We also expected more time in the Marais. Jewish Tour

HOLLY🇺🇸 United States

(About local Julien)

30 noviembre 2024

Touring the Louvre without only Julien was exceptional. He is a knowledgeable historian with a gift for storytelling telling. He really gives a great perspective which brings the art to life. I highly recommend a tour with him!Julien brough the art to life!

Karen🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lucien)

29 noviembre 2024

We enjoyed this tour with Lucien. It’s fun for us to learn the history of the cities we visit and Lucien did a great job of that. He was also happy to answer our questions about life as a Parisian and had a quiet sense of humor as well. Thank you, Lucien!Enlightening Tour

Ted🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lucien)

23 noviembre 2024

Lucien knows French history better than anyone I've ever met in the states. Fun and smart - great tour - he's passionate about France! Smart & Educational

Mark

(About local Lucien)

18 noviembre 2024

Lucien is an excellent guide and tour leader. Our topic was La Commune de Paris de 1871 - slightly off the beaten path. Lucien is knowledgeable about the history and able to relate it to the actual locations where it happened. I would strongly recommend Lucien for anyone looking for a tour firmly grounded in research and facts. excellent tour

Peg🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lucien)

30 octubre 2024

Although we had communicated in advance that we were going to be late, and called Lucien several times while we were en route, asking him to please wait for us, he did not wait. He made a judgment that there would not be sufficient time for a good tour. We believe it was up to us to decide if a shorter tour was still worth it. We had paid in full for three hours of his time, and we expected at least the remaining hour and a half. We are very disappointed that he did not wait for us. We have requested a partial refund. Sorry - were unable to connect with Lucien

Linda

(About local Julien)

24 octubre 2024

My husband and I traveled to Paris recently to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary along with two friends. We were limited in time that we could spend at the Louvre (honestly, you could easily spend a week there) so I compiled a list of my must-sees. Julien fulfilled my wish list and then some. He was knowledgeable and great company. We could not have chosen a better guide. Merci beaucoup, Julien!Best tour guide ever!