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Lose yourself in the amazingly beautiful and history-packed Île de la Cité island, the place where Paris began. Cross the bridge to explore Shakespearean characters and medieval gardens in the Latin Quarter! This tour is specially designed for families traveling with children!

Destination

Paris, France

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

2 hours

Available languages

English, Français, Português

Included

• Private guide
• Chocolate!

Excluded

• Drinks
• Extra expenses

What you can expect

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 Isabel.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Statue équestre d'Henri IV - 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. Meeting Point

   Equestrian Statue of Heni IV

4. Stop 1

   Discover the peaceful Place Dauphine

5. Stop 2

   Marvel in the colours of teh Flower Market

6. Stop 3

   Notre Dame and the treasury hunt game

7. Stop 4

   Stroll around the Parisien Bouquinistes

8. Stop 5

   Shakespeare and Company Bookshop

9. Stop 6

   Play around on the gardens of Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre church

10. Stop 7

    Taste some delicious chocolate typical for Paris

11. Stop 8

    Discover the medieveal gardens, with the ruins of the Gallo-Roman thermal baths in the background

12. End

    Goodbyes

13. 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.

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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

Annette🇨🇦 Canada

24 September 2024

One of our favourite parts of our trip. Isabelle was friendly and my children and myself immediately felt comfortable with her🙂 She had lots of interesting facts to share about Paris and pointed out things that we would not have otherwise noticed or crossed paths with. The bookstores were a highlight. I wish we had arranged our tour with Isabel at the beginning of our trip to France rather than at the end. We would have loved to return to the flower shops and wandered again past the book stalls along the river. We will just have to come back to Paris!It was great!

Erika

11 July 2024

Estive com a Isabel e ela foi incrível no tour comigo e minha família. Além de explicar sobre a história de Paris compartilhou dicas locais e foi super gentil com as criançasGreat welcome to Paris

Lindsay🇺🇸 United States

10 June 2024

Isabel was fantastic! She was engaging, great with children and full of knowledge and information about Paris. This tour was a great introduction to a beautiful city and we learned so much. I would highly recommend taking this tour with Isabel! Great Tour

Amy🇺🇸 United States

1 June 2024

Isabel is fun, friendly and full of great stories and fun facts. Two hours flew by! She was great at engaging the whole family. Highly recommend. Fun and educational

Tom🇺🇸 United States

9 April 2024

Isabel was such an interesting, engaging tour guide, and perfect for our 7- and 10-year-olds. We had arrived on a redeye flight in the morning, dropped our bags off, went to lunch, and then met Isabel for our tour - I was a little hesitate about how our kids would do. It turned out that we had such a lovely tour - a nice, leisurely stroll through the Île de la Cité and the Left Bank. She's a wealth of information, and both our kids and us adults found the tour to be fun and informative. We would take quick detours if there was something brought up that one of us wanted to see, or we would stop occasionally for a treat, or if she took us to a place like the climbing wall on the banks of the Seine, and the kids wanted to burn off some energy. Outside the tour, Isabel herself is fascinating - but she can tell you about that. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to anyone, kids or no kids. Our Kids Loved Isabel

M🇺🇸 United States

30 July 2022

Isabel is such a knowledgeable and kind guide. She accommodated us endlessly and helped our young kids stay engaged. We were at the end of our trip and quite tired but she has so much interesting details to share. We loved all the places she took us and I highly recommend you tour with her as well! A dream :)

Sarah🇮🇪 Ireland

10 July 2022

From the kids to the adults we all really enjoyed our tour with Isabel. She was so knowledgeable and interesting. She was flexible to adapt the tour to the kids and made it fun for them. We would all recommend her tour! Isabel is a delight!

Mariana🇵🇹 Portugal

16 June 2022

Isabel was always super kind and considerate with my children. Although my kids were a little bit tired (we were returning from 3 days in Disneyland) they got curious about the histories told my Isabel during the way. For me, it was a great opportunity to learn more about Paris history and know places never explored in my previous visits to Paris.Kids-friendly tour

Pilar🇪🇸 Spain

4 June 2022

We are a big fans of doing walking tours to know and understand better the cities but now it is difficult with 2 small kids. Isabel was incredible to adapt to our rithm and showing us amazing places in Paris (very different of what you find in your guides) Thanks Isabel for this nice afternoon which we spent together!Happy kids happy parents

Unknown

21 March 2022

Highly recommend this tour for families! Isabel did a great job keeping the tour interactive and teaching us about Paris’s history. We saw areas of Paris we would not have otherwise explored. The chocolate shop at the end of the tour was a nice touch. Our kids had a wonderful time! Fun, Informative Tour

Phyllis🇺🇸 United States

18 August 2019

Our family loved Isabel. She was fantastic with my kids (ages 5 and 8) and was very knowledgeable about the area. We had a great time!Loved Isabel

Rui Pedro da Silva🇵🇹 Portugal

23 July 2019

A Isabel foi absolutamente fantástica. O conhecimento demonstrado fez com que fosse capaz de ir ao encontro das nossas vontades. Sempre muito flexível e conhecedora da história de Paris. Obrigado por ter tornado a nossa estadia em Paris ainda mais agradável. Melhor guia era impossível

Filipa🇵🇹 Portugal

11 May 2019

We had to change the date due to weather & Isabel was very accommodating!Very welcoming & flexible

John 🇺🇸 United States

10 May 2019

We took the short Latin Quarter tour. She was really great. She is so knowledgeable and truly interested in her Paris experience. She shared it wonderfully.Isabell is wonderful

Barbara🇺🇸 United States

27 April 2019

Isabel is by far the best guide we had during our week in Paris. She is so very knowledgeable about the history architecture, even filming locations and art of Paris. She is also wonderful at describing these things with children in mind. My son still counts the details that she shared with him. She is calm and flexible and so very easy-going — it would be an honor to have her guide me through any part of Paris! Greatest Guide EVER!! ❤️❤️❤️

Carol🇦🇺 Australia

22 January 2019

We had walked around the City Island the day before our tour with Isabel, when we explored this area with Isabel we learnt so much more and noticed many things we had walked straight past on our own. She was knowledgeable and engaging. She was a fantastic guide, and the whole family loved the bookstore and treat at the end.From City Island to Latin Quarter Family Tour

Ruben🇺🇸 United States

19 August 2018

Hi, let me start saying that we had such a great time with Isabel this last August. We booked her services for an introduction to Paris with our kids; however, the kiddos had to stay back in the hotel—they were too tired so we decided to allow them some free time while my wife and I went to tour with Isabel. Her knowledge, attention to detail, patience and tips made a world of difference for a summer afternoon in Paris. Isabel is kind and very attentive, and showed us places we fall in love with! Thanks much, Isabel!!Great tour time!!

Lori🇺🇸 United States

18 August 2018

My family of five loved our tour with Isabel, especially my three girls ages 13, 11 and 7! Ile de la Cite and Latin Quarter Tour

doreen🇺🇸 United States

17 August 2018

Isabel is a very good guide. She told us many interesting things and kept the children entertained. I highly recommend IsabelIsabel is terrific

Jane🇨🇦 Canada

10 August 2018

Isabel was full of information and helped us see areas of Paris we might have missed. Our Son played a game to find items and she treated him/is to candies. I wish her all the best with her studies and was very happy to meet her. Loved the tour. Love being with a local!

Krista🇺🇸 United States

26 July 2018

Isabel was a great tour guide. She was very knowledgeable, giving thorough information about the ile de cite and latin quarter as we toured as well as answering several of my husband's questions regarding french revolution. Some of the key items were presented as a scavenger hunt to keep the kids engaged and she was good with them. Our children are 2, 6 and 8 and our only struggle was that there really was no stop that broke up the walking for them. So if taking younger children you may wany to request a slight customization to a brief rest in the park or square. Thanks for a great tour Isabel.Pleasant, informative and interesting

Melanie🇺🇸 United States

5 June 2018

Isabel was lovely. She adjusted the tour to fit our family (we had teens and not little kids) and our needs (we had stumbled across a few things on the tour the day before so she skipped those and showed us other things). She was very knowledgeable but not boring - my teens really liked her! This tour covers such a nice swatch of Paris - with time to stop for a chocolate and coffee! You won't regret booking this tour with Isabel!Lovely Bit of Paris

Ayca

4 June 2018

We booked Isabel on our last day. It was really worthwhile. She had a little treasure hunt for our daughter and explained things so that our 8 year old would also understand. She knows her history very well and we saw bits of Paris that we had not seen. Isabel is a lovely charming young lady and I would definitely book her again next time we are in Paris. Thank you!!! Lovely finish to the holiday

Deborah🇺🇸 United States

14 April 2018

Isabel was a charming, delightful and well-informed tour guide who managed to keep the attention of our two ten year old grandchildren. It was so much more valuable and effective to have our own personal tour guide than to be part of a larger walking tour group. Not only did we get to see and appreciate the main attractions on City Island and in the Latin Quarter, but Isabel shared information that spurred us on to explore other happenings in the area. The two hours with Isabel were very memorable.See Paris with Isabel

Jessica

8 April 2018

Isabel was an amazing host, she took us to so many beautiful parts of Paris, my favourite being the flower market where she was more than happy to get some lovely pictures of me and the children! She taught us so much about the history behind the squares, streets and buildings we toured and really made us feel so at home in Paris!We learnt so much!

Fabia🇨🇭 Switzerland

6 April 2018

Isabel was really nice, we learned something new and the kids had fun. Thank youNice time

suhjung

21 February 2025

Fun and insightful knolwedge building experience with Isabel. I highly recommend to those who're interested in art and architecture at the center of Paris.Great tour around Paris with Isabel

Shannon🇺🇸 United States

12 May 2024

Isabel created a special tour of the Latin Quarter focused on Marie Curie and other strong woman of Paris. She did research ahead of time to find special places to help my daughters learn about their favorite scientist. Isabel was kind, friendly and very knowledgeable. She went at our pace and was very flexible with changes needed. I would highly recommend her to anyone! Bespoke tour for my daughters

Megan

11 December 2023

This was our second food tour with Isabel. Not only was the food amazing, but the knowledge she shared was very interesting. Highly recommend. Great tour

ez🇺🇸 United States

25 September 2023

My sisters and I had a wonderful time wandering the streets of Ste. Germaine with Isabel. She showed us places we never would have found on our own and gave us a little history about each place, then we took our food to the Luxumbourg gardens for a picnic. We HIGHLY recommend this tour.Excellent guide & delicious food!

Günther🇦🇹 Austria

16 November 2022

Die Privatführung mit Isabel durch ein paar Ecken in Paris abseits der Touristenströme war für uns der perfekte Einstieg! Abwechslungsreiche Kostproben, das kleine "Picknick im Grünen" und viele interessante Hintergrund-Infos und Tipps haben unsere Erwartungen noch weit übertroffen! Wein, Käse, Tapinaden, Süßes und natürlich frisches Baguette - auf nichts wurde vergessen! Herzliches Dankeschön nochmal an Isabel für Ihre freundliche Art und Alles Gute für die nächste Zukunft ;-)Der perfekte Start in unser Paris-Erlebnis

Kari🇩🇪 Germany

3 September 2022

We really enjoyed our food tour with Isabel. She was great with kids and made the tour flexible and fun. Highly recommend!Great tour with Isabel

melanie🇺🇸 United States

29 June 2022

We took the Architecture Tour with Isabel. She is very friendly and extremely knowledgeable about buildings in general, and specifically the historic ones we visited. She was also flexible enough to modify the tour a bit to get back near enough to where we were staying by a certain time as my husband had to leave a bit early for a meeting. We had a lovely time and would highly recommend her as a guide. Merci Isabel!Excellent Tour & Guide!

7j2p7zgnf5🇵🇦 Panama

15 June 2022

Isabel was my guide for a pleasant, informative and fun tour of Quartier Latin. She was flexible, and accommodating to changes in the schedule. The tour was like chatting while strolling with a good friend.Enjoy while

William🇺🇸 United States

8 June 2022

If you are looking for a great personal tour, look no further...Isabelle did a FANTASTIC job going through a slice of Paris. She walked us through a neighborhood and explained how each neighborhood has its own subculture. It was wonderful to get to not be lost in a crowd of other tourists and she was able to make the tour personal. We visited some great places with treats and she taught us how Parisians live their life. We went through a local market, grabed some cheese, went to a bakery and finished up with some wine. She always made sure it was something we'd want to eat. We were open to any new experience and said "Yes" to almost everything though since she brought us to fantastic places. Everything we got was tailored more towards what we wanted since she would ask us a lot more about our taste preferences. We were able to ask many questions and she was able to show how knowledgable she was on the area. Overall, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND Isabelle and that she was worth every penny (or equivalent to the Euro). A MEMORABLE Personal Tour Guide

Bart-Jan🇳🇱 Netherlands

29 April 2022

It was a very pleasant experience to learn from Isabel about the history of Quartier Latin and to see Notre Dame being rebuilt. Interesting details you never get to know if you don't walk through the area with a local. Thank you very muchQuartier Latin with a Portuguese twist

Julie Matlof🇺🇸 United States

11 March 2022

We really enjoyed our walk with Isabel. Though I’ve been to Paris many times, I was very impressed with her ability to share detailed nuances, especially concerning art abs architecture. She’s also just delightful. Terrific afternoon with Isabel

Merel🇳🇱 Netherlands

10 January 2022

We had a great time, we visited Paris many times. But seeing it through your eyes made it a great day and loved having this tour from you. Thanks a lot She is great

Luci🇳🇱 Netherlands

6 November 2021

Isabel is a wonderful guide who provided us an all round unforgettable experience. We actually forgot we were on a guided tour as after a while it felt like we were walking around Paris with an extremely well informed local friend. Very easy going. Highly recommendWonderful host

Steve🇺🇸 United States

16 October 2021

We had a wonderful tour with Isabel. Not only did we get to sample delicious pastries but we were shown parts of the Maris that we would not have found by ourselves. But the best part of the tour for us was just getting to know Isabel and seeing Paris through her eyes. Isabel is very friendly and easy to talk to. We would highly recommend taking a tour with Isabel and we would love to take this same tour with her the next time we visit Paris. A perfect morning!

Katja🇨🇭 Switzerland

30 August 2021

I had a very good time with Isabel and can warmly recommend her. Travelling alone, it was a great opportunity to get acquainted to Paris in a very personalised way, to learn surprising stories, to learn about little secrets, and to ask many questions. Isabel was a very good guide, well prepared, and a very friendly person.Interesting and nice experience

Megan

28 August 2021

Really great tour focused on food, but also saw local architecture. Very knowledgeable. Would definitely recommend her tour. Great tour

Tim🇺🇸 United States

25 August 2021

Isabel was a wonderful tour guide to the neighborhood. We met at the specified time of the tour and Isabel had perfectly planned out our schedule. Even when one of the pastry shops happened to be closed, she was cool and had a backup available. We saw not just the sweet shops and patisseries, but also cafes, public parks, and different sights around the neighborhood. Isabel was incredibly intelligent — she knew an incredible amount about Le Marias — and was friendly to chat with.Excellent Tour of Le Marais

MP🇵🇱 Poland

13 August 2021

Isabel prepared the one of the greatest tour for B-day for my spouse it was the extraordinary experience Thank you for your time and for the Bday Cake we still coming back to that I do recommend Thank you !!!!Foodie B-day

Praneet🇮🇳 India

6 August 2021

We were a family of 4 and Isabel made our experience super fun. Great knowledge, super energy and showed us so many local sites. We really felt Part of Paris after this super tour.Great energy, knowledge and super fun!!

Lisa🇺🇸 United States

24 July 2021

We thoroghly enjoyed our food tour with Isabel! Aside from the food, it was nice to learn more about St. Germaine and the neighborhood. She was so knowledgeable and planned a nice tour for us. She took us to a fresh and tasty pastry shop to start, then we stopped at the chocolate shop, then on to a wonderful wine and charcuterie restaurant. We strolled through the neighborhood, picked up some fresh cheese. We walked to Luxenbourg Gardens and had a lovely picnic and learned more about the area, talked about Paris and what to do next. Isabel was such a pleasure, she was comfortable and an overall exceptional host. Thank you!Isabel knows the neighborhood!

brian🇺🇸 United States

17 July 2021

We loved our tour with Isabel! She took us to the best spots! The food was delicious and she shared a great deal of history with us too. I can’t recommend her enough! She was relaxing to be with and we really enjoyed!! So much fun!

Ana🇵🇹 Portugal

17 May 2021

We enjoyed our experience with Isabel immensely! Her personality is kind, patient, and very thoughtful. Not only did we enjoy conversing with her, we also loved to observe her creative process. These days everyone takes a million photos but how often do we have the opportunity to be a subject for a portrait? We loved Isabel's artistic style and we were so impressed at how she captured us. We would recommend the portrait experience with Isabel to everyone. The digital copy of the portrait that she sent was excellent quality! In our case, we decided to also get the physical copy because we loved her work so much and we were so happy with the result. We are very thankful to Isabel!A unique experience we cherish

Luke🇨🇦 Canada

16 September 2020

We are so thankful for our experience with Isabel. She was able to show us around some wonderful neighborhoods that we would never have visited on our own. We ventured along an elevated walking/nature path that provided great views. Then we headed through a vibrant local marketplace and stopped off at various shops for some wonderful tastes of Paris. Best of all she included our kids, aged 7 & 8, by giving them a scavenger hunt to do along the way. Isabel was so friendly and knowledgeable about Paris history and culture. I would strongly recommend her to everyone.Amazing Parisian Experience for tge whole family!

Ted🇳🇱 Netherlands

20 August 2020

My daughter and I had a "portrait session" with Isabel. She is very easy to talk to, keeps the conversation going and the process of making a portrait is not only explained, but you can also easily follow (which in normal conditions wouldnt be the case). In between we talked about all sorts of things and every now and than followed the creation of the portrait with open mouths.... :-) The meeting was very worthwhile and shows how a changing world still can be a pleasurable one1`! Many thanks Isabel, also from my daughter.Very pleasurable experience