Heading to Paris and Normandy in late Oct. Would like to find a guide to orient us to Paris (not tour of sights). Walking tour of neighborhoods, purchase metro tickets, join us for lunch, etc.
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US Pacific Northwest
10344 posts
A useful source of recommendations for guides is Rick's Paris guidebook, he specifically has recommendations for guides.
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OP
Clemson
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Thank you. Found them. Appreciate your guidance.
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WA State
3961 posts
We enjoyed two Paris walking tours with Sightseekers delight several years ago. We walked the Montmarte area and did a Jewish history Tour of Le Marais. We all had lunch at L' As du Falafel in the Marais. They offer various other tours and will customize as well. The guides were extremely knowledgeable. We felt well oriented to the areas we were interested in. www.sightseekersdelight.com.
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Anacortes, Washington
153 posts
I can strongly recommend Paris Greeters https://greeters.paris/en/ for the kind of tour you describe. The people who guide you are all volunteers who love their city and their neighborhoods and are proud to show you their secret delights. It is suggested you make a contribution to the organization, but the guides are not paid and will not accept tips.
We have used then several times and each time they have matched us with a guide who has knowledge of the things we say we are interested in, and the tour was tailored to that. We were shown things that almost no tourist will get to see.
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Kalamazoo, MI, USA
92 posts
“French Girl in Seattle takes France”. Check out her Facebook page, click on ‘About’ for her contact info and to find out more about her. She post great information almost daily. I referred a friend to her for private tour in October. She was very responsive regarding booking a RS tour or not, what type of experience my friend wanted, etc. Her company is, “Wonder with Vero”. She is a RS guide this year after moving back to France after 23 years in the US.
We took train from Paris to Bayeux and stayed there several days before returning to Paris. We rented a car in Bayeux. Did a day long D-day tour, wished we had done the 2 day tour.