Silvana was an amazing tour guide, extremely knowledgeable about the food and neighborhoods. I could not imagine a better thing to do for our first night in Paris!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Local English-speaking guide
- Taste artistry in a savory croissant and a traditional French cream puff
- Sample French cheeses aged and refined in a 17th-century cellar from master cheesemongers
- ‘Food & the City’ Insider Tips
- Sip on French wine while indulging in the city’s best boeuf bourguignon or choucroute garnie
Excludes
- Gratuities / Tips for the guide
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Extra drinks
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Your guide will be waiting for you by the benches and wearing our purple Eating Europe bag!
Return
- This is the endpoint for the afternoon tour.
Itinerary
Visit a neo-bakery founded by two young entrepreneurs committed to sustainability and reducing waste. Discover their focus on quality ingredients, and enjoy a delicate vanilla cream puff.
The elegant pastries and rustic breads from this refined boulangerie-pâtisserie celebrate seasonal flavors from southern France and Italy. Enjoy a croissant pissaladière, a Provençal specialty with caramelized onions, anchovies, and black olives.
Admire the elegant symmetry, red-brick façades, and arcaded walkways from Paris’s oldest planned square (1612), a masterpiece of early French classical architecture.
Dine at a classic French bistro overlooking the elegant Place des Vosges. Enjoy a traditional boeuf bourguignon, served with buttered noodles and paired with a glass of red wine, for a true Parisian experience.
Pass by a grand 17th-century private mansion in Louis XIII style that helped preserve the Marais from Haussmann’s redesign, and it now houses the Centre des Monuments Nationaux.
Taste the best French cheeses and home-made cheese creations at one of the best fromagerie in Paris. They won the Best Craftsman of France award in 2000 with their pyramid of flavours composed of 120 cheeses. Here, you'll try a selection of different PDO cheeses.
Visit a cozy wine shop and tasting cellar set in a beautifully restored 14th-century building in the Marais. Descend into the vaulted cellar to enjoy wine with cheese and fresh baguette, in an intimate, welcoming atmosphere.
Visit a celebrated Parisian pâtisserie famous for its iconic merveilleux, and try one: airy meringue domes filled with whipped cream and coated in chocolate shavings.
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Reviews
Our guide Harriett was personable, knowledgeable and engaging. The food selections were varied and delicious, plus her presentation of the area's history was fascinating. It was my second tour with Harriett this trip!
Betsy was the BEST tour guide! She was exactly what we needed for our first day/first time being in Paris. She made the tour so special! She is a wealth of knowledge! This tour was great to get to know the area that we would be staying.
Betsy is amazing! She is personable, knowledgeable and loves France. Would definitely tour with her again. We had sweet and savory pastries, gourmet beef bourguignon, cheese , baguette and lots of wine!
This was a fabulous tour! Great food and great little history lessons along the way. Our guide, Betsy, was phenomenal. She took hertime to get to know each one of us and facilitated a truly memorable experience.
Absolutely loved this tour! Great food with lots of small history lessons along the way. Betsy, our tour guide, was phenomenal! She took the time to get to know each one of us and facilitated a wonderful experience.
Betsy was wonderful. Knowledgeable, clear, flexible. Great history, food and wine.
My wife and I had an absolutely fantastic experience on the Le Marais Food and Wine Tour! The food, wine, and atmosphere were all wonderful, and it was easily one of the highlights of our time in Paris. What truly made the experience special was our incredible tour guide, Erica! She was knowledgeable, personable, engaging, and genuinely passionate about what she does. Her enthusiasm, humor, and wonderful storytelling made the entire experience even more memorable. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience or a better guide. Highly recommend this tour, and if you’re lucky enough to have Erica, you’re in for a treat!
Wonderful food and wine tastings with Betsy as our guide. (Hi to Betsy’s Mom)
This tour was fantastic!! Betsy, our tour guide, was so knowledgeable and friendly. Not only do you get to try some amazing foods and wine, but you learn so much history about the area. I can’t recommend booking this tour enough! I loved it!!! Thank you, Betsy! And, hello to Betsy’s mom!
100% Satisfied! Betsy was awesome. Very knowledgeable with French culture, history, society. Her being an American but living in France gives her a great perspective for visitors. Great selection of eateries and lots of interesting non-food related history. Highly recommend.
Besty was an amazing guide. Our family of 4 (including kids ages 12 and 14) had a wonderful time enjoying food and stories of the history of Le Marais. Such a great way to experience the culture of Paris. Highly recommend !
The tour was fantastic! Betsy was so knowledgeable and fun. The food was great and the area was super fun. The perfect amount of walking and eating. I will be dreaming about merveilleux for the foreseeable future. Highly recommend!!!
Betsy was magnificent and the experience was phenomenal.
Great experience to try different items and learn some history! Betsy was an awesome guide and created a great atmosphere to enjoy with good company.
Betsy was simply the best tour guide, she was so knowledge and friendly and created a wonderful experience. I would 100% do this again! Thanks, Betsy!
Great food tour through Le Marais. Our guide Betsy also provided some great history about the area during the tour!
Betsy provided an outstanding experience. It is very important to me to know the history that influenced the development of culinary and sociological current circumstances. It was a pleasure to spend the three hours tasting and learning!
So personal and interesting. A great hostess and our group really got to know one another.
Great intro to Parisian food and history. Betsy kept things moving and treated us all like family.
Betsy was absolutely fabulous. Great pacing and food. Absolutely wonderful use of time and money-book it!
Betsy was fabulous and very knowledgeable of the area! We had delicious samplings of peasant vs royalty foods of Paris. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the tour despite the rainy evening.
Betsy was so much fun! She really knew the French culture and was so bubbly and enjoyable to hang with. Don’t worry, Gale, she is doing well in France and sends her wishes to the states :)
Great food and wine tour of La Marais district with Salma. Food and wine were terrific. Guide was perfect.
We had a fun tour with Lilly. She is engaging and made sure everyone felt welcome and included. The food stops were good, too. Plenty for a full meal, plus wine and desserts!
We found there was plenty of food on the tour. Felt a bit rushed at each stop though. Sometimes we could not hear the guide because she was walking and talking, or there were sirens going off. We were supposed to have a wine and cheese tasting in the cellar of a wine shop, but the space was being held for another group who came after us. No plates were provided a couple of times when the food was a bit messy. But we did get a feel for the area.
Lilly was a wonderful guide with a lot of information about the Le Marais area and the France food tastings. The food was great and we were very happy we did this tour! Thank you Lilly!
Awesome experience Lucia was amazing
With Harriet, we were in great hands for this tour! She has a distinguished culinary background and her selection of restaurants and descriptions of the food and wine were perfect. She also did an amazing job explaining the history of the Marais, Paris while stolling through the streets. And while herding all is cats she had relationship developing conversation with everyone in the group. This is no easy task and she handled it masterfully.
Claire is an enthusiastic and very knowledgeable food tour guide. We had a wide range of wines, cheese and breads to accompany beef bourguignon at various stops in Le Marais. As our small group traveled she gave us very interesting facts about the surrounding area and its history.
Erica was amazing! We tried lots of great food at local stops we would not have found by ourselves. She gave us great recommendations that we used for the rest of our trip. The tour was fun and well-paced and we enjoyed the wine and cheese with our new friends too. Highly recommend!
Very nice for a single elderly wonan. I learned a lot and a small group was perfect.
Betsy was a fabulous guide. Such a fun experience!!
This was the first food tour our family has done. It was fabulous! Our guide, Carole, was extremely knowledgeable not only about food, but extensively about the history of Paris. Would definitely recommend this tour!
Our experience was fantastic! Out tour guide, Betsy, was personal, informative, and super friendly. She gave us great history information about the area as well as about the food.
Betsy was a great guide. Very personable and friendly. Made us all feel part of the tour.
What a fantastic introduction to Paris!! Claire was our guide and she not only introduced us to high quality French cuisine but also provided information about the culture of the area and around the good choices. I'm only in Paris for 2 days but this is a must do!! It provided so much information and the food was fantastic. Claire has a strong connection with the area and good knowledge about the various food origins.
Betsy is a DREAM QUEEN tour guide! She’s was so smart and charming and informative and funny! What an amazing tour. We loved all the food we ate- so many places we may not have visited otherwise. We learned a ton, we ate well, we stopped at many beautiful places and learned about the area’s history. Thank you Betsy and shout out mama Gail!
Betsy was an amazing guide! So knowledgeable and she made sure to take time and get to know every single guest on the tour. The food was so good and each stop was a great choice and now I have more places I need to go back too! Had plenty of time at each stop and had so much food. Such a good value for the money!
I have never been on a bad Eating Europe tour. It’s always the perfect combination of history, fun and of course food! Betsy was our guide and she was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Highly recommend!
Betsy was very welcoming and genuinely interested in getting to know everyone on the tour. It was pretty impressive and refreshing. She was very knowledgeable and the tour offered a great variety of. Betsy and her approach made this one of the best tours I have been on. I will be seeking out more of these tours. I hope everyone will live up to the bar Betsy set.
Betsy was great - she made everyone felt seen and adapted the foods and wine to our tastes. She was also very friendly and knowledgeable! Great tour!
Lucia gave us a wonderful tour. So informative and yummy. One of the best tours we had. Highly recommend
This was amazing. Lucia was so friendly and knowledgeable and she made it feel like strolling around with a friend. It was a great mix of food, Paris knowledge, great info and stories! Highly recommend!
Did the tour with Lucia. She made it really interresting and entertaining. Had a lovely evening!
Lucia was an incredible guide. She gave so much history and cultural information while keeping the tour fun and fresh! It was an absolute pleasure. Loved the food and wine chosen. Highly recommended.
Absolutely wonderful tour...great selections of food, charming and personable guide who was simply great. Food was delicious; appreciated knowing about all the history of the area and food origins. Betsy rocks!!;
Such a fun tour. Betsy was great, mixing just enough history with some great food.
Everything was delicious! Betsy was a wonderful, informative and interesting guide who made this tour so great!
Betsy was a wonderful guide!❤️ Perfecrt food/ fact experience. Recommend highly!!!
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