Last Updated on 15 June 2024 by TT
Private tour guides in Paris
Private tour guides in Paris; if you prefer to explore Paris, Louvre Museum and Orsay Museum, Palace of Versailles, Giverny, Normandy and Eiffel Tower with a private and licensed English speaking tour guide, you can fill in the form below for details, suggestions and prices. In case of availability, our guide will respond to you within 24 hours.
Cost and price for a private guide in Paris
Private guiding fee with a licenced guide in Paris generally varies between 50 € to 100 € per hour depending on the language, season, tour program, duration of the tour and number of the guests.
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Skip-the-line tickets; Eiffel Tower | Louvre Museum | Versailles Palace
You can choose your preferred private tour from the list below;
- Guided visit to Louvre Museum (3 hours)
- Guided visit to Louvre and Orsay Museum (5 hours)
- Guided visit to Louvre Museum + Seine River cruise (4 hours)
- Full day city tour with private driver and vehicle
- Guided visit to Versailles Palace
- Daily visit to Versailles and Giverny
- Daily visit to Normandy
Recommended Tours in Paris
1- DAY 1, Louvre Museum with private tour guide
Duration; 3 hours | Kind of tour; tour with private guide | Transportation; walking
Louvre Museum is the most favorite tourist attraction along with Eiffel Tower in Paris. The museum has the largest collection of the world in the field of archeology and arts. Since more than 400.000 pieces are exhibited in the museum, a visitor must be well organized to see the most valuable items. Otherwise we recommend you to angage with an official tour guide. By this way you will see and learn the most valuable pieces only, without hustling and loosing yourself in the museum, additionally you will not wait in the long ticket lines since the official guides have priority to collect the entrance tickets. The tour will end at the courtyard of the Louvre.
2- DAY 2, Paris City Tour
Duration; 6-7 hours | Kind of tour; tour with private guide | Transportation; private vehicle
You will be picked up from your hotel by your private vehicle, driver and tour guide. The tour will consist of panoramic sightseeing, photo stops and some walking in various locations. During the tour you will see the most iconic touristic attractions of Paris and learn regarding the history, architecture and culture of life of the city. Here are some of the places that you will see during the sighteeing tour; Opera Garnier which is the source of inspire for the Phantom Of The Opera, Place Vendome, the Royal Palace and Louvre Museum (from outside), Seine River, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Town Hall, the beloved bohemian quarter “Marais”, Latin Quartier where the Sorbonne University and Panteon are located, Luxembourg Gardens, Church Of Saint Sulpice, “Saint Germain” the quarter of the artists and musicans (if you like you can eat or drinks in a typical French bistro here). In the afternoon, our tour will go on with the French Institute and Orsay Museum (from outside)…and some of the other places to see are; Concord Square where the last king and queen of Versailles Palace was executed by guillotine. Boulveard Champ Elysees, Grand Palais, Arc de Triomphe, “Les Invalides” the tomb of Napoleon, Eiffel Tower, Montmartre the famous quarter where Renoir, Picasso and Van Gogh had lived. And the final places to see will be Place du Tertre and the magnificent basilica of Sacre Coeur. (This tour will be realized by an official private tour guide in Paris).
3- DAY 3, Orsay Museum Tour
Duration; 3 hours | Kind of tour; tour with private guide | Transportation; walking
Discover the masterpieces of impressionist painting with a private tour guide in Paris; if you wish to visit just one museum to see the paintings this should be Musée d’Orsay. Orsay Museum houses the largest and most important impressionist and post impressionist paintings collection in the world. You can meet with your guide in front of the museum to save your time, then your guide will show and explain your only the most valuable paintings among of thousands. Some of the famous painters represented in the museum are “Manet, Degas, Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Seurat, Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Toulouse Lautrec, Gauguin and Van Gogh”. Additionally, if you are interested, you can see more collections on sculpture, photography and furniture in the museum. The museum is housed inside of a former train station from 1900, which you may also find interesting. (This tour will be realized by an authorized private tour guide in Paris).
4- DAY 4, Versailles Palace and Giverny Tour
Duration; 7-8 hours | Kind of tour; tour with private guide | Transportation; private vehicle, walking
In the footsteps of Monet with a private tour guide; if you have enough days in Paris, this tour is ideal to see the beauties in the surroundings of Paris. The guide may pick you up in the morning from your hotel. In the first part of the tour you will visit the famous Palace of Versailles (Palais Versailles), which is at an 18 km’s distance from the city. Since official guides have priority to buy the tickets you will not be waiting in the long ticket lines. Built by the King Louis XIV, this magnificent palace from 18th century has become an example for its size, architecture, decorations and the landscape of its garden for many palaces in the world. During the tour you will see and learn regarding the magnificent halls, the rooms and the famous Versailles gardens. And not to forget the famous balcony where Marie Antoinnet addressed to the public “let them eat cake if they can not find bread” before the French Revolution started. In the second leg of our tour, we will drive 45 minutes further away from Paris and visit a surreally beautiful village of Normandy; Giverny. Here you will visit the house and the gardens of famous French painter Claude Monet, who spent his 43 years in this paradise. Here you will see the gardens where Monet painted oftenly and you will feel yourself like living in a Monet painting. (This tour will be realized by a licenced private tour guide in Paris).
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More places to see in Paris
The capital city of Paris is the biggest, most cosmopolitan, colorful and touristic city of France. Paris has around 12 million metropolitan population and the city receives 40 million visitors each year. Paris is famous for its art and history museums like Louvre and Orsay, the symbolic Eiffel Tower, avant-garde artictic trends, gastronomy and much more. This is not a city that you can visit the main touristic attractions in a few days, especially if you are not well organized. The best way to visit the city is to angage with a professional and official tour guide. Only an official tour guide will have priority to skip the long ticket lines. An official guide will help you to save your time, energy and most importantly you will learn and enjoy in your tours. If you like to visit Paris with the help of a professional tour guide, please have a look our our recommended tour programs below.
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