Paris

Paris Le Marais Historical Walking Tour with Wine and Cheese Tasting

Paris, France

Marais Walking Tour with Cheese and Wine Tasting in Paris

2 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Feast your senses on a 2-hour walking and tasting tour of Paris’ fashionable Le Marais district. Stroll through the charming streets with a guide while learning about the aristocratic history of this neighborhood filled with medieval architecture and high-end galleries. Take in the sights and smells of the Le Marché des Enfants Rouges market, and then head to a local bistro to taste a variety of artisanal cheeses paired with French wine. Group size is limited to eight people for a more intimate experience.

Walking tour of Paris' Le Marais district with cheese and wine tastings
Wander around Le Marais, one of the city's most historic and hip districts
Visit Le Marché des Enfants Rouges, a hidden covered market with an abundance of food shops and stalls
Visit a French bistro and taste five cheeses and four wines
Learn about Le Marais and France's most famous cheeses and wines from your local guide
Small-group tour limited to eight people to ensure more personalized attention from your guide

What's Included

Walking Tour of Le Marais
Bilingual Local Guide
5 cheese tastings
4 tasting glasses of wine

Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Miss Manon
87 Rue Saint-Antoine, 75004 Paris, France
Departure Point: Miss Manon * Address: 87 Rue Saint-Antoine, 75004 Paris, France Directions: Meet your guide outside of the bakery. The closest metro stations are Saint-Paul (line 1) and Chemin Vert (line 8).

Start time

04:30 PM

End point

Le Marais, Paris, France

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 3 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
The minimum age to drink alcohol in France is 18
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

4.0

27 reviews

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Missed due to rain but, got a full refund!

Martin_C, Mar 2024

I did not get to experience the tour due to rain. However, after contacting Viator they provided me a full refund. This makes me confident and will reschedule a tour when back in Paris. Thank you Viator team!

Wonderful

Lynn_T, Oct 2023

This tour is a must! Our guide, David took us off the beaten path so we saw things we normally would not have seen. We throughly enjoyed the walking tour and last but not least the wine and cheese taking at the end was wonderful too. I highly recommend this tour.

Comically bad “tour and tasting”.

Tricia_C, Oct 2023

The tour guide was very difficult to hear and understand. The tour itself was not what we expected. The cheese and wine tasting was at the end. We paid nearly 400$ to walk around a few city blocks and get a tiny cheese plate at the end for four people. Tour guide new nothing about the wine and the staff at the restaurant had no involvement or engagement in the fact that we were there. Do not recommend.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the absence of our guide for your tour. We understand how important and valuable your time is, and we deeply regret not meeting your expectations on this occasion. Rest assured, we are taking immediate steps to rectify the situation and ensure that such an occurrence does not happen again in the future. Please accept our apologies,

A lot of fun

Megan_J, Oct 2023

Had a great tour with David, he’s very knowledgeable. And really good at choosing wine and cheese to try !

Excellent guide and good amount of wine

Ramsey_B, Jun 2023

Just the two of us + the guide on our tour. Was like taking a stroll in the afternoon with your French grandmother. Viviana was kind, knowledgeable, and gave us a different view on a lot of things we had been overlooking! Three full pours of wine at the end. Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in history and looking for quality time with a local Parisian.

No showed

Taylor_S, Jun 2023

You never showed up! We need a refund. We got to the meeting spot 45 minutes early and waited for 15 minutes after and the guide never showed up.

Excellent

Shelley_K, Jun 2023

We enjoyed the history of the area. Finding the small Paris museum was a plus. Viviana was a wonderful guide. The Bistro for wine and cheese tasting was excellent.

Extremely Disappointed

Stephen_C, Sep 2022

The your did not happen. The starting time was delayed an hour and then the tour guide was late to the point where he was nearly an hour late. That’s two hours later than originally scheduled. We had to cancel a dinner reservation to accommodate the one hour start time delay and then to be later beyond that is unacceptable. We told the tour company we we’re leaving and we’re extremely disappointed with them. We have requested a full refund and expect nothing less for the inconvenience they have caused. We were so looking forward to this tour given that we had dinner in the Marais area a few days before. Any assistance in getting us our refund would be appreciated. Thank you.

Wandering through the Marais

Heidi_H, Sep 2022

David was a great guide, sharing history and personal thoughts to make the tour special. Highly recommend!

Local flavors of Paris

Lpigott59, Jun 2022

We’ve never been to this area of Paris before. Our guide was very knowledgeable of the area. Wine and cheese stop was excellent!

Enjoyable Walking Tour and Tasting

Joseph_O, Apr 2022

The tour stated with a walk around various parts of Paris Le Marais. Although we had taken two previous tours of the area, we learned new things from our guide. We especially enjoyed the conversation will had in a local bar with our guide, David, while tasting different wines and cheese.

Casual and Fun

Camie_H, Sep 2021

After an initial mix up of the meeting spot, a kind hearted shop owner helped me call the tour operator and with my broken French, we realized his directions and ours were different. David promptly came to us, and even though we started off about 30 min late, we still got a great tour of the area. David lives nearby, and we loved seeing small hidden gems as well as the big sites in the area. The wine and cheese at the end of the walk was delicious. It wasn’t an overly detailed wine education, when we do wine tastings in Napa it can get overwhelming and technical. But David gave us some good advice that we used when we bought wine at a shop on our last day. He also pointed out many small eateries recommended for our return to the area later in the trip.

Our guide Victoria was fantastic and...

NormanPaul_D, Apr 2017

Our guide Victoria was fantastic and showed us a lot of great things in the Marais. The tour was however not as I expected. I thought we'd be touring wine and cheese tasting venues but it turned out that we only partook at one location at the end of the tour. The cheese portions were very small but very nice as were the wines selected. Overall very enjoyable but quite expensive for what we received.

David was a charming guide with...

Bernadette_M, Jan 2017

David was a charming guide with interesting stories to tell and a good selection of locations on the walk prior to finishing at a cute wine bar for wine and cheese tasting. We returned to the wine bar the next day to enjoy it again.

Very insightful tour of Le Marais...

Alvaro D, Apr 2016

Very insightful tour of Le Marais. Very knowledgeable guide David, gave us a great deal of information and historical context to the area. Excellent selection of cheeses and wine well paired to cap a lovely stroll through one of the oldest and nicest areas in Paris.

The guide showed up a bit late but...

Francis W, Jul 2015

The guide showed up a bit late but gave a terrific tour of the the Marais followed by a wine and cheese tasting at a local cafe. He I'm sorry but I do not recall his name made the buildings, monuments and statues much more that static structures giving reasons why each was done. All in akll, a very good tour.

Our guide David was excellent...

Karen S, Jun 2015

Our guide David was excellent, knowledgeable and personable. We loved his anecdotes about the places we saw and the glimpses of what it is like for residents of Le Marais. He shared his love of the community and his favourite spots to escape the bustle of the city and unwind. The cheeses and wine were really great and we enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time with the other guests on the tour.

This "tour" was the WORST...

prynearson, Jan 2015

This "tour" was the WORST experience. It was a waste of money because there was no tour. We waited (a total of 7 people) for 30 minutes at the designated meeting place. When the guide finally arrived, she was visibly annoyed. It became evident that she had no plan. She began by walking us to the Place des Vosges. She told us that many famous people ( she did not tell us who) had lived there and we could walk around if we wanted. It was already dark at this point so no one wanted to do that. She then walked us to a museum that we could go into if we wanted. Again, no one wanted to do that. So she walked us to a Jewish area where we could walk around if we wanted to. During this time, she gave no information to the group. She did speak, in a very low tone, to one man in the group but no to the group. At this point, the family group of 5 told her that she was wasting their time and they left the group. She asked me if I was disappointed. So I told her what they website had described the tour to be. She then told me that was not the tour she was prepared to give. My husband and I decided to leave. When the guide joined the group, it was 5:00. When the group dissolved, it was 5:25. Before booking this tour, I had read previous reviews and was anxious to do this. What I got was a big disappointment, a waste of my time and a waste of money.

This tour was awesome! David was our...

Alison H, Oct 2014

This tour was awesome! David was our guide and we could not have asked for a better person. He was so knowledgable about the history of the area and most importantly the cheese and wine! David made it really fun and easy to walk around Le Marais. He even showed me a really fancy little Macaroon shop that wasn't too far out of the way! We walked for about an hour and then stopped at a little local cafe. I would call it the French Cheers, because it is where all the locals hang out! The service was attentive and kind. The cheeses to die for, and the wine just as good! We enjoyed this tour so much that we signed up for another tour with David the next day! Le Marais is a smaller must see district if you are really wanting to experience the life of the local Parisians. Excellent Tour!

In June, we went on the "Small Group...

Phyllis L, Sep 2014

In June, we went on the "Small Group Food and Market Tour of the Bastille District in Paris", and couldn't have been more pleased. We found our guide informative, the tastings were delicious and educational. The Marais Walking Tour with Wine and Cheese tasting in Paris" was extremely disappointing. First we were stood up by Natalie on the appointed day, Tuesday, September 16. We waited 45 minutes in the heat. When we called the emergency number, we were told that Natalie had a family emergency and couldn't make it. We were rescheduled for Thursday. When Natalie arrived, she said that her failure to show up was the result on a mix up in the dates, and didn't mention any family emergency. She was totally unapologetic, and in fact, made light of our having to wait in vain for her earlier in the week. She was very uninformative about the history of the area, and wasn't able to answer any questions we asked. Then we were taken to a cafe. There was no "wine and cheese tasting", but rather a glass of wine and a platter of cheese with little description of the cheese and no description of the wine was given (much less getting to taste different wines). The whole thing was a joke (in fact, the word "sucks" comes to mind. I have been on several food tours in other cities, and have never been more disappointed.