Paris French Revolution Small Group Walking Tour: 1789 to Today

5.0(12)2 hoursEnglish, French, SpanishBook 6 hours aheadParis, France

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This is not a monument-spotting tour. It's the French Revolution told as a story, on the exact streets where it happened.

Everyone knows Louis XVI lost his head. Far fewer know he was executed on a square you'll stand in yourself, or that the bridge beside it was built from the stones of the demolished Bastille, so Parisians would walk over the ruins of royal tyranny every day.

Over two hours, your local guide walks you through the Revolution in order: the spark of 1789, the fall of the monarchy, the royal family's failed midnight escape, the Reign of Terror, and the birth of modern France. You'll even learn why we still call politics "left" and "right", invented a few steps from here.

The famous landmarks, from Concorde to the Opéra Garnier, are the backdrop. The revolution is the story. You'll leave understanding Paris, not just having photographed it.

In a group of 8 maximum, with a passionate local guide who makes history feel alive and often surprisingly funny.

Included

Fun Walking Tour
A Local Tour Guide
Small Group (8 max) or Private
Tips to navigate the city after

Not included

Tips/Gratuities
Hotel Pick-up or Drop-Off

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What you'll do

Assemblee Nationale
126 Rue de l'Universite, Paris, France
Where French democracy sits today — and where the ideas of liberté, égalité, fraternité were born, ideas that would go on to inspire revolutions worldwide.
20 min
Pont de la Concorde
Quai d'Orsay, Paris, France
Cross a bridge deliberately constructed from the stones of the demolished Bastille fortress. Learn what really happened on July 14, 1789 — and why it wasn't about freeing prisoners.
10 min
Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
Stand on the square where Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were executed, along with over 1,000 others during the Terror — including Robespierre himself, devoured by the revolution he built.
30 min
Jardin des Tuileries
Pl. de la Concorde, Paris, France
Where the converted horse stable was standing, where the First Republic was proclaimed, the king was condemned, and the political vocabulary the entire world still uses today was invented.
20 min
Place-Vendome
Paris, France
From heads on pikes during the Terror to Napoleon's column cast from enemy cannons, to its toppling during the Paris Commune of 1871 — one square, three revolutions.
20 min
How the upheavals of the 19th century, and Haussmann's radical rebuilding, produced the Paris you see today
20 min