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Marais Tours & Tickets

Walk the royal Marais, eat your way down Rue des Rosiers, skip the museum queues — every experience worth booking, compared.

The Place des Vosges is free, and you can wander the Marais on your own — but a good guide turns a pretty neighbourhood into four centuries of kings, courtiers, revolutionaries and immigrants. The list below is grouped by the kind of experience you want: history walks, food, museums and the islands, and evenings on the Seine.

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History walks in the Marais

The royal square, aristocratic mansions and hidden courtyards, or the Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers — with a guide who knows the stories.

The vaulted stone arcade of the Place des Vosges with people walking in the shade Walking tour from €15
🕒 1.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.7 (612)

Paris: Marais Guided Tour Without the Crowds

A compact, well-reviewed introduction to the district: 90 minutes with a guide through the lanes, courtyards and hôtels particuliers around the Place des Vosges, timed to avoid the busiest hours. With hundreds of reviews and one of the lowest prices on the page, it is the easy first booking for a Marais visit.

  • The Place des Vosges and the royal story of the Marais
  • Hidden courtyards and aristocratic mansions
  • Small groups and a low price
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The corner turret of the Hôtel Hérouet on a street corner in the Marais Walking tour from €33
🕒 2 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.7 (186)

Paris: Le Marais District Walking Tour with Small Tastings

A friendly two-hour walk that mixes the history of the Marais — royal squares, aristocratic mansions, the Revolution and the district’s rebirth — with small tastings along the way. A good middle ground between a pure history walk and a full food tour.

  • History, architecture and local life
  • Small tastings along the way
  • Relaxed two-hour format
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The marble equestrian statue of Louis XIII among the lime trees of the Place des Vosges Walking tour from €50
🕒 2 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (6)

Marais: Intrigues of the French Kings Walking Tour

History with gossip: a two-hour walk through the royal Marais of the 17th century, from the tournament grounds of the Tournelles to the Place Royale, the duel that defied Richelieu and the mansions of courtiers and favourites. Newer, with excellent early reviews.

  • Henri IV, Louis XIII and the Place Royale
  • Duels, mistresses and court scandals
  • The mansions of the royal favourites
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The tree-shaded Place du Marché Sainte-Catherine with café terraces in the Marais Walking tour from €55
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (40)

Paris: Marais District & Jewish Quarter Guided Tour (max. 12 guests)

A small-group walk of two and a half hours that covers both faces of the district: the grand mansions and royal square, and the Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers. The capped group size makes it easy to ask questions.

  • Groups capped at 12 people
  • The aristocratic Marais and the Jewish quarter in one walk
  • Hidden squares like Place du Marché Sainte-Catherine
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People walking along the narrow, shop-lined Rue des Rosiers in the Marais Walking tour from €39
🕒 1.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (35)

Jewish Marais – Yiddish World: Walking Tour and Pastries

A short, focused walk through the historic Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers: the immigrant world of the early 20th century, the synagogues, the tragedy of the Second World War and the neighbourhood today — ending with pastries from a Yiddish bakery. Highly rated and very affordable.

  • The Pletzl and Rue des Rosiers
  • Yiddish culture, synagogues and memory
  • Traditional pastries to finish
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Eat your way through the Marais

Falafel, Yiddish pastries, cheese, charcuterie, chocolate and wine — the Marais is one of the best food districts in Paris.

The green shopfront of L’As du Fallafel on Rue des Rosiers with customers waiting outside Food tour from €69
🕒 3 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (779)

Paris: Le Marais Guided Food Tour with Tastings (No Diet Club)

Three hours of eating your way through the Marais with a local guide — from boulangerie and fromagerie to the falafel and Jewish bakeries of Rue des Rosiers. Rated 4.9 by almost 800 guests, it is the most loved food experience in the district and doubles as a very filling lunch.

  • Cheese, charcuterie, pastries and street food
  • Family-run shops and bakeries of the Marais
  • Stories of the neighbourhood between tastings
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Diners at shared tables in a busy alley of the Marché des Enfants Rouges Food tour from €95
🕒 3 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.8 (802)

Paris: Le Marais Food Tour with 10 Tastings & Wine

A generous gourmet walk with around ten tastings and two glasses of wine, rated 4.8 by more than 800 guests. Expect cheese and charcuterie, bread, chocolate and pastry from some of the best artisans of the Marais — effectively a long, very French lunch on foot.

  • Around ten tastings plus French wine
  • Cheese, charcuterie, chocolate and pastries
  • Small group with a food-savvy guide
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A quiet courtyard of Village Saint-Paul with café chairs under a tree Food tour from €140
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.4 (53)

Le Marais: Pastry and Chocolate Food Tour

A sweet-toothed walk around some of the best pastry shops and chocolate makers in the Marais, with tastings at each stop and the stories behind the craft. More expensive than other food tours but an indulgent treat.

  • Top pâtissiers and chocolatiers of the Marais
  • Macarons, viennoiseries and bonbons
  • The craft behind French pastry
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Museums, Notre-Dame & the islands

The Musée Picasso is ten minutes from the square; Notre-Dame, Sainte-Chapelle and the Louvre a short walk or Métro ride away.

The classical stone facade of the Hôtel Salé, home of the Musée Picasso Entry ticket from €7
🕒 Flexible 📍 From Musée Picasso, Le Marais ⭐ 4.5 (1,574)

Paris: Picasso Museum Entry Ticket

Entry to the Musée national Picasso-Paris in the Hôtel Salé, with thousands of works from every period of the artist’s career. Booking ahead secures your time and avoids the ticket queue — the obvious cultural add-on to a morning at the Place des Vosges.

  • The world’s largest public Picasso collection
  • The baroque Hôtel Salé
  • Ten minutes’ walk from the Place des Vosges
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The formal box-hedge garden of the Musée Carnavalet surrounded by mansion walls Sightseeing pass from €110
🕒 2, 4 or 6 days 📍 From Over 50 museums and monuments ⭐ 4.2 (4,591)

Paris Museum Pass: 2, 4 or 6 Days

One pass for more than 50 museums and monuments in and around Paris, including the Musée Picasso in the Marais, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Sainte-Chapelle, the Arc de Triomphe and Versailles. It pays off if you visit three or four paid sights a day; note that many museums still require a free time-slot booking.

  • The Louvre, Orsay, Musée Picasso, Sainte-Chapelle and more
  • Versailles and the Arc de Triomphe included
  • Still book time slots where required
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The west front of Notre-Dame de Paris with its rose window and carved portals Guided tour from €21
🕒 1 hour 📍 From Île de la Cité ⭐ 4.7 (1,732)

Paris: Notre-Dame Cathedral Interior and Exterior Guided Tour

An hour with a guide inside and around the reopened cathedral: the Gothic architecture, the 2019 fire and the extraordinary restoration. Rated 4.7 by well over a thousand guests, at a very fair price — the cathedral itself is free, so you pay only for the guide.

  • The fire and the restoration explained
  • The portals, rose windows and new spire
  • Inside and outside the cathedral
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The upper chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, walled with tall medieval stained-glass windows Guided tour with tickets from €75
🕒 2 hours 📍 From Île de la Cité ⭐ 4.7 (858)

Paris: Sainte-Chapelle, Conciergerie & Notre-Dame Guided Tour

The three great medieval sights of the Île de la Cité in two hours: Sainte-Chapelle’s wall of stained glass, the Conciergerie where Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned, and Notre-Dame. Tickets are included, which saves queueing for timed slots.

  • Entry tickets to Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie
  • Notre-Dame explained by your guide
  • The medieval heart of Paris in one visit
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The Louvre pyramid and palace reflected in a pool at dawn Guided museum tour from €79
🕒 About 2 hours 📍 From Louvre Museum ⭐ 4.1 (11,282)

Paris: Louvre Highlights Tour with Reserved Entry

The Louvre is 30 minutes’ walk or a few Métro stops from the Marais, and it is overwhelming alone. This guided highlights tour with reserved entry gets you to the masterpieces efficiently. One of the most-booked tours in Paris.

  • Reserved entry time
  • The Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory
  • A guide to make sense of the world’s largest museum
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Evenings on the Seine & beyond

Cruise past the illuminated islands, ride a bike through Paris by night, or add the classics: the Eiffel Tower, the Catacombs, Montmartre and Versailles.

A Seine sightseeing boat passing under a stone bridge in Paris River cruise from €17
🕒 1 hour 📍 From Pont Neuf, Île de la Cité ⭐ 4.5 (330)

Seine River Sightseeing Guided Cruise by Vedettes du Pont Neuf

The classic hour-long Seine cruise, leaving from the Square du Vert-Galant beneath the Pont Neuf — about 30 minutes’ walk or a short Métro ride from the Marais. It passes the Île Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Eiffel Tower. Great value, and lovely after dark.

  • Live commentary on the monuments
  • Departs from the tip of the Île de la Cité
  • Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower from the water
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A quiet quay of the Île Saint-Louis beside the Seine Dinner cruise from €115
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Near the Eiffel Tower ⭐ 4.7 (8,859)

Paris: 3-Course Dinner Cruise on the Seine with Live Music (Bateaux Parisiens)

A glass-roofed restaurant boat gliding past the lit-up monuments of Paris, with a three-course menu and live music. Rated 4.7 by thousands of guests, it is the classic special-occasion evening in the city.

  • Three-course French dinner on board
  • Live music and illuminated monuments
  • Passes the Île Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame
Check price & availability
The Pont Marie crossing the Seine to the Île Saint-Louis Bike tour from €45
🕒 3 hours 📍 From Central Paris ⭐ 4.8 (2,886)

Paris: Charming Nooks and Crannies Bike Tour

A daytime ride away from the obvious boulevards, threading through the Marais, across the islands and into lesser-known corners — with nearly 3,000 reviews averaging 4.8. Paris’s cycle lanes have multiplied in recent years, and this is a relaxed way to enjoy them.

  • Quiet streets, islands and squares
  • The Marais and the Île Saint-Louis by bike
  • Rated 4.8 by thousands of riders
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Walls of stacked bones and skulls lining a tunnel of the Paris Catacombs Entry ticket from €38
🕒 About 1 hour 📍 From Denfert-Rochereau ⭐ 4.7 (12,312)

Paris: Catacombs Entry Ticket and Audio Guide

The eerie tunnels of the Catacombs, where the remains of millions of Parisians were moved from overflowing cemeteries in the late 18th century. Tickets are timed and limited, so book ahead. From Saint-Paul, allow around 30 minutes by Métro.

  • Timed entry to the ossuary
  • Audio guide included
  • Millions of Parisians’ bones in old quarry tunnels
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Every Marais & Paris tour we recommend

Twenty-two experiences we would happily book ourselves, from a 90-minute Marais walk to a Versailles day trip.

The vaulted stone arcade of the Place des Vosges with people walking in the shade Walking tour from €15
🕒 1.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.7 (612)

Paris: Marais Guided Tour Without the Crowds

A compact, well-reviewed introduction to the district: 90 minutes with a guide through the lanes, courtyards and hôtels particuliers around the Place des Vosges, timed to avoid the busiest hours. With hundreds of reviews and one of the lowest prices on the page, it is the easy first booking for a Marais visit.

  • The Place des Vosges and the royal story of the Marais
  • Hidden courtyards and aristocratic mansions
  • Small groups and a low price
Check price & availability
The green shopfront of L’As du Fallafel on Rue des Rosiers with customers waiting outside Food tour from €69
🕒 3 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (779)

Paris: Le Marais Guided Food Tour with Tastings (No Diet Club)

Three hours of eating your way through the Marais with a local guide — from boulangerie and fromagerie to the falafel and Jewish bakeries of Rue des Rosiers. Rated 4.9 by almost 800 guests, it is the most loved food experience in the district and doubles as a very filling lunch.

  • Cheese, charcuterie, pastries and street food
  • Family-run shops and bakeries of the Marais
  • Stories of the neighbourhood between tastings
Check price & availability
People walking along the narrow, shop-lined Rue des Rosiers in the Marais Walking tour from €39
🕒 1.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (35)

Jewish Marais – Yiddish World: Walking Tour and Pastries

A short, focused walk through the historic Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers: the immigrant world of the early 20th century, the synagogues, the tragedy of the Second World War and the neighbourhood today — ending with pastries from a Yiddish bakery. Highly rated and very affordable.

  • The Pletzl and Rue des Rosiers
  • Yiddish culture, synagogues and memory
  • Traditional pastries to finish
Check price & availability
The corner turret of the Hôtel Hérouet on a street corner in the Marais Walking tour from €33
🕒 2 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.7 (186)

Paris: Le Marais District Walking Tour with Small Tastings

A friendly two-hour walk that mixes the history of the Marais — royal squares, aristocratic mansions, the Revolution and the district’s rebirth — with small tastings along the way. A good middle ground between a pure history walk and a full food tour.

  • History, architecture and local life
  • Small tastings along the way
  • Relaxed two-hour format
Check price & availability
The classical stone facade of the Hôtel Salé, home of the Musée Picasso Entry ticket from €7
🕒 Flexible 📍 From Musée Picasso, Le Marais ⭐ 4.5 (1,574)

Paris: Picasso Museum Entry Ticket

Entry to the Musée national Picasso-Paris in the Hôtel Salé, with thousands of works from every period of the artist’s career. Booking ahead secures your time and avoids the ticket queue — the obvious cultural add-on to a morning at the Place des Vosges.

  • The world’s largest public Picasso collection
  • The baroque Hôtel Salé
  • Ten minutes’ walk from the Place des Vosges
Check price & availability
The formal box-hedge garden of the Musée Carnavalet surrounded by mansion walls Sightseeing pass from €110
🕒 2, 4 or 6 days 📍 From Over 50 museums and monuments ⭐ 4.2 (4,591)

Paris Museum Pass: 2, 4 or 6 Days

One pass for more than 50 museums and monuments in and around Paris, including the Musée Picasso in the Marais, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Sainte-Chapelle, the Arc de Triomphe and Versailles. It pays off if you visit three or four paid sights a day; note that many museums still require a free time-slot booking.

  • The Louvre, Orsay, Musée Picasso, Sainte-Chapelle and more
  • Versailles and the Arc de Triomphe included
  • Still book time slots where required
Check price & availability
A Seine sightseeing boat passing under a stone bridge in Paris River cruise from €17
🕒 1 hour 📍 From Pont Neuf, Île de la Cité ⭐ 4.5 (330)

Seine River Sightseeing Guided Cruise by Vedettes du Pont Neuf

The classic hour-long Seine cruise, leaving from the Square du Vert-Galant beneath the Pont Neuf — about 30 minutes’ walk or a short Métro ride from the Marais. It passes the Île Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Eiffel Tower. Great value, and lovely after dark.

  • Live commentary on the monuments
  • Departs from the tip of the Île de la Cité
  • Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower from the water
Check price & availability
The west front of Notre-Dame de Paris with its rose window and carved portals Guided tour from €21
🕒 1 hour 📍 From Île de la Cité ⭐ 4.7 (1,732)

Paris: Notre-Dame Cathedral Interior and Exterior Guided Tour

An hour with a guide inside and around the reopened cathedral: the Gothic architecture, the 2019 fire and the extraordinary restoration. Rated 4.7 by well over a thousand guests, at a very fair price — the cathedral itself is free, so you pay only for the guide.

  • The fire and the restoration explained
  • The portals, rose windows and new spire
  • Inside and outside the cathedral
Check price & availability
Diners at shared tables in a busy alley of the Marché des Enfants Rouges Food tour from €95
🕒 3 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.8 (802)

Paris: Le Marais Food Tour with 10 Tastings & Wine

A generous gourmet walk with around ten tastings and two glasses of wine, rated 4.8 by more than 800 guests. Expect cheese and charcuterie, bread, chocolate and pastry from some of the best artisans of the Marais — effectively a long, very French lunch on foot.

  • Around ten tastings plus French wine
  • Cheese, charcuterie, chocolate and pastries
  • Small group with a food-savvy guide
Check price & availability
The marble equestrian statue of Louis XIII among the lime trees of the Place des Vosges Walking tour from €50
🕒 2 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (6)

Marais: Intrigues of the French Kings Walking Tour

History with gossip: a two-hour walk through the royal Marais of the 17th century, from the tournament grounds of the Tournelles to the Place Royale, the duel that defied Richelieu and the mansions of courtiers and favourites. Newer, with excellent early reviews.

  • Henri IV, Louis XIII and the Place Royale
  • Duels, mistresses and court scandals
  • The mansions of the royal favourites
Check price & availability
The tree-shaded Place du Marché Sainte-Catherine with café terraces in the Marais Walking tour from €55
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.9 (40)

Paris: Marais District & Jewish Quarter Guided Tour (max. 12 guests)

A small-group walk of two and a half hours that covers both faces of the district: the grand mansions and royal square, and the Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers. The capped group size makes it easy to ask questions.

  • Groups capped at 12 people
  • The aristocratic Marais and the Jewish quarter in one walk
  • Hidden squares like Place du Marché Sainte-Catherine
Check price & availability
A quiet courtyard of Village Saint-Paul with café chairs under a tree Food tour from €140
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Le Marais (see listing) ⭐ 4.4 (53)

Le Marais: Pastry and Chocolate Food Tour

A sweet-toothed walk around some of the best pastry shops and chocolate makers in the Marais, with tastings at each stop and the stories behind the craft. More expensive than other food tours but an indulgent treat.

  • Top pâtissiers and chocolatiers of the Marais
  • Macarons, viennoiseries and bonbons
  • The craft behind French pastry
Check price & availability
The upper chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, walled with tall medieval stained-glass windows Guided tour with tickets from €75
🕒 2 hours 📍 From Île de la Cité ⭐ 4.7 (858)

Paris: Sainte-Chapelle, Conciergerie & Notre-Dame Guided Tour

The three great medieval sights of the Île de la Cité in two hours: Sainte-Chapelle’s wall of stained glass, the Conciergerie where Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned, and Notre-Dame. Tickets are included, which saves queueing for timed slots.

  • Entry tickets to Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie
  • Notre-Dame explained by your guide
  • The medieval heart of Paris in one visit
Check price & availability
A quiet quay of the Île Saint-Louis beside the Seine Dinner cruise from €115
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Near the Eiffel Tower ⭐ 4.7 (8,859)

Paris: 3-Course Dinner Cruise on the Seine with Live Music (Bateaux Parisiens)

A glass-roofed restaurant boat gliding past the lit-up monuments of Paris, with a three-course menu and live music. Rated 4.7 by thousands of guests, it is the classic special-occasion evening in the city.

  • Three-course French dinner on board
  • Live music and illuminated monuments
  • Passes the Île Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame
Check price & availability
The Pont Marie crossing the Seine to the Île Saint-Louis Bike tour from €45
🕒 3 hours 📍 From Central Paris ⭐ 4.8 (2,886)

Paris: Charming Nooks and Crannies Bike Tour

A daytime ride away from the obvious boulevards, threading through the Marais, across the islands and into lesser-known corners — with nearly 3,000 reviews averaging 4.8. Paris’s cycle lanes have multiplied in recent years, and this is a relaxed way to enjoy them.

  • Quiet streets, islands and squares
  • The Marais and the Île Saint-Louis by bike
  • Rated 4.8 by thousands of riders
Check price & availability
The Louvre pyramid and palace reflected in a pool at dawn Guided museum tour from €79
🕒 About 2 hours 📍 From Louvre Museum ⭐ 4.1 (11,282)

Paris: Louvre Highlights Tour with Reserved Entry

The Louvre is 30 minutes’ walk or a few Métro stops from the Marais, and it is overwhelming alone. This guided highlights tour with reserved entry gets you to the masterpieces efficiently. One of the most-booked tours in Paris.

  • Reserved entry time
  • The Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory
  • A guide to make sense of the world’s largest museum
Check price & availability
Walls of stacked bones and skulls lining a tunnel of the Paris Catacombs Entry ticket from €38
🕒 About 1 hour 📍 From Denfert-Rochereau ⭐ 4.7 (12,312)

Paris: Catacombs Entry Ticket and Audio Guide

The eerie tunnels of the Catacombs, where the remains of millions of Parisians were moved from overflowing cemeteries in the late 18th century. Tickets are timed and limited, so book ahead. From Saint-Paul, allow around 30 minutes by Métro.

  • Timed entry to the ossuary
  • Audio guide included
  • Millions of Parisians’ bones in old quarry tunnels
Check price & availability
Plan your days in the Marais

Royal square by morning, falafel by lunch

The Place des Vosges is a short walk from Notre-Dame, the Seine and the Bastille. Pair the square with a guided Marais walk, a food tour, a Seine cruise or skip-the-line museum tickets — compare and book in a couple of taps.

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Booking questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the best tour of the Place des Vosges and the Marais?

For a first visit, a guided Marais walk that includes the Place des Vosges — our top pick is short, cheap and very well reviewed. Food lovers should book a Marais food tour; if you have a particular interest in Jewish history, choose a Jewish Marais walk.

Where do Marais tours start?

Most start within the Marais — often near the Place des Vosges, Saint-Paul or the Hôtel de Ville. The exact meeting point is on each listing and in your confirmation email.

Is the Paris Museum Pass worth it?

If you plan three or more paid museums or monuments a day — the Louvre, Orsay, the Musée Picasso, Sainte-Chapelle, the Arc de Triomphe, Versailles — usually yes. Note that the Musée Carnavalet and the Maison de Victor Hugo are free anyway, and that many sights still need a free time-slot booking with the pass.

Do food tours cater for dietary requirements?

Many can accommodate vegetarians and some allergies if told in advance; vegan, gluten-free and kosher needs vary by operator. Check the listing and message the operator after booking.

Can I cancel if my plans change?

Most listings offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start. The exact terms are shown on each tour page before you confirm.