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My Private Paris - Lucien, local guide from My Private Paris

My Private Paris

4.6(9 reviews)
3.7 km

We had a wonderful 16 day vacation in France (Paris, Normandy, Brittany), and could not have been…read morehappier with My Private Paris/France before and during our vacation. We worked with Valentine & Wendy to arrange all the details and itinerary. The tours, drivers and transfers were all first class. Every one of our guides was knowledgeable, pleasant and professional. Alain in particular stood out as he helped bring us to a remote area of Normandy so my wife could visit the home where one of her ancestors lived. Our guide and driver Corrine was also fantastic as she shared her local knowledge as we touted Brittany and Normandy. Do not hesitate to book with this team, whether for just a day visit to Paris or a multi-week adventure across France.

We signed up for the full-day Versailles Tour with transportation from our hotel in the 7th…read morearrondissement. Exactly at 0800 our guide, Quentin, arrived at our hotel with our driver in a new Porsche Panamera sedan for our trip to Versailles. Quentin was personable, friendly, and a wealth of information about Versailles. He handled all the arrangements and escorted us throughout virtually all of the accessible areas of the palace. He had also arranged for our lunch at Ducasse (yes, an Alain Ducasse restaurant located within the Versailles palace - see separate review of the restaurant, under Ore - Ducasse au Chateau de Versailles - spoiler - very, very good). Quentin had an amazing range of knowledge about the palace and about the furnishings and artwork throughout. He was highly informative without overloading us with too much detail, and where appropriate, he simply got us to another amazing location and let us look around for ourselves. His special guide permit allowed him (and us) to enter many of the rooms that require separate tickets to enter, and we bypassed some bunches of visitors through doors only accessible by licensed Versailles guides. We visited on a cold January day (high was 40F that day) and that kept the crowds away. Quentin kept exclaiming that he had never seen so few visitors in Versailles. That was great for us, as we never felt crowded and in fact were all by ourselves in some of the rooms of the palace. Following a great lunch, Quentin escorted us to the Petite Trianon and to the fantasy village built for Marie Antoinette. Quentin pointed out how the palace, the Parc de Versailles, the landscaping were all carefully designed to awe visitors. Most visitors would never know how the hill that leads from the palace down to the statute of Apollo is designed to trick the eye and make new surprising vistas appear as you progress. Or how the lake was designed to make it feel much longer and farther through subtle engineering. We also would never have known all the inside meta-symbology is spread throughout the palace and the art. All the associations with Apollo for Louis XIV (the "Sun King") hidden within the columns, wall and ceiling decorations mean a lot more when you know why they are designed that way. After a full day of Versailles palace, Petit Trianon, and Marie Antoinette's fantasy village, we were glad to see our driver waiting for us on a street right next to the fantasy village, so we didn't need to hike a mile back to the palace parking areas. We had a nice ride back to our hotel. Highly recommended - we had an exceptional time. Quentin was a wonderful tour guide, and we appreciated his excellent English and encyclopedic knowledge of Versailles and the history of the French aristocracy.

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My Private Paris - Winter - no crowds to speak of.  Main gate at Versailles.

Winter - no crowds to speak of. Main gate at Versailles.

My Private Paris - The Petite Trianon.

The Petite Trianon.

My Private Paris - The Hall of Mirrors.  This can be packed like a subway car, and was the busiest room, but not too crowded.

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The Hall of Mirrors. This can be packed like a subway car, and was the busiest room, but not too crowded.

Art Story Walks

Art Story Walks

5.0(2 reviews)
4.4 km•4ème, Marais

As I have watched the news coverage of the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral I am saddened at the loss…read moreyet happy for what has been saved. I look forward to returning someday to see the restored structure. I am also reminded of a review that is long overdue. My wife and I went to Paris from the United States for the first time but were only able to visit for three days. Because of the short visit, we wished to see as many of the famous Parisian sites as possible. We arranged for a day of sightseeing to visit the Louvre, the Eifel Tour and Notre Dame Cathedral. Our personal tour guide for the day was Sylvanie. You could not ask for a more personable and knowledgeable escort for our journey. Sylvanie was absolutely amazing in her knowledge of everything Parisian as well of her intimate knowledge of the tourist locations. Not only was Sylvanie able to intelligently answer my wife's (who has studied art) questions, she was able to also answer my (no art history what-so-ever) relative simple questions. When I ask why the Mona Lisa is such a popular painting when there are so many more beautiful works in the Louvre, she tells the complete history of exactly why the painting is such a tourist draw (Actually quite an interesting story. You should ask her). When my wife asks about the painting on the opposite wall, the Feast at Cana, Sylvanie doesn't miss a beat and has a vivid story about how France came into possession of this work of art. Our trip to the Notre Dame Cathedral was equally impressive. Her knowledge of the art and history of the cathedral was astounding. I have been remembering quite a lot of my time at the cathedral as I have been watching the news reports of the fire. My wife and I were able to understand so much more of the history through Sylvanie's stories than had we simply gone on our own. Everything about our day was perfectly planned by Sylvanie and was executed seamlessly. She had arranged for car service for us and each time the car arrived shortly after our exit at each location. Our admission to each attraction was pre-purchased by Sylvanie prior to our arrival and we simply followed her into each location and felt like VIPs. It is obvious that Sylvanie worked hard prior to our arrival to make sure that our day was perfect. That sort of perfection does not come easily. My wife and I simply fell in love with Paris and will be returning soon. When we return, we will definitely use Sylvanie's services again. We could not have asked for a more perfect day and her fees were actually quite reasonable. We had a private tour with a lovely extremely knowledgeable tour guide for what it would otherwise cost for a group tour. I would recommend her to anybody wishing to see the sites Paris has to offer.

Oh my gosh, where to start?! Sylvanie is absolutely AMAZING !! She is so kind and gracious while…read morealso being incredibly fun and genuine. Her knowledge of art, history, and local quirks is so very impressive AND entertaining. My friend and I loved our day with Sylvanie so much that we went out on a second, smaller tour with her another day. If you're going to Paris, do yourself the enormous favor and spend a day or two with Sylvanie!

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Art Story Walks
Art Story Walks
Art Story Walks

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Paris on the Way - historicaltours - Updated October 2026

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