Paris City Tour with Private Friendly Guide and all Must-See Sites

Rip off

I contacted a Viator agent requesting the services of a private driver. The agent said yes this tour is a driver but she is also going to be your guide. Fine enough. I book it using the link the agent sent me and the next day a nice woman shows up with no vehicle, expecting me to take five children on a five hour walk in 32° temperature. Almost $700 and they would not refund me my money. I would not use this company.

Disappointed with Guide

Sorry, but have to say that I was disappointed with our guide. Compared to other tours we did, she was just not up to the standard we had did with the other guides. Felt like we had to pull information out of her. Disappointed we paid so much for this tour.

The perfect Paris Tour!

Jean provided us with the perfect walking tour of Paris! We got to take amazing photos with most of the City's major landmarks, walked some of it's trendy/unique neighborhoods, and even had time to stop and enjoy some amazing wine, beer, and other local delicacies at an "annual harvest fair" we randomly visited along the route! An absolute must!

Awesome experience

We walked all over Paris and saw things we would not have seen otherwise. Experienced the metro which was eye opening and then ended up at the Eiffel Tower. Our guide Nicholas showed us everything we ask and gave us so much information. We even stopped for a beer.

Amazing Private tour of Paris

My first full day in Paris was spent with Jonathan on a 5 hour tour. The day was absolutely amazing. Jonathan and I walked to sites were he told the history and importance of each site. The guided tour was also very helpful in understanding where points of interest were located. Jonathan is a very knowledgeable and interesting young man who made the entire day very enjoyable. After the day with him I was able to conquer sites on my own without a fear of getting lost.I highly recommend this tour and Jonathan. 5 stars are not enough!!!!

Great Paris Day trip with the best guide!

Claire our guide was flexible and showed my family the best spots in Paris! Some many pictures and memories I can’t thank her enough! Highly recommend the tour with guide Claire.

Not worth the money, do not recommend

The tour lacked sufficient introduction and information, focusing primarily on extensive walking. Despite being promised a 5-hour tour, it concluded in just 4 hours, yet we were still charged for the full duration. Regrettably, I cannot recommend this tour as it did not live up to its value for money.

Perfect way to see Paris for the first time

Anastasia was an absolutely fantastic tour guide and so accommodative with our 7 month old daughter. We saw Paris in a way we would never have been able to without her assistance.

Great tour with great guide

Took the walking tour with Anastasia and she was absolutely amazing. We walked what felt like half of Paris, and visited a lot of great historical spots.

Our day trip to Paris

Using Viator was great. This tour had the option to customize and we tweeked the itinerary just a bit..adding 2 sites and taking out a few to fit the time. Our guide contacted us a few days before so she could determine the route. Our guide, Aliona was the best. She was friendly, fun, accommodating, knowledgeable and professional. She navigated us through the busy streets of Paris and the Metro system. She took family photos we never could have gotten and even found a store for my daughter to buy a new outfit for the excursion..lol..don't ask. We enjoyed lunch together and at the end stopped at a store to make some purchases. She took us back to the Nord station and made sure we got on the train without any issues. She went above and beyond and we will never forget her or our experience with Viator. Next vacation ..Viator will be our tour choice. Thank you.

Excellent guide to a beautiful city.

The Lourve was maybe more impressive than anything else in terms of size. It was interesting to see the influence of the Roman empire on architecture throughout the city. The Grand Palais and Alexander III bridge were incredibly detailed, amazing to see in person. Our guide Anna was excellent and worked with us on changing our starting location and didn’t miss a beat running the tour out of order. We elected to walk the whole thing rather than take the metro and we saw lots of things not on the tour list. The whole city is impressive in its beauty.

Great Day in Paris

Weronika was a wonderful guide as well as a great addition to our little group. She was incredibly patient with my two kids, and intuitively knew what they would be interested in, as well as when they might need breaks. She showed us some wonderful hidden gems what we would have never seen on our own.

Never Use This Site

when using the viator site we searched for driving tours, from that search we booked a driving tour then when they showed up it was a walking tour, my mother is disabled and they had no solution and they also refused any kind of refund, this site is a total rip off

Nice experience

Hi Everything was very good Our guide was Tugce 🤗 We want to thank her for the whole tour because she was wonderful and helpful! 😍 With her I saw Paris as it is, wonderful! Thank you Tugce 🤗

The guide was not very knowledgeable about questions asked. Could also have engaged more rather than having to be prompt

Sacre Coeur. The guide arrived just on time and seemed listless. Had to be prompted and sometimes could not answer the questions asked.

Worst Guide Ever

I am so disappointed. The guide was late and used his other job as an excuse, calling it an emergency. He seemed shaken when he realized he was touring Black people for the day. He didn’t seem to know that the group consisted of seniors/young children and was agitated. This guide didn’t show us anything that was supposed to be on the itinerary and we ended up on a bus and ferry just driving by the landmarks. While on a bus he began arguing with a fare checker about another person riding the bus. That wasn’t even his concern. What if he had been arrested? The conflict continued after we got off the bus when it didn’t have to. I’ll add that the fare checker was a man of color. This guide also has issues with the wealthy and complained about them. That also made me uncomfortable. I shouldn’t know your personal issues with anyone because as the guide you don’t know who you’re touring. This guide was also rude/misogynistic as he didn’t talk to my mother or myself for majority of the tour. He mainly spoke to my stepdad until he was told that I was the main person and the purpose was for my son to get the Information for school. He would also walk ahead of us or act as if he wasn’t with us. It was so disappointing to go all the way to Paris for a less than mediocre experience. I would have been better off on my own trying to explore rather than waste $500. I hope the other guides are far better than the man we had to endure. The best part of the tour was when we parted ways at the end of the day. For him to say that the things in the itinerary are not what he shows people means he’s doing his own thing. I paid for a certain experience and I got nothing close to it. There’s a lot more I can say but this should be enough to give you an idea of what you may encounter. If your guide’s name is L.-G., you may want to ask for another guide. Even if you’re not a tourist of color, he just plain didn’t seem to enjoy his job. If you’re going to spend money on a tour you should get the best tour.

Walking tour of Paris

Louis was such a welcoming and friendly guide for our day in Paris. Enjoyed his company and learned a lot about French history! Very accommodating and we made the tour exactly what we wanted it to be!

Anastasia is a superb Paris private tour guide - she will make you fall in love with Paris if you're not already in love

Anastasia was truly our best private tour guide we used during our 4 country - 5 European cities summer tour this year. My wife and I are frequent travelers and have used private tour guide in may different countries and Anastasia's guidance is top notch. You have a felling that you are experiencing the tour with a very close friend of yours, that's how relatable she could be. On this tour, we were with two of your young kiddos--12yrs old and 8 yrs old and she seamlessly was able to relate fully with all of without missing a bit. No one was left out. Our kiddos rated our Paris private tour with Anastasia as the best out of all the 5 private tours we have had in the past 2 weeks. She guided us through the major tourist attractions and other Pairs hidden treasures that we would never have discovered on our own. The icing on the cake was her taking us to a gallery and patiently let us all waltzed around with no pressure! Thank you so much Anastasia! We are coming back to Paris, just my wife and I and we do hope we will be able to connect with her during our next trip.

A very memorable experience with an excellent guide Anastasia

Anastasia is the best private tour guide we have ever used. My wife and I are frequent travelers and our private tour guide experience ranged from OK to good. Anastasia blew it out of the park. At this tour, we were with our kids (12 and 8 yrs old) and she made everyone felt at ease. In this trip, we used private tours guides in Amsterdam, Antwerp & Brussels before we used Anastasia in Paris and the kids only talk about our tour in Paris. Wonderful experience. We plan to come back to Paris and hopefully we will connect with Anastasia.

Guide barely spoke English and had no real knowledge of sites

Our guide barely spoke English and didn't share any insights during the tour - I had told her what we would like to see and she wanted to veer off and take us to one of her friends stores. Not worth the money.

Totally worth it!

My husband and I enjoyed our tour with Anastasia. She was passionate and knowledgeable about the places we visited and Paris in general. The tour was customizable for the places we were most interested in visiting and what best suited us. Definitely recommend!!!

More Than A Tour of Paris' Building...A Travel Experience!

My guide, Anna, found me, and while I was expecting a French greeting, I was met with a Russian one. Oh, this is going to be interesting! Anna made my day: Knowledgeable. Charming. Flexible. Willing to put up with my teasing. (When do we go for French wine and cheese. Now? How about now?). To be honest, I thought I would use about two hours of my five-hour tour to get oriented and then be on my way. But, instead, it was five hours of not only seeing and learning a bit about Paris, but very timely political and personal conversations. As a luxury travel agent and travel writer, I cannot recommend Anna enough.

Great Tour with an Excellent Guide

The tour became all the more exciting because we had in our guide Claire, good historical, social and current events knowledge on the places we visited. She was happy to answer all our questions but also elaborate on areas where she felt we missed out some important detail. The Guide made all the difference to our Tour. Thanks Claire.

Very nice and friendly.

Our guide was very friendly and went to places we wanted to see. She was very knowledgeable and gave us some good tips. She needs a bit more work on her English language.

Excellent decision!!!

We really enjoyed the tour and the attention of Jonnathan our guide, and there were small children and adults. 😉👍 We consider it a success to have hired the service!!!

Never travel by vivaerobus

It was my worst trip, seeing how I had to leave my things thrown away due to bad information and why not talk about the treatment of the staff and my daughters crying for leaving their things was the most painful