Food activities are some of the best ways to experience the culinary culture of Paris. For an immersive introduction, we recommend a private food tour that takes you beyond typical sightseeing into the city's gourmet side. After years of exploring Paris's vibrant food scene, we know these tours offer a unique shortcut to discovering authentic flavors and local specialties, led by guides who truly know their way around Paris's culinary treasures.
1. Cheese and Wine Tasting in a Private Paris Cheese Cellar… Learn from a Master Affineur
2. A Taste of Montmartre: Food & Wine Tour… Tour the best food shops in the village on the hill
3. Wine Tasting in the Heart of Paris… A sommelier leads a fun and informative wine tasting
4. Dinner at Madame Brasserie on the Eiffel Tower… The very best dining views in Paris
In the very center of the city known for its food you visit the top vendors at the food market, discover small food shops, and walk to a boulangerie and an oyster bar to taste ten iconic foods of France. As you follow your guide from tasting to tasting you learn about the foods of the country and where they come from.
This popular food activity also gets you inside a wine bar and the historic patisseries that was the favorite of Louis XV. Another plus is that this tour has a generous cancellation policy in case you change your plans.
On the hill above Paris, explore the former village of Montmartre with a food-expert guide — from its unique vineyards to its colorful bistros, picturesque houses, and fantastic food shops. Along the way, from the Moulin Rouge to the Sacré Coeur you discover savory and sweet specialties unique to the quartier. Visit small artisans working with traditional methods to produce French delicacies. Try wines, cheeses, cured meat, the baguette, eclairs, and other traditional French food. Choose morning or afternoon starting times.
Treat yourself to a private 3-hour food tour in everyone's favorite Paris neighborhood — the Marais. Discover the secrets of intimate food shops and immerse yourself in Marché des Enfants Rouges, the oldest indoor market in Paris. Choose a morning or afternoon starting time.
Saint Germain des Prés is known for its literary history, luxury shopping, and the Luxembourg Garden. But, you'll also be amazed by the diversity of the food shops located here and how passionate the local artisans are about their work. While Saint-Germain one of the best chocolatier areas in the world, there are a fantastic number of boulangeries, patisseries, markets, and other food vendors to explore.
Chocolate is a major food group in France… at least that's how we see it. There are hundreds of amazingly high-quality chocolatiers in Paris. This food tour, though, focuses in on le roi de chocolat (the king of chocolate) — dark chocolate. You learn how to recognize good chocolate, what makes dark chocolate the gourmet choice, and the history of chocolate, while you taste samples, learning to tell them apart. This private chocolate activity is led by a professional art historian and chocolate expert.
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