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The Dark Side of Paris: Walking tour with an Actor-Guide

By Memories France
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Overview
  • Enjoy a unique walking tour led by a professional actor
  • Explore Paris’s twilight tales at the twilight hour
  • Hear tales that even local Parisians don't know of
  • See a completely different side of Paris
  • Immerse yourself in the dark side of the City of Lights

Activity location

  • Ile de la Cite
    • Rue de la Cité
    • 75004, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Paris Today, 2 Quai de Gesvres, 75004 Paris
    • 2 Quai de Gesvres
    • 75004, Paris, Île-de-France, France

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fully guided walking tour with a professional actor-guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Limited groups of 15 people or fewer
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pick up/drop off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

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  • Duration: 1h 30m
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What you can expect

We’ll start our nocturnal adventure at Notre-Dame de Paris, where your first storey involves the devil himself! Immerse yourself in the dark legends and sombre anecdotes that haunt the Île de la Cité with a professional actor as your guide, bringing to life the shadowy side of the city. Learn of the bloodthirsty pastry chef and barber, the legend of the unfaithful hunchback, the curse of the Templars and the storey of the Festival of Fools.You’ll then accompany Poe across the Notre-Dame Bridge, where the enigma of the Unknown Woman of the Seine awaits, and delve into the tragic love storey of Héloïse and Abélard. Explore the Châtelet district, where mysteries abound, from the regicide on rue de la Ferronnerie (and the terrible and ingenious tortures reserved for the criminals of the time) to the eerie tales emanating from the Fontaine des Innocents. Visit a square that was once a cemetery plagued by restless spirits, before delving into the lore of Parisian alchemists and astrologers at the Medici Column.Your supernatural journey then takes you towards the Louvre, pausing to shudder at the gruesome tale of Princess Jabirowska's trafficking in human bodies, before being transported by the Louvre’s luminous beauty at night. Make no mistake, this beauty hides many gloomy legends within those walls! Conclude your chilling expedition in the Tuileries Gardens, where Poe shares the spooky tale of a ghost that has haunted the lives of great figures in history, from Catherine de Medici to Marie-Antoinette and Napoleon! With Edgar Allen Poe as your guide, immerse yourself in the eerie lore and dark secrets of Paris on this special tour, revealing the city's macabre past in all its chilling glory.

Location

Activity location

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    Ile de la Cite
    • Rue de la Cité
    • 75004, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Paris Today, 2 Quai de Gesvres, 75004 Paris
    • 2 Quai de Gesvres
    • 75004, Paris, Île-de-France, France