Le Marais Paris walking tours put the history first: a guide, your feet and no meal in the fare, from ninety minutes to four hours. You see the royal square, the townhouse courtyards and the Jewish quarter, and you eat afterwards.
Two and a half hours on foot from the Rue du Prévôt exit of Saint-Paul metro: the church of Saint-Paul Saint-Louis, a townhouse courtyard, the royal square and the Jewish quarter. Twelve people at most, rain or shine, no food.
From $64 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The shortest history walk: ninety minutes to two hours from the church of Saint-Paul Saint-Louis, through the royal square and the Jewish quarter to the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois. Ten people at most, and it takes wheelchairs.
From $50 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two hours and about 2 km from opposite the Pompidou to the Place de la Bastille, past the Stravinsky Fountain, Saint-Gervais and the Rue des Rosiers. One bakery sweet is in the fare. The Pompidou itself is closed until 2030.
From $60 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Three hours with seven people at most, from the steps of Saint-Sulpice on the Left Bank, over the Pont Neuf and into the Marais, finishing on the Place des Vosges. The quarter is the second half of the walk.
From $94 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four hours on the Jewish history of the Marais, from the statue of Louis XIII in the royal square. Lunch at a falafel counter is on your own bill, the group tops out at fourteen, and the minimum age is eleven.
From $117 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The same Babylon route with a guide for your group alone on the private option, in English, French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish. The fare shown is the semi-private option, so check the private price as you book.
From $64 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two and a half hours on foot, twelve people at most, rain or shine. It takes in the royal square, a townhouse courtyard and the Jewish quarter, with no food in the fare.
See this tourA guide walks you through the quarter and tells you what you are looking at. There is no meal in the fare and nothing to queue for. You stand in a courtyard, hear who built it, and move on. The routes overlap: nearly all of them cross the Place des Vosges and walk the Rue des Rosiers.
What differs is where they start and how long they run. Paris Always Walk leaves from the church of Saint-Paul Saint-Louis on the Rue Saint-Antoine. Babylon meets at the Rue du Prévôt exit of Saint-Paul metro. Sight Seeker's Paris starts at the statue of Louis XIII in the middle of the royal square. Intrepid meets opposite the Centre Pompidou, which closed on 22 September 2025 for works and reopens in 2030, so the walk does not go in. Ned's walk starts on the Left Bank at Saint-Sulpice and reaches the Marais in its second half.
No walk here enters a building that charges. The Babylon walks say plainly that they do not enter any synagogue, because security rules restrict access. If going inside one matters to you, ask the operator of the four-hour Jewish history walk before you book.
The shared history walks run $50 to $117 a person, and the Babylon walk is $64. The most-reviewed food walk is $104. You pay for the guide and nothing else.
Ninety minutes on the shortest walk, four hours on the longest. A short walk fits before lunch on your first morning. The long one fills the day's first half.
Sight Seeker's Paris spends four hours on the Jewish history of the district. Babylon spends much of its walk in the Jewish quarter and the Jardin des Rosiers. A food walk passes through the same streets for a falafel stop.
The four-hour walk stops for lunch at a falafel counter that you pay for yourself, which the listing prices at €15 to €25. Intrepid's guide hands you addresses for bars and restaurants at the end.
Here are the two side by side, from the listings' own figures, shared fares only.
| A walking tour | A food tour | |
|---|---|---|
| What the fare buys | A guide | Tastings or a full meal, most with wine |
| How long | 1.5 to 4 hours | 2 to 3.5 hours |
| Fare, per person | $50 to $117 | $37 to $174 |
| Group size, where stated | 7 to 14 | 6 to 12 |
| Diet rules | None | Vegan and gluten-free refused on several |
| Children | Minimum age 11 on the four-hour walk | Adults only on one private walk |
If you cannot choose, do both on different days. The history walk first makes the food walk easier to follow. The Le Marais food tours start from $37.
Sight Seeker's Paris meets at the statue of Louis XIII and gives the whole walk to the Jewish history of the Marais. Fourteen people at most, minimum age 11.
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