It happens to everyone: a single trip to Paris is not enough. You want to go back, than you go back but realize you have already checked in all the traditional tourist spots: Eiffel Tower, Louvre and the other main museums, to climb the hill of Montmartre, to walk around Jardin du Luxembourg and Champs Elysees. Check, check, check.
On your second trip, you want to go deeper into your Parisian experience, take different tours and get to know different places in Paris, do things that Parisians do. But going on your own is not always easy to find these different stuff.
That’s why we selected these 10 experiences, showing you how to live different things in Paris on your next trip without too much truoble: wine tasting, fashion show, night bike ride and so on. Let’s go or… on y va!
1. Attend a fashion show at Galeries Lafayette
The “Fashion Friday” is a unique Galeries Lafayette event, and it’s only for insiders of the fashion world (if you just walk through the store on a Friday you’ll probably not see it). It’s 30 minutes of show in which you will absorb the latest trends of the fashion world, in an incredible atmosphere, the Opera Theater, on the 4th floor of the Galleries Lafayette Paris Haussman.
2. Create your own perfume in a Maison Molinard’s workshop
Those who are passionate about perfume finds their own paradise in Paris, but attending a workshop in the traditional Maison Malinard, founded in 1849, is something unforgettable. You will create your own fragrance, based on your personal tastes, and come out with your 50ml bottle.
3. A wine tasting with a real sommelier
You don’t need to travel all over France to get to know all the country’s different wines. On this tour, you will explore each region through each wine. There are 6 regions, besides, of course, the champagne.
4. Visit the Backstages of the Grand Rex Cinema
Passionate about the seventh art will go crazy in this tour by a temple of the French cinema, the Grand Rex. In a 50-minute walk, you know everything about the studio’s history, the production process and explore every hidden corner of its famous building.
5. A visit to the amazing Paris aquarium
Despite being in the heart of the city, near the Eiffel Tower, few people know the fantastic Paris aquarium. There are 10,000 fish from around the world in an aquarium of 3500 square meters, a rare thing to find, in an incredible tour for children and adults.
6. Take a bike-and-boat tour at night
Changing the means of transportation changes the way you see the city. So, whether on two wheels or by the water, this tour will make you see Paris with other eyes. All this accompanied by a guide for 4 hours and complete equipment (including even gloves for the cold days).
7. Take a city tour at night – but in a comfy way
Ok, you want to see this other side of Paris all lit up at night, but without making any effort on a bicycle or inventing anything by boat. It is simpler to go in an open, comfortably seated bus. The effect is the same – but effortless.
8. Take a private tour with a real Parisian
Exploring a city alongside those who have lived in it for a long time makes all the difference. If you did not have time to make friends on your first trip to Paris, no problem. This time you can find a local guide who will show you the city with the eyes of those who live there. You might get a second (Parisian) family.
9. Explore the unknown side of Paris for two hours
As much as you have already walked the entire city, it is possible that you ended up always in the same places. With this walking guide, you will turn one street and, boom!, find a totally different corner of Paris.
10. Sailing in the waters of the Canal Saint-Martin
Sailing on the Seine River is easy, everybody do that. But exploring the Canal Saint-Martin is the next level. This canal that runs through eastern Paris is in the heart of the city’s hipster neighborhoods and has a unique charm, much more romantic and cool than the most famous river.
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