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Follow in the footsteps of Rimbaud and Verlaine in Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris)
Paris is a city of culture and Saint-Germain-des-Prés is its heart. This visit will make you (re) discover this passionate and tragic idyll between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.
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€379
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Overview
- ✓Paris is a city of culture and Saint-Germain-des-Prés is its heart.
- ✓This visit will make you (re) discover this passionate and tragic idyll between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.
Paris is a city of culture and Saint-Germain-des-Prés is its heart. This visit will make you (re) discover this passionate and tragic idyll between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.
Paris is a city of culture and Saint-Germain-des-Prés is its heart. This visit will make you (re) discover this passionate and tragic idyll between Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.
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What’s Included
- ✓Multilingual certified guide
What’s NOT Included
- ✗Snacks
- ✗Private transportation
What to Bring
- •Wheelchair accessible
- •Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- •Service animals allowed
- •Public transportation options are available nearby
- •Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- •All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- •Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meeting and Pickup
🚐Hotel pickup OR meet at start point
1,827 pickup locations available — or request your own hotel
Pickup starts 15 min before departure
The GREETS Agency offers all locations (hotels, hotel residences, apartments, companies, etc.) for pickup in Paris and the surrounding suburbs
Good to know
- Guide languages
- Norwegian, German, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Cantonese, Croatian, French, Hungarian, Chinese (Taiwan), Ukrainian, Slovak, Serbian, Swedish, Korean, Greek, English, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Arabic, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese (China), Polish, Hebrew, Danish, Turkish, Dutch
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- 12 hour(s) before
- Ages
- Traveler 0–120
- Cancellation
- All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Itinerary
2 h
DISCOVER THE BENCHMARKS OF THE MOST FAMOUS WRITERS This unique route in the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés will make you discover the emblematic places of the district like Le Procope or the Café de Flore but also, much more confidential places like the different homes of Rimbaud or the last home of Oscar Wilde.
2 h
“DO YOU WANT TO KISS ON YOURSELF? " Along the way, you will be accompanied by the writings of Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine. Their love, "passionate" and "destructive", upset Paris in the 19th century. You will relive their entire history through the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. This mythical idyll of French Literature, accompanied by many dramas, will no longer hold any secrets for you.
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