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Paris Medieval Streets et Crêpes Saint Germain et Latin Quarter
Two of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris in a single walk: the Latin Quarter, home to generations of students, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the haunt of writers and their café terraces. You start at the Saint-Michel Fountain and slip into the medieval lanes behind it: rue de la Huchette, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre. The oldest tree in Paris, still standing in its little square. Notre-Dame, revealing itself just across the river. Then up the hill, past the Roman baths of Cluny to the S
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Overview
- ✓Two of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris in a single walk: the Latin Quarter, home to generations of students, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the haunt of writers and their café terraces.
- ✓You start at the Saint-Michel Fountain and slip into the medieval lanes behind it: rue de la Huchette, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre.
- ✓The oldest tree in Paris, still standing in its little square.
- ✓Notre-Dame, revealing itself just across the river.
- ✓Then up the hill, past the Roman baths of Cluny to the Sorbonne, the Panthéon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, and back down to the Medici Fountain beneath the Luxembourg Palace.
Two of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris in a single walk: the Latin Quarter, home to generations of students, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the haunt of writers and their café terraces. You start at the Saint-Michel Fountain and slip into the medieval lanes behind it: rue de la Huchette, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre. The oldest tree in Paris, still standing in its little square. Notre-Dame, revealing itself just across the river. Then up the hill, past the Roman baths of Cluny to the Sorbonne, the Panthéon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, and back down to the Medici Fountain beneath the Luxembourg Palace. A sweet crêpe somewhere along the way. The final stretch belongs to the writers and philosophers: Le Procope, the oldest restaurant in the city, the old lanes around rue de Buci, and the terraces of Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots. The walk ends at Saint-Sulpice, on its grand square. Just you, your guide, and the streets of Paris.
Two of the oldest neighborhoods in Paris in a single walk: the Latin Quarter, home to generations of students, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the haunt of writers and their café terraces. You start at the Saint-Michel Fountain and slip into the medieval lanes behind it: rue de la Huchette, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre. The oldest tree in Paris, still standing in its little square. Notre-Dame, revealing itself just across the river. Then up the hill, past the Roman baths of Cluny to the Sorbonne, the Panthéon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, and back down to the Medici Fountain beneath the Luxembourg Palace. A sweet crêpe somewhere along the way. The final stretch belongs to the writers and philosophers: Le Procope, the oldest restaurant in the city, the old lanes around rue de Buci, and the terraces of Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots. The walk ends at Saint-Sulpice, on its grand square. Just you, your guide, and the streets of Paris.
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What’s Included
- ✓Snacks
What’s NOT Included
- ✗Interior visits of the Sorbonne, the Odéon Theatre, Le Procope and Les Deux Magots
What to Bring
- •Service animals allowed
- •Public transportation options are available nearby
- •Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meeting and Pickup
🚐Meet at start point
📍 Meeting point / start
Right in front of the Saint Michel fountain, a few meters away from the Saint-Michel metro station exit
Good to know
- Guide languages
- Portuguese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
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- 1 day(s) before
- Children
- Must travel with an adult
- Ages
- Child 0–11 · Adult 12–99
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
5 min
Where the walk begins, at the gateway to the Left Bank: a monumental fountain on a square that has been a meeting place for generations of students.
15 min
Squeeze through one of Paris’s narrowest and oldest streets, unchanged since the Middle Ages, then treat yourself to a sweet crepe, Brittany’s famous specialty
10 min
The flamboyant Gothic church of the lower Latin Quarter, with its famous twisted pillar
10 min
One of the oldest churches in the city, beside a small square where **the oldest tree in Paris** still stands — and where Notre-Dame suddenly reveals itself, just across the water
10 min
The Roman baths of Lutèce, still standing in the middle of the modern boulevard
10 min
The most famous university in France, where the Latin Quarter got its name
10 min
At the top of the hill, the temple where France buries the people it wants to remember
15 min
The church beside the Panthéon where the relics of Sainte-Geneviève, patron saint of Paris, are kept.
10 min
A peaceful square hiding a grim medieval history, and home to Emily’s apartment from Emily in Paris
10 min
Down rue Soufflot to the Luxembourg Gardens, where the romantic Medici Fountain lies in the shadow of the palace
5 min
Down the rue de l'Odéon to the theatre and the sloping square in front of it
5 min
In the passage just below the Odéon: the oldest restaurant in Paris, and a haunt of Benjamin Franklin
10 min
The market street, then the tangle of old lanes behind it: this is the medieval village the quarter grew out of.
10 min
The oldest church in Paris, and the one the whole quarter is named after.
5 min
The most famous of the terraces facing the church — with the Café de Flore a few steps away and the Brasserie Lipp across the boulevard: the three addresses that made the neighbourhood's name
10 min
Saint-Sulpice, a church so vast it rivals Notre-Dame, with an unfinished facade full of stories
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