14 Jun 2025
My family (mum, brother) and I joined this "Paris in a Day" walking tour on Friday June 6th with the excellent Daniel as our guide. I cannot rave about this experience highly enough. Truly one of the best decisions and days we made throughout our 3 week venture abroad. We only planned 2 days in France and wanted to make the most of our visit, and this tour was such a fun, comprehensive full way to do so. I loved the walking aspect, a true way to experience the cities, imagine different smells and occurrences throughout the years, see details as we navigated between iconic sites. Daniel had planned the metro rides in between SO SMOOTHLY and made sure to collect all our tickets after every journey to assure none went missing to keep the tour group moving at a good speed. We didn't even have to think of station names or navigating, just followed Daniel.
The audio part logistically was superb, giving us an ear piece to hear all of Daniel's commentary while stopped and walking, even in busy areas. It also helped keep the group together because he'd call for certain people or landmarks to meet, pause or reconvene.
From the beginning of the tour, Daniel made a point of learning everyone's name in the group of approx 16 people AND their home locations, and remembered throughout, adding personal comments and jokes. Daniel is from Ireland and well-traveled so was able to relate to our mixed group from Australia, west and east coast of U.S.A.
We covered so many sites in this tour, with famous artwork, buildings and more nuanced local history. Timing was perfect for everything, and Daniel's knowledge and passion for the materials made it infectious to learn more.
A note on walking/physical level of activity as other people commented on this in other reviews: my mum is mid 60s and walks most days for work (hospitality business) she found the tour tiring but doable, with breaks to sit on the metro. She was tired by the end of the day, but raved about how worthwhile and wonderful it had been. Made us all wish we had more time in Paris! If you are on the fence, BOOK THIS TOUR!!!! It's got the people, the food, the history, the places, the pictures, AMAZING.