Paris tour guide
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Paris tour guide
Can anyone recommend a guide in Paris who can make the art, history and architecture come alive for a family including younger children. Half or full day tours considered. I thought someone was mentioned here in past postes that I cannot find now. There was an American I think?<BR>Tim<BR> <BR>
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Contact Michael Osman at [email protected]. He's a wonderful guide and will customize your tour to what is of interest to you and your family.
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We had the same difficulty in contacting Michael. But, taking the advice from others in this forum, we were patient and tried using email, phone and a fax. <BR><BR>Our patience paid off. We spent three days with Michael in Paris (we were originally scheduled for two but enjoyed his work so much, we got him for a third day). He was an outstanding guide. He knows the city, knows the architecture, knows the art work and is enjoyable company. He got along with our kids. We liked how he listened to them and was very good at shaping parts of the tour to their interests.<BR><BR>
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I was very lucky to have reached Michael for a past trip taken with my family and children at the start of this fall. He was exactly what we needed to make it through the Louvre along with visiting other sites in the city. He made it fun for everyone and told informative stories about both the works of art we saw and the sites that we visited. As I recall, we did struggle a little bit at first to reach him by e-mail. He's probably busy because he does a great service as a guide. He needs an assistance to keep track of his e-mail. Your persistance in trying to reach him will pay off. Good luck.<BR>H
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Try Virginian [email protected].<BR>She made a customized tour for us of Pere Lachaise cemetery-one of best experience ever in Paris-the cost was about $60 Cdn. I hightly recommend her
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I'm just curious, but is it usually very expensive to hire a guide for just one couple? I'd love to do it, but my husband is a "let's just walk out the door and go" kind of guy. Sometimes we do well and see everything we want to and other times we miss most of what's out there. I'm going to Paris in December without him and was thinking a guide this time might be great. Thanks!
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Try searching for Paris Walking Tours (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ParisWalking/)<BR>& <BR>(www.parisapied.com).<BR><BR>The former has been recommended several times on this forum for fixed tours they offer. Their site shows their daily schedule of tours. Each is roughly 2 hours.