I am trying to compare these two companies and I seek opinions from anyone who knows their tours personally. Both groups offer three hour tours using native English speaking guides. Both tour essentially the same places. Parisapied charges $45 to be paid before you leave the States. Paris Walks charges only $10 and you can pay when you are there. Would anyone with personal experience be so kind as to compare the companies for me? Thank you.

I took a Paris Walks tour of Montmartre last month and it was excellent. I have taken walking tours in many countries and this was as good as any. I would find it hard to justify the $45 for Paris a Pied,when Paris Walks charges only $10 with no advance obligation.

Is there a web site for Paris Walks? Did you wait until you were in Paris to make reservations or did you just show up where they meet?

Paris Walks website is www.pariswalkingtours.com.

In May with Paris Walks I just showed up at the Metro stop, payed my 10 =euro; and went on the tour. If the weather was bad I wasn't going. Luckily the weather was decent.

Oops, meant to do the euro symbol. € Hopefully this works.

Stacey - I have been on four of the Paris Walks over three visits and I enjoyed them all and found them very informative. I looked at the Paris-a-pied website but the only thing that stuck out was that their groups are under ten people, I believe. I had no problem with the larger size of the ParisWalks groups at all, more like 15 or so. The ones I took were in March or September. I am going back to Paris next week and am planning on taking a half-day trip with them to Vaux-le-Vicomte. They have answered my questions very promptly by email.

Martha, David, and Mara - Thanks so much for responding. It sounds like Paris Walks will be just fine for me. I didn't even realize they offered day excursions also. I will look into that as well. Thanks again.