You may think you’ve done Paris, but our delightful guide, Ellen Williams, knows Paris like the back of her hand and takes us into the neighborhoods where locals live and play. You’ll come away with wider knowledge of the terrain and a deeper understanding of what makes Paris arguably the most fascinating city in the world.

To learn more about this trip, you can watch a recording of the Trip Preview here.

The itinerary for this Next Tribe Paris adventure is carefully designed to provide a balance of walking through a variety of particularly lovely quartiers, visiting small, lesser-known museums, exploring specially recommended boutiques, and enjoying a select group of cafés, bistros, and brasseries. While this is not a typical sightseeing trip, notable landmarks, and places of interest will be pointed out on all our outings.

NOTE: NextTribe members receive a $100 discount on price. 

We’re mindful that some of you will want more time on your own to wander, while others are more comfortable sticking with the group. We will happily help you arrange visits to any additional sites of particular interest or with tracking down items you may hope to buy. Our goal is to transform any Paris anxiety into Paris excitement. If our last 4 trips are any indication, we’re going to have a terrific time together in one of the best places in the world.

Please note that this is a sample itinerary. Accommodations and activities may change but we will always replace them with something of equal or better value.

1. Removing the planning and logistical stress of what can be a daunting city 

2. Enjoying one of the most beautiful, magical places in the world with a great bunch of women

3. Getting to the delightful corners of Paris that most visitors would not find on their own

4. Benefiting from our guide’s decades of Paris experience uncovering terrific shops, restaurants, neighborhoods 

5. Sampling delicious foods and wines

Ellen Williams, who has been traveling to Paris for 40 years, is the author of three guidebooks on the city. She is eager to share all the knowledge she's accumulated over the decades so that you can love Paris as much as she does. Her enthusiasm for all things Parisian is completely infectious.

This trip was everything and more I had hoped for. I wanted to leave the trip not just having "seen" Paris but really experiencing it. Even though I know there is still much to discover I feel like I got a really good feel for all the different neighborhoods (arrondissements ), the transportation system, the culture etc. Ellen really tuned in to making sure she knew what everyone was hoping to do and see and making sure we accomplished those goals. Can I just say FUN? We had so much fun! Walking the streets of Paris with someone who knows it inside and out and genuinely LOVES the city was the best.... And I came home with 12 new friends from all over the country! What a blessing.

We'll meet our guide for the week, Ellen Williams. Once we’ve all arrived at the Hotel des Saints-Peres, we’ll gather in the hotel breakfast room for a welcome lunch while we get acquainted and talk a bit about our legendary quarter, St-Germain-des-Près.

We’ll walk to the nearby Faubourg St-Germain, once the neighborhood of choice for the French aristocracy in elegantly grand city mansions, and tour the Rue du Bac, a super-picturesque Left Bank rue commerçante (commercial street) brimming with gourmet food shops, boutiques, and the amazing Le Bon Marché, one of the oldest (and finest) department stores and food halls.

For those interested, we can detour to the Musée Rodin, for the scores of blooming rose bushes in the celebrated sculpture garden.

In the morning, we’ll explore the old Les Halles quarter, for centuries the central food market of Paris, where some of the finest culinary stores in the city - prized by chefs and home cooks - continue to operate though the market is long gone.

Among other stops, we’ll visit the oldest patisserie in the city, and two places that were favorites of Julia Child, Dehilerin, a historic cookware shop, and Au Pied du Cochon, a Les Halles institution since 1947 where we’ll have lunch.

In the afternoon, we’ll walk through the historic garden of the Palais Royal and visit two of the loveliest 19th-century covered shopping arcades.

We’ll spend most of the day in a particularly elegant part of the Right Bank, starting with a tour of the Marché President Wilson, a twice-weekly street market with vendors offering gorgeous food, flowers, clothing, accessories and housewares.

For those interested, a detour to the designer resale shops in adjacent Passy, one of the poshest residential areas of town, and a stop at the Hermès flagship to admire the coveted silk scarves.

After lunch, we’ll go to the Galerie Dior, the fantastic, newly
installed homage to the esteemed couture house.

That evening, we’ll walk to the historic Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, where we’ll board an hour-long cocktail cruise that will glide us past the great monuments along the Seine.

We’ll spend the day on the Right Bank, in the morning touring the winding
cobblestone streets of Montmartre, stopping for a lunch of crèpes and hard cider at Breizh Café near the charming Places des Abbesses.

Then, it’s on to the mid-19th-century Nouvelles-Athènes quarter that was home to some of the greatest artists, writers, and musicians of the Romantic era and is now a trendy gentrifiying area known as SoPi (South of Pigalle). We’ll linger on the lively Rue des Martyrs, one of the most vibrant streets in Paris, and take a coffee break at a garden tea salon in a 19th-century villa.

In the morning, we’ll attend a chocolate-making class at one of the oldest chocolatier in Paris. The rest of the day, you’re free to wander, go to a museum, shop, or return to a place that particularly interested you earlier in the week.

Napoleon ordered the Canal St-Martin in the early-19th century to bring fresh water to the capital. Two-hundred years later, the picturesque area around the canal is lined with cafés and boutiques and is one of the most popular areas of town with Parisians, who gather along the banks to watch barges and other small boats navigate through the locks and pass under graceful cast-iron footbridges.

We’ll have lunch at Les Enfants Perdus, a restaurant that specializes in seasonal ingredients. In the afternoon, there will be time to explore the lovely and historic Ile-St-Louis, the more intimate of the two Seine islands, where we will sample the celebrated Berthillon ice cream.

In the morning, we’ll head to the Porte de Vanves flea market for vintage collectibles, then take a tram to the Marais, where we’ll break for lunch at La Tartine, an art deco wine bar on the Rue de Rivoli.

We’ll visit the Place des Vosges, a lovely square built in the early-17th century by Henri IV for the French aristocracy, and the wonderful Musée Carnavalet, the recently restored Paris history museum. For those interested, this is one of the most stylish shopping districts in the city.

All guests make their way to the airport for flights home.

Bon voyage!

This itinerary is a sample and is subject to change. Please be assured that any replacements will be of equal or greater value.