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Highlights
- Stroll the Champs-Élysées with a guide as you sample bites of pastry and hear how these creations became part of life in Paris today.
- Meet your English-speaking guide on the Champs-Élysées, then set off on a walking tour with tastings and pastry stories woven in too.
- Visit the makers behind the original macaron, as your guide explains the origins of both macarons and croissants for France and the wider world.
- Savor a tasting on the spot, then leave with a box of 8 macaron flavors to enjoy later, so your Champs-Élysées walk continues as a treat back home.
- Upgrade to include Arc de Triomphe entry and a climb to the top, ending your tasting walk with open views across Paris from the terrace.
Your Experience
Walk the Champs-Élysées on a guided tasting tour with macarons by their original creators, plus an optional Arc de Triomphe visit.
Getting started
Begin your guided walking tour along the Champs-Élysées, where you meet your English-speaking guide and set off along what is often called the most expensive avenue in Paris. After a brief orientation, you start strolling between its luxury storefronts and landmarks. Transportation to and from the tour is not included, so plan your arrival in advance.
What to expect
Champs-Élysées tasting walk
This experience centers on a guided walking tour along the Champs-Élysées in English, combined with a focused macaron tasting and pastry storytelling. As you move along the avenue, the guide connects what you see with the evolution of France's most iconic sweets.
Features
- Your guided walking tour along Champs-Élysées in English unfolds along the avenue's flagship addresses, with your guide pointing out why it is considered the most expensive avenue in Paris and sharing stories most tourists never hear.
- A macaron tasting from the original creators is included, so you sample these pastries at their historic source and hear how their technique and flavors shaped what the world now knows as the macaron.
- Along the way, the rich, surprising history of macarons and croissants is shared, tying each bite to tales of how these pastries became symbols of French patisserie.
- You receive a box of 8 macaron flavors to take home, giving you a curated selection to savor later or share after the walk.
Arc de Triomphe (optional add-on)
For guests selecting the upgraded option, the tour includes access to one of Paris's key landmarks, the Arc de Triomphe. This component adds a monument visit on top of your Champs-Élysées tasting walk.
Features
- Entry to Arc de Triomphe is included as per the option selected, adding a dedicated monument visit to your walking and tasting experience.
- With this option, you can climb the Arc de Triomphe and take in views across Paris, with the avenue you just walked stretching away beneath you and the city’s layout visible from above.
Wrapping up
If you select the Arc de Triomphe entry option, your experience concludes at the monument after your climb, where you are free to spend additional time independently. Guests on the guided tour plus macaron tasting and take-home box variant finish their walk along the Champs-Élysées after receiving their box of 8 macaron flavors to take home.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Guided walking tour along Champs-Élysées in English
- Macaron tasting from the original creators
- Box of 8 macaron flavors to take home
- History of macarons and croissants
- Entry to Arc de Triomphe [as per option selected]
- Transportation to and from the tour
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities (optional)
Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.