Paris Revolutions History Walking Tour - From Place de la Concorde (English/French Guide)

Start at the Place de la Révolution
and walk the sites of the revolutions that changed Paris

Meet your guide next to the obelisk on Place de la Concorde to start the tour. Here, known as the "Place de la Révolution" during the French Revolution, you hear the story of the 1789 revolution for about 30 minutes, then walk to a nearby secret spot and Place Vendôme. At each place, your guide tells the events in chronological order and explores themes such as "What is liberalism?" and "How do governments collapse?"

Meet the stage of the revolution at the Tuileries and Palais-Royal

Listen to your guide for about 20 minutes each around the Tuileries Garden, where the National Convention met, and at the Palais-Royal, called the "Palais-Égalité" during the Revolution. The tour covers the revolutions of 1792, 1830, 1848 and 1871 and themes such as "What is socialism?" and "What is revolutionary tyranny?", and along the way you enjoy songs once sung by revolutionaries.

Pass the Revolutionary Tribunal and the Headquarters of the Enlightenment to the Hôtel de Ville

Visit the Palais de Justice, former seat of the Revolutionary Tribunal, then a secret spot known as the Headquarters of the Enlightenment. The tour ends around the Hôtel de Ville, where your guide ties all the events together into a complete picture of the revolutions. You also receive a booklet with an overview of the places and a full chronology of the revolutions, plus recommendations for reading, films, YouTube channels and podcasts.

※ The standard option lasts about 2 hours 30 minutes and the sightseeing option about 1 hour 30 minutes.
※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.