Myths and Secrets of the Bastille (Private Tour)

The private tour “Myths and secrets of the Bastille”

For school children (middle and high school) or extracurricular activities (leisure centre, associations, youth centre, etc.)

For families (nice to book for one or more families / 10% discount)

• During this visit, the tour guide will answer all the questions that question us about this famous storming of the Bastille: was this (so-called) prison a hell? What is the link between the National Day and the storming of the Bastille? What are the famous stories and secrets locked up in this fortress? Who are the characters who marked this period of the French Revolution?
• Like a sans-culotte, you will walk the streets of Paris and relive that day of July 14, 1789
• A guided tour that will appeal to history buffs and anyone who wants to revise their history curriculum
• Points of interest on this tour : the medieval houses of the rue François Miron, the Hôtel de Sens, the village of Saint Paul, the surrounding wall of Philippe Auguste, the Hotel Fieubet, the remains of one of the towers of the Bastille, the Place de la Bastille
• This walk is led by a tour guide

Practical information

• Age : from 10 years old
• The district visited : part of the Bas Marais next to the Seine
• Meeting point : next to the merry-go-round, metro “Saint Paul”
• Duration : 1h30 (route of about 2km)
• Tour provided by professional tour guides (in French or English)
• Mandatory presence of at least one adult during the visit if it has been booked for a group of young people