Visite guidée : Les passages couverts des Grands Boulevards

Come join us for a guided walk through the covered passages of the Grands Boulevards! Discover the fascinating history of these iconic places in Paris while enjoying a pleasant walk in the company of a passionate guide. Whether you’re a long-time resident or an occasional visitor, this tour is perfect for learning about the city’s cultural wealth.

Paris without its covered passages would no longer be Paris. They witnessed the life of our capital at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Their construction lasted from the end of the 18th century until the Second Empire. In 1850, there were about fifty in Paris. There is a little more 10 left today.

Witnessing a Paris in full boil, they were the precursors of modern shopping galleries but with more charm. They knew the innovations and fashions of the first half of the nineteenth century: the use of metallurgy, gas lighting, cafes, restaurants, theaters. Parisians of all social conditions found themselves there, strolled from shops to boutiques, devised in cafés, had fun in the theater or in cabarets, rested in the baths, looked for a soulmate or a "soul swallow"...

Today, these covered passages have preserved moving traces of this rich past and relive new hours with their restaurants and atypical shops.

During this walk, you will discover four passages and a fifth disappeared. We will evoke the atmosphere of the nineteenth century but also funny anecdotes, famous authors, music and atypical shops.