Romantic Tour in Paris - 19th century art in Nouvelle Athènes

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About this activity

The guide is a historian. He is specialised in the history of the 19th century in Paris. He is passionate about this location of the 9th district, because it's delicate and a hidden gem.

With this very experienced guide you will walk through another period of Paris. We surround ourselves with the rich cultural life of the artistic bohemians – full with architecture, art and nature of the 19th century. The guide makes his story even more clear by illustrations.

The 19th century of Romanticism and Belle Epoque will come alive in this tour. Including plenty of photo opportunities in the Paris you've never seen before.

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At a glance

Duration: 2 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 10 people
People per booking: 1–10
Guide: English, Dutch
Operated by: Paris Promenade

Ages: Children (9–12 years) · Youth (13–17 years) · Adults (18–65 years) · Seniors (66–95 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Musée Gustave Moreau
Included: Musée de la vie Romantic
Included: Galerie Lafayette (during opening hours)

Not included

Not included: Tea and coffee: Coffee and/or Tea
Not included: Private transportation

Itinerary

Place Pigalle

30 min

We start our tour at the point where a lot of Romantic painters gathered together in the first half of the 19th Century: around Place Pigalle. We pass the location of bar Nouvelles Athènes, Cité Malesherbes and we walk through the quartier Nouvelles Athènes (quartier Breda), 200 years ago a brand new neighbourhood. Build in the years 1820-1830 this quartier was a new center for artists like Fréderic Chopin, George Sand, Délacroix, Gustave Moreau...
Musee de la Vie Romantique

30 min Admission included

We will enter this small museum - a hôtel particulier - to have a look inside. "The museum of the Romantic life" was the private mansion of the original Dutch painter Ary Scheffer. It's now also dedicated to the life of writer Georges Sand. We spend some time in the house and the garden.
Saint-Georges

10 min

We pass the small square of Saint-George. The guide will talk about what's to be seen and about the cultural life of the Romantic period.
Musee Gustave Moreau

30 min Admission included

We visit the museum of Gustave Moreau. Moreau was a representative of symbolic art, late 19th century. The guide will give a small introduction in front of the main door and leave the guests inside.

The guests can finish their tour here and explore the impressive atelier of Gustave Moreau in their own speed. Or they can also join the guide for some extra sightseeing afterwards.
Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann

20 min Admission included

In the last part of the tour we will pass the Trinité church and we end inside Galerie Lafayette. Les Grands Magasins (big department stores) came up in the period of Gustave Moreau and left the more rural atmosphere of the Romantics definitely behind. It's a clear sign that the modern city, as we know it now, has arrived.