Gourmet Food Tour

with optional Wine Tasting & Lunch

Taste delicious foods, meet local producers and discover their rich history and traditions, savor a gourmet picnic with fine wine served by a sommelier.

Take a gourmet tour of France on this walking tour of Paris’ traditional heritage food district. Sample some of the best breads, cheeses, charcuterie, pastries and chocolates, all lovingly produced by skilled artisans from across the country. We’ll pick up our favourites along the way, and you can opt to end the tour in an award winning wine bar, where an expert sommelier will serve you a flight of top class wines, for an authentic and delicious French lunch.

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with Lunch

Share your experience with a small group of people from all over the world
Save time with our pre-reserved entrances
Enjoy exploring with the best hand-picked local guides

Shared
with lunch

Tour Description

The Les Halles quarter of Paris is traditionally known as ‘the belly of Paris’. Once home to the huge, teeming food market that fed the city each day, today it remains a mecca for food lovers, the streets lined with specialty food stores, restaurants, cafés and kitchen supplies. We’ll join the locals as they shop for their daily groceries, stopping along the way at our specially selected boutiques.

Start your morning at a local boulangerie, in typical French style with a delicious buttery croissant. We’ll pick up some traditional baguettes here to enjoy later in the tour. As we stroll along our favorite street, you’ll sample tasty artisanal cheeses from around France in a traditional, local fromagerie, savor cured meats in a charcuterie, and choose your favorite pastries at the oldest (and possibly most beautiful) patisserie in Paris, founded by the Queen’s baker in 1730.

Your expert guide will also point out a centuries-old oyster house (the oysters were originally rushed to Paris from the coast by horse) as well as traditional butchers, fishmongers and grocers as you wander along this fascinating street. For the cooks amongst you, don’t miss the wonderful suppliers of kitchenware, including one of the oldest cuisine stores in Paris.

You can opt to end your tour at an award-winning wine bar, where we will pair the foods we have selected during the tour with a flight of top class French wines served by an expert sommelier. Learn about the differences between the French wine regions, sample wines from three different appellations, and discover how to pair each wine with your food. Your gourmet tour concludes with a typical picnic style lunch with wine, the perfect way to end a morning of gastronomic discoveries and delights.

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