Perched on Paris' north side is the Flea Market, 17 miles of shops with more than 2,000 merchants that sells goods from around the world. The two-hour walking tour will barely scratch the surface of its many market areas. Chinese pottery, German toys, Art Deco jewelry and Turkish tapestries are a few of the items available. If you can imagine it, then you can probably find it at the market. Open Saturday to Monday, the 2010 price is $15 with a limit of 12 in a group.
Croisine Bouteloup Groups Service
30 Avenue Gabriel Péri
93400 Saint-Ouen
France
33-0-14-01-17-736
st-ouen-tourisme.com
Visiting Paris at night, with its dim streetlights and fine mist from the Seine River, creates an eerie mood for ghost hunting. The trained guides, many of whom are actors and historians, mix legends of murder, spirits and mysteries into an evening of chills. The walking tour takes you to the human skull-lined Catacombs, Theater de la Ville in search of its ghost and the haunted Pont Marie Bridge where a jilted woman froze to death. For more than two hours, you will discover many haunting sites of the city of light's darker side. The fee is $27.00 by 2010 rates, and the tour is only on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Mysteries of Paris
44 rue St. Denis
75001 Paris
France
33-0-97-72-18-210
mysteriesofparis.com
Film buffs will relish strolling through Paris locations of popular movies. A professional film guide will take you to visit the riverbank where Amelie skipped stones on the water, and to the grocery store featured in "Delicatessen." The tour visits the Jardin des Tuileries Park, where scenes from American films such as "The Bourne Identity" and "French Kiss" were shot. The tour goes through the Seine-Saint-Denis area, home to various special effects companies. The two-hour tour meets on Sunday and the sites change to include new film locations. The 2010 price is $12.75.
Seine-Saint-Denis Tourist Board
140 Avenue Jean Lolive
93695 Pantin Cedex
France
33-0-66-06-50-9 27
tourisme93.com
Imagine a candlelit dinner in the castle Louis XIV used as a model for Versailles, the 17th century Vaux-le-Vicomte. The tour takes you to southern Paris to enjoy dinner at the L'Ecureuil restaurant, a renovated stable block. Afterward, you will visit the castle's stately rooms, then stroll through its gardens with 2,000 candles to light the way. The tour is available only on Saturday and lasts seven hours. The cost is $215 per person at 2010 rates.
Tours and Co. Associates Inc.
13 North Saint Clair St.
Toledo, OH 43604
419-244-6440
sightseeing-tours-in-paris.com
