Paris Covered Passages Walking Tour with Wine Tasting at Galeries Lafayette

Walk Paris's historic covered passages with a professional local guide, then enjoy a curated spirits tasting at Galeries Lafayette.

Getting started

Meet your professional local guide at the designated starting point in central Paris and join your small-group walking tour. After a brief introduction and overview of the route, you set off toward Palais Royal and the nearby covered passages. Your guide handles navigation and timing, so you can focus on the arcades, shops, and architecture along the way.

What to expect

Palais Royal

Formerly home to French royalty, Palais Royal is your starting area before you step into Paris’s historic covered passages.

Features

• You walk through the elegant Palais Royal gardens and courtyards area as your guide sets the scene for how this district developed around royal and aristocratic life.
• Insider stories and historical context here help you understand why so many covered passages, shops, and galleries grew up around this landmark.

Galerie Vivienne

Galerie Vivienne is one of Paris's most iconic passages, known for its decorative interior and classic glass roof.

Features

• Inside Galerie Vivienne, you admire mosaic floors and the glass dome that make this one of Paris's most recognizable covered galleries.
• Your guided walking tour of Galerie Vivienne is part of the included route, with your expert guide pointing out architectural details and sharing context you would not find on your own.

Passage des Panoramas

Passage des Panoramas, established in 1799, is the oldest covered passage in Paris.

Features

• As you enter Passage des Panoramas, you see how the 18th-century layout, shopfronts, and signage reflect its origin as one of the city's first modern shopping arcades.
• The guided walking tour of Passage des Panoramas includes insider stories that connect this historic corridor to the wider network of Parisian passages you visit on the route.

Passage Jouffroy

Passage Jouffroy is known for its vintage atmosphere and links between older and newer parts of the neighborhood.

Features

• While you walk through Passage Jouffroy, you notice the mix of vintage-style boutiques and preserved 19th-century decor that give the space its character.
• Your expert guide continues to share historical context here, using Passage Jouffroy to explain how Paris's covered passages evolved over time.

Passage Verdeau

Quieter than some of the other arcades, Passage Verdeau offers a more tranquil section of the walk.

Features

• In Passage Verdeau, you experience a calmer passage with antique-style shopfronts and a more relaxed pace compared to the busier arcades nearby.
• The guided walking tour of Passage Verdeau completes your exploration of all five covered passages, keeping the route fully walkable in the heart of the 9th arrondissement.

Wine Gate, Galeries Lafayette

Your tour finishes with a tasting at the Wine Gate inside the Galeries Lafayette department store.

Features

• At the Wine Gate in Galeries Lafayette, you sit down for a structured spirits tasting that includes a cheese plate and 3 glasses of spirits, 7 cl each.
• Depending on your booking, you enjoy either the Discovery wine tasting package or the Passion wine tasting package, each designed as a complete experience at the end of the walk.
• Your guide and the Wine Gate team introduce the tasting format and continue the storytelling around French spirits culture so the experience connects with what you have seen on the route.

Wrapping up

Your experience concludes inside Galeries Lafayette, where you can remain in the store to browse independently after the tasting or make your way back through the 9th arrondissement at your own pace.