Paris Chocolate and Pastry Food Tour

Paris, France

Combine your love of chocolate and cakes with your passion for Paris! The Paris Chocolate and Pastry Food Tour combines French gourmet specialities with an afternoon walking tour so you won't need to feel too guilty. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 8 people on this small group tour, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your guide. Your tour is led by an expert food connoisseur, who will take you through a number of Paris neighborhoods to visit at least three pastry shops, a bakery and three chocolate shops.

Numbers on this tour are restricted to a maximum of eight, ensuring you'll receive individual attention from your expert gastronomic guide. The number of stops you make could be expanded according to your group's preferences.

The commentary from your expert foodie guide includes an overview of French culinary habits, a description of any seasonal events taking place at the time of your tour and an introduction to selected specialities in the main shops. Your guide will discuss how these specialities are produced, how to choose the best chocolates and pastries, and how to prepare your own treats. You are encouraged to interact with your guide and ask all the questions you like as you are introduced to the fine art of chocolate making and pastry baking.

USD $114.91

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Patricia G	April 2012
Although this tour was overbooked when the group assembled, this was sorted out and my daughter and I had a really great time on this tour, Our Guide was enthuastic, knowledgeable and charming. The chocolate and pastries were divine!

Review by: CTO	April 2012
Didn't get to taste many pastry, only had two macaroons, small piece of choc eclair and some chocolate. Tour finished in two hours instead of three.

Review by: Fernando L	April 2012
The tour was ver nice. Myriam is a very nice French young lady, she speaks English very well. We went to five different chocolate and bakery stores, they were all very good. We had time to buy some, she was patient and polite. She also showed us other places not related to the tour, taught us how to taste a good chocolate, and explained us a lot about the history of each place we walked around._br/_ She also gave us recommendations about good restaurants, an any other thing we asked her._br/_ We were just 3 in our group, so every tasting was fast and easy._br/_ I recommend this tour to any sweet tooth like me.

Review by: Pat	April 2012
What a fun afternoon! I learned a lot about chocolate, pastry, and Paris history, too! AND got to eat some amazing things. I would go back and stay in this district if I went back because of this tour guide.

Review by: Betsy F	March 2012
This was so much fun. My husband, daughter and I had a great time and learned so much about chocolate, macaroons and bread. We tasted at each stop, so don't eat a big lunch before going!

Review by: Patrick P	March 2012
I highly recommend this tour. My tour guide is fluent with English and very informative. Knows what she's talking about! The Chocolates, pastries... mmmmmmmmmmm.... you just gotta try this tour! Definitely worth it!

Review by: Jane T	February 2012
Couldn't believe I was the only one on the tour, but what a treat it was. I had the guide Muriel all to myself and she was so nice and sweet, and extremely knowledgeable about the area and each individual store that we visited. Everything that I tasted was so delicious that I went back to some of the stores and bought more! Highly recommended

Review by: William L	February 2012
Very good tour. Only my wife and myself on very cold day. Interesting guide and very informative. Nice walk through interesting parts of Paris. As good as advertised. Would do it again sometime.

Review by: Peter L	February 2012
We loved the tour - especially Marie Cecille who was charming and very knowledgable. As it was for Hamish's birthday, he loved it. We have been telling all our friends back home that it was one of the highlights of our trip. James and Mira Litt

Review by: Anonymous	January 2012
Orangettes, Truffles and Macaroons Oh My! I liked this tour because it was a small group, our guide was very interesting and we ate sweets until our teeth hurt! We went to 7 different shops (chocolatiers, macaroon shop, boulangeries) and tried a variety of French goodies. Our guide gave us recommendations for the best samples to try and was never wrong! I never knew there were so many flavors of chocolate - highly recommend trying violet flavored. The choices at the macaroon shop were also very interesting - I had a combination of foie gras and fig (strangely tasty.) Also a great compliment to the tour was the fact that between shops our guide would point out different buildings and explain the architecture or give some of their history. So while the goodies were delicious and a big highlight of our trip we also learned a lot of interesting facts about Paris that not a lot of the regular conventional tours would have covered.

Review by: Mai	January 2012
Small group tour was great we had the complete attention of our guide who was knowledgeable not only on the chocolates and pastries of Paris but of the general history of locations and confectionery scene. More tastings would have been made the tour better value for money and if a shop was closed an alternative option would have been better than just skipping it altogether. Although the places visited were of the highest standard and quality

Review by: Peter D O	January 2012
A very yummy, must do tour. A great way to see the hidden treasures found in the back streets of Paris. Definitely take a "doggy box" to put samples in, you can't eat all that you collect. Our guide was very helpful in ensuring there were samples suitable for our 11 year old, as many chocolates had alcohol in them! A wonderful start to our time in Paris and orientation to Paris.

Review by: Brad S	December 2011
Our guide, Alexandra was wonderful. We learned so much about the Parisians, their chocolates and pastries. I only wish we could have gone behind the scenes and saw how some of it was made.

Review by: Vanessa` A	December 2011
We ate, smelt and visited the best of the best off Paris's food sold like precious jewels. Wonderful.

Review by: Marybeth S	December 2011
A must do for anyone who loves great food. The guide help me discover some new flavours of chocolate. And my favorite french macroons. Sign up for this tour and go hungry,so you can indulge.

Review by: simon w	December 2011
Really enjoyed the tour. The guide was fantastic (called Roberto), extremely knowledgeable about everything and very interesting.

Review by: Michael R	November 2011
Worth doing! you see some great shops and taste some amazing food! the tour guide was really knowledgeable and spoke good english.

Review by: rae.bruse	November 2011
Did this tour our first day and loved it! The guide was excellent, the pastries fantastic and the bakery goods heaven. This tour was by far the most popular with our group of 6 girls!!! I spent more on chocolate than anything else.

Review by: jasminetay	November 2011
This is fantastic! Our guide introduced us to all the yummy chocolates and pastries that we would have never found on our own.. It's not located on one street, but spread out on different streets... He brought us to 7 shops and let us chose what type of chocolates/cakes/macaroons we want to bring back (you can choose to eat them at the shop too). My favourite is Pierre Herme macaroons! Yum yums! Join this tour! You will not regret it! :)

Review by: Nassim F	November 2011
This was awesome! Ives was incredible! He took us to some wonderful neighbourhoods in Paris and we sampled the most delicious chocolates and pastries Paris has to offer! This was definitely one of the highlights from our trip. It was great because we went into stores you wouldn't normally go in on your own. Ives was very informative and we had a fantastic time. Would definitely do it again. Thanks Ives!

Review by: Di	November 2011
Our tour guide was fabulous. The chocolate shops, bread shop and seeing the first coffee shop made this tour one of our best. Highly recommend.

Review by: carlos	November 2011
It was really impresive. We areb both foddies and the pastries and chocolate we ate opened our palate to another new level. It was worth the time and money. Our tour guide was excellent.

Review by: Douglas S	November 2011
Our trip was all chocolate. too much so, and no pastry food, the guide was rather disinterested and less informative than expected. The setting (St Germain) is wonderful and deserves a better tour as evidenced by the one hidden courtyard and famous restuarant that we did see

Review by: Hal & Lynn	November 2011
Yummy! Our guide was excellent, and very easy to understand. She answered all of our questions, and we learned a lot about French food and culture. I think we walked enough to counter the calories from the goodies we ate during the tour!

Review by: Kim L	November 2011
I want more... this tour was a lot of fun and you eat a lot of different chocolates and pastries along the streets of Paris. The walking tour is one not to be missed!

Review by: Jennifer H	October 2011
Absolutely fantastic! Great guide! Beautiful way to explore the backstreets and alley ways, while indulging your tastebuds!! and getting a bit of information about the Paris the locals enjoy! the highlight of our trip! I have been to Paris 4 times and really enjoyed this intimate tour!! I have already recommended it to my friends that were traelling with me.

Review by: Katie M	October 2011
We were running late and Marion, our truly amazing guide, was more than accomodating of our mistake. The meeting place was easy to find and relatively central. The places visited were all of the highest quality and had the most delicious food. Do not eat before going on this tour because there is so much to try and it is far too good to waste. Marion was phenomenal. She didn't just know about the food and the food manufacturers, she also included history of some of the buildings we were walking past and just made the entire tour more delightful.

Review by: James48843	October 2011
Yves was our guide.We went to four chocolate shops, one bread store. I don't think we stopped in any patisserie shops. Yves was ok as a guide, throwing in some history along the way. I expected to see chocolates being made. Not so. They aren't made here- only sold here. Yes, it's over a hundred bucks. Yes, they are fancy chocolates. But I enjoyed the wine tour day trip much more. It's ok, just not great.

Review by: David V	October 2011
This was a super tour -- the best I had in Paris. We visited several shops and were given samples in each (some that we got to select). I went for the "surprise me' samples and was never disappointed. It was interesting to learn about different techniques to make the chocolate or how the ingredients and process make the items special. We visited 3 or 4 chocolate shops and a bread shop. I wished I had purchased more to take home. Be sure to note the store name or get a card so you can return later if you need to increase your supply. :) I did get slightly sick after the tour ended -- too many sweets, but it was totally worth it. If I did it again, I'd save some samples for later, knowing that I'd return before leaving the city to purchase more items. I recommend taking this tour when you first arrive so you have good knowledge of the area, shops and samples to enjoy while you are there.

Review by: Linda S	October 2011
My daughter and I loved this tour and certainly was a highlight during our stay in Paris. Marion was a fabulous tour guide not just of Chocolates and Pastries, but little bits of interesting information as we walked along the streets of churches, coffee shops, places of interest as well.

Review by: Isobel	October 2011
I can't recommend this tour highly enough! I took 5 tours in Paris and this was easily my favourite. This tour is so good that even if you don't like chocolate I would still recommend this tour. The displays inside the chocolate shops and pastry shops were works of art, and we tried surprisingly good combinations like thyme and orange chocolate, or a pastry with lychee, raspberry and rose. Delicious! We also learned about the local area and visited St. Sulpice and Le Procope, even seeing Marie Antoinette's final letter. Our guide Marion was wonderful. If your experience is anything like mine then this tour will be a highlight of your trip.

Review by: Angela R	October 2011
the experience was great. The person was informative, friendly and it was a great afternoon. many thanks Angela

Review by: Hollyh	October 2011
This was a wonderful tour. My 2 grandsons, aged 14, enjoyed it as much as I did.

Review by: Carol M	October 2011
This was our last day in Paris and thank goodness we signed up for the tour or we may have missed one of the great sections of Paris, St. Germaine! It is a lively, fun, trendie area with nice small shops and, of course, the chocolate! Each of the 6 shops was different in every way and the tastings were superb. All the shopkeepers were very nice and obviously proud of the treasures they offered. It's a great way to buy gifts for those at home particularly on the last day. The tour guide was very at home in the area and had everything worked out for a nice stroll through this part of town.

Review by: JPO	October 2011
Great guide, very informative. Great chocolates and pastries.

Review by: Jeffrey G	October 2011
A very enjoyable way to spend the afternoon. Yves was very pleasant and interspersed the walk with various historical anecdotes that added value to the tour. The shops we visited were all first class and each different in their own way. All in all, top marks.

Review by: Colleen O	October 2011
Tour guide was knowledgeable about chocolates, pastries and bread. The tour was a fantastic walk through the latin quarter with tasting at an olive oil shop, and stops at a tea shop and fruit stand. I especially enjoyed sampling chocolates, pastries, cookies and breads. Needless to say, I did not eat dinner that evening!

Review by: Kristal G	October 2011
We loved the chocolate and pastry tour! Roberto was friendly and very knowledgeable about the places we visited, the foods we tasted and many other subjects. The only complaint we would have is that it was sometimes hard to hear what he was saying while we were walking because the streets are so narrow and we all couldn't get close to him. I don't know if a microphone headset would be possible along with headphones for the participants but that did work well with other tours we took.

Review by: Jules	September 2011
My girlfriend and I thought this would be an excellent way to experience the chocolates and pastry's that France prides themselves on. We were not disappointed our tour guide was very knowledgeable about not only the chocolatiers of this area but also about the history of the area in which we were walking._br/_ I would recommend this tour whilst in Paris.

Review by: Mark D, Australia	July 2010
We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and our guide - Jennifer - was fantastic. I particularly liked the fact she also took us to some other interesting places, like the Luxembourg Gardens, along the way. The macaroons were amazing! We have recommended this tour to many friends on our return.

Review by: MaryT S, United States of America	July 2010
A delightful afternoon with Jennifer and 5 other very informed travellers. My 15-year old granddaughter was utterly delighted. Needless to say we are both lovers of chocolate and bakeries!

Review by: Stephen S, Canada	July 2010
Divine decadence! There were actually more treats than any of us could eat. The pastries and chocolates were like works of art! Wonderful tour guide who provided great stories about living in Paris as well as eating well. We brought home many yummy souvenirs!

Review by: Shawna B, Canada	June 2010
Wonderful! The guide was very knowledgeable and very enjoyable. I was happily surprised by how many samples we were offered on the tour.

Review by: Patricia P, United States of America	June 2010
It was the high light of my grandaughter's trip! She is studing to be a pastry chef and she loved the tour. Jennifer, our guide, was great and we could not eat any more chocolate by the end of the tour, even without lunch.

Review by: Joseph H, United States of America	June 2010
We just returned home, wonderful time! I thoroughly enjoyed Elizabeth and her tour. It was a wonderful glimpse of Paris. My only suggestions would be to perhaps tell what part of Paris you are in as you walk. Also, it would have really been nice to finish with a coffee and dessert at an outdoor cafe. Really great time.

Review by: Tricia F, United States of America	June 2010
We had a WONDERFUL tour, our guide was very knowledgable and a delight. We learned about the city as well as the food.

Review by: Pauline K, United States of America	June 2010
Lots of fun. Only 4 people, good guide, something different. We visited more than choclate stores, inc an olive oil store..yummy! Nice way to spend the afternoon

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	June 2010
This tour was excellent. A good time was had by everyone in the group and the chocolates and pastries we tried were to die for. I will never be able to properly enjoy chocolate that wasn't made in Paris.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2010
Our tour guide was amazing and we got to sample some really great chocolates, pastries and bread. The guide also gave some history of things we walked passed during the tour. This was a great addition to my trip!

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2010
Our guide made all the difference in the world. She took the time to show us details of Paris. She was a food writter and completely AWESOME. Highly recommend.