Sensorial tours inspired by fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs.
Each Picturesque Tastes tour explores how gardens influence French cuisine and artisanal practices. Similar to the farm to table for restaurants, garden to table is essential to French gastronomy. Champagne experts help us learn to distinguish floral scents in champagne. Perfumers share how they transform flowers into memorable scents, and provide an opportunity to create your own.
Picturesque Voyages Tours Adhere to Recommended Health and Safety Guidelines
- Masks can be provided on request.
- Tours are limited to 6 people. Family groups may be larger.
- We maintain social distancing standards during all tours and tastings.
Custom tours are our specialty. Contact us to plan a personalized itinerary for a most memorable, life-long learning experience.
Paris’s Culinary History: Les Halles & Rue Montorgueil
2-Hour Tasting Tour (150€ per person, 2 person minimum, including 3 tastings)
This street conjures memories of Les Halles, the central market that was located here for almost 800 years. We discover stores that still supply chefs of Paris with cooking equipment, and learn the history of restaurants, such as the Rocher du Cancale, as well as traditional food shops, including, butchers, fishmongers, green grocers, and bakers. We will stop at one of the oldest patisseries Stohrer. Our stroll will be filled with tastings, especially when we arrive at the newest shops dedicated to sustainable and organic foods, and locally produced chocolates.
Let’s Eat Cake
(150€ per person, 2 person minimum, including 3 tastings)
Did the Queen actually say the famous quote, “Let Them Eat Cake,” which is still used today to represent her? Historians have concluded the queen did not utter this phrase, but she did love sweets! This tour explores the connection between Marie-Antoinette and food, in particular, chocolates. We’ll visit some of Paris’s oldest pastry and confectionary shops on the right bank and the left bank sampling both traditional pastries (the baba au rhum) to herb infused chocolates, learning about French gastronomic history as we explore Paris.
Champagne, Sip, Savor & Explore
2-Hour Tasting Tour (pricing available upon request)
We partner with Cynthia Coutu at Delectabulles to explore the fascinating story of vineyards and wine-making in Champagne. You will learn about the different blends of champagne with a special emphasis on sustainable practices, spearheaded by a new generation of female producers. We can also organize a day trip to the champagne region with Cynthia to discover the different producers and enjoy one of the most picturesque landscapes of France.
Perfume, from Garden to Scent
2-Hour Sensorial Tour (150€ per person, 2 person minimum)
Flowers are essential to the art of perfume. Our historic perfume tour focus on how flower and vegetable gardens have supplied the perfume industry for centuries. Traveling through the Marais, we visit a historic perfumery, whose new collection of products is inspired by gardens, Les Jardins Français de l’Officine Universelle Buly. We continue our visit to perfumeries in the Marais district, visit historic gardens, and a speciality spice shop to discuss how spices are used in perfume. Clients then have the option of attending a perfume workshop after the tour where they can make their own perfumes or our tour can continue with a visit to the temporary exhibit on perfume at the Arab World Institute until March 2024. (additional fees apply).
The Art of Bouquets, from Garden to Vase
2-Hour Sensorial Tour (150€ per person, 2 person minimum)
The gift of giving flowers is a Parisian art. When asked to dinner, guests often bring fresh flowers, sustaining the wonderful floral shops around the city. For garden lovers having a beautiful bouquet enriches our appreciation of the gardener’s art. We are partnering with the Maison Ciero, a creative floral boutique located in the heart of the Marais, who choses flowers grown locally in France so that you can create your own bouquet. Whether to decorate your local lodgings or dried flowers that you can take home with you, this workshop is a sensorial delight of the nose, the eye, and the soul.
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