A circuit through the spaces where Paris forgets it is Paris — a village of individual houses in the 20th arrondissement, a working vineyard in Montmartre, hilltop gardens with city-wide panoramas.
There are places in Paris where the city simply stops behaving like a city. A cooperative village of individual houses with private gardens, built on a disused quarry in the 20th arrondissement and still entirely residential. A working vineyard producing wine in Montmartre since 1934. Hilltop gardens with panoramic views over the rooftops that almost no Parisian has ever sat in. This circuit is built around those anomalies — the spaces where the urban fabric gives way to something quieter, more surprising and, in its way, more Parisian than the Paris most visitors come to see.
Several of the spaces on this circuit are unknown not just to tourists but to most Parisians. When I describe them to French friends, the most common response is: I had no idea that existed.
The cooperative village we visit was built by a workers' association in 1907 — individual houses, private gardens, cobbled lanes, complete silence, seven kilometres from the Eiffel Tower.
The Clos Montmartre has been producing wine from a hillside in the middle of Paris for nearly ninety years. Visible and atmospheric in any season.
Paris has several hilltop viewpoints that offer better panoramas than the famous terraces, with none of the crowds. I know them all.
This is a slower circuit than most — deliberately so. The spaces it visits reward time and attention rather than speed. I stop the car, we walk, we sit somewhere if the moment calls for it. Clients who have chosen this circuit often tell me it is the one that stays with them most clearly — not because of a single spectacular sight but because of the accumulated quality of an afternoon spent in a Paris that rarely makes it onto anyone's itinerary.
Fixed group rate — the vehicle is yours for the duration, regardless of the number of passengers.
The duration indicated (~4 hours) is a guide. If you wish to spend more time somewhere or adjust the circuit, simply let us know when booking — we adapt.
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