Starting in the Saint-Germain area and ending in the Marais, this tour shows the evolution of the LGBTQ+ rights in France and the ways queer kings and queens, artists of the 1900s and today’s community resist to discrimination.
The tour takes you to cafés, libraries, meeting places for activists and other emblematic places for queer personalities who lived in Paris like: Nathalie Clifford Barney, Josephine Baker, Oscar Wilde or Monique Wittig.
You will also learn about homosexuality and bisexuality in the royal milieu and the way the current authorities of the city try to keep alive the memory of the LGBTQ+ struggles in an area that is massively gentrifying.
Included: local English-speaking guide
Not included: tips or gratuities for the guide (optional)
Type of tour: walking tour, slow pace, easy level
Duration: 2.5 hours
Minimum no of guests for the tour to run: 6
Maximum no of guests on the tour: 18
All requests for changes or cancellations of the tours must be sent by email at info@queertoursfrance.com. Once the booking is completed, we do not guarantee changes in the content and dates of our tours. We can only respond to the requested changes after checking the availability of our guides. No refund can be demanded in case we can not deliver the tour with the changes requested after the booking was completed. Cancellation fees may apply to any cancellations made by the traveller of a service booked with Queer Tours France.
The cancellation policy is as follows:
1) Cancellations made more than 10 days prior to the tour departure receive a full refund.
2) Cancellations made between 5 and 10 days prior to the tour departure receive a 50% refund.
3) Cancellations made 5 days or less prior to the tour departure require the traveller to pay for the tour in full, and no refund will be issued.
Some tours need entrance tickets that we buy in advance and that will not be refunded.
Please keep in mind that: Guests who arrive at the meeting point of the tour more than 15 minutes late will be considered no-shows and treated as cancellations with no refund. No refund is provided for any unused portion of a tour if a traveller does not begin at the designated start point of the tour. No refund is provided if the tour is interrupted at the client’s demand or because of reasons independent from the will of the guide or the company (ex: unexpected closure of the top of the Eiffel Tower because of weather conditions). Our tours run rain or shine.
