Paris French Baking Experience - Bread/Croissant or Macaron Class
Overview
Join a French baking expert for a family-friendly hands-on class of your choice. Learn how to laminate dough, shape a baguette, and puff a croissant, or create, taste, and take home your own macarons.
What's Included
- Snacks Tastings of your creations along the way or to take home
- Personalised macarons to take away (Macaron Class only)
- Hands-on baking lesson
- Expert guide
- Gratuities
Meeting Location
25 Rue de Bretagne
75003 Paris, France
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Get hands on and learn authentic French baking techniques from an expert baker during these small-group insider experiences (max 8 guests) that are perfect for families. Choose from either a "Traditional Baking Class", or a "Make Your Own Macarons Class".
Traditional Baking Experience:
You’ll get hands-on experience preparing bread and croissant dough, learn fascinating facts about iconic French pastries, and gain the know-how to differentiate one baguette from another.
You’ll learn the difference between bread flours, yeast and sourdough, and baguette-shaping techniques.
And of course there will be tastings along the way to understand how flavour influences what you create.
Macaron Experience:
Discover the art of French pâtisserie with our immersive, small group macaron baking class perfect for families.
This hands-on experience invites you to learn the secrets behind crafting the perfect macaron.
Guided by a patisserie expert, you’ll mix, pipe, and bake your own macarons, customizing flavours and colours to your liking using the highest quality ingredients.
The experience concludes with a tasting session and a box of your personalized macarons to take home.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Children are allowed, but they must be accompanied by an adult. Kids under the age of 5 can join free of charge, but they won’t be able to participate in the hands-on baking experience due to safety concerns.
- This tour requires you to be able to stand for an extended period of time. It is 15 steps to the bakery on the 2nd floor with no elevator.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- Snacks. Tastings of your creations along the way or to take home.
- Personalised macarons to take away (Macaron Class only).
- Hands-on baking lesson.
- Expert guide.
- Gratuities.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Paris French Baking Experience - Bread/Croissant or Macaron Class is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Paris French Baking Experience – Bread/Croissant or Macaron Class will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- SnacksTastings of your creations along the way or to take home
- Personalised macarons to take away (Macaron Class only)
- Hands-on baking lesson
- Expert guide
- Gratuities
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Children are allowed, but they must be accompanied by an adult. Kids under the age of 5 can join free of charge, but they won’t be able to participate in the hands-on baking experience due to safety concerns.
- This tour requires you to be able to stand for an extended period of time. It is 15 steps to the bakery on the 2nd floor with no elevator.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
