Shop Paris like a Local: Unique French Handcrafted Products
Overview
Are you looking to buy some unique gifts for your family, friends & loved ones? Let me show you some of the best insider addresses for a unique shopping experience in Paris. You won't come away empty-handed! This is your chance to experience Paris shopping at its best - the locations known only to Parisians - and the opportunity to experience what makes Paris so unique.
Two perfumeries are included - a unique shop offering vintage fragrances & one with scents designed by France's first female "nose". Next we'll visit an antique tea shop (dating from 1692). We then visit a shop that sells hand-crafted handbags made in France - very affordably priced. A traditional stationery store is optional.
Food options include a chocolate shop where East meets West with fusion style treats; a boutique selling honeys from around the world & one of the city's best cheesemakers.
For men there is a shop selling hand-crafted leather belts made to order & unique engraved pen-knives.
What's Included
- Small group tour
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Transportation to/from attractions
Meeting Location
99 Rue Saint-Antoine
75004 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
This is a unique shopping experience located in the trendy Marais shopping district. You will visit small, offbeat boutiques which offer handmade, artisanal products that you won't find elsewhere. For example, an antique shop (dating from 1692) offering over 200 varieties of designer teas. Or a French "nose", a perfume specialist, who sells vintage fragrances from the 1930s & 40s (including one designed for Princess Grace of Monaco).
You will taste fusion chocolates in a Japanese sweet shop, visit one of the city's most gifted cheese makers, see gorgeous French pastries that are as beautiful on the eye as they are on the tongue, and sample honies from around the world. Men will enjoy the workshop of an Italian leather craftsman who custom designs belts right in the store, or an artisan who customizes pen-knives with unique tattoo-like engravings. You will try on designer handbags, made in France, whose very reasonable prices start at 90€ (yes, you read that right)!
Along the way, we will experience the charms of this lovely neighbourhood, with its baroque mansions & vest pocket parks.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Minimum of 2 people for this tour to operate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
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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).
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- Food and drinks.
- Gratuities.
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Shop Paris like a Local: Unique French Handcrafted Products is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Oct 2026What's Included
- Small group tour
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Minimum of 2 people for this tour to operate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
