Women-focused tours
Paris is a dazzling city full of history, where women, who often played a prominent part in it, were forgotten. Very few streets remind us of their essential role (less than 4%) and very few statues testify to their importance in the past.
Let's talk about lesser-told stories of inspirational women. A guided tour features the female's role during the French Revolution. Discover the captivating women of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, the Marais, Montmartre, Versailles or in the golden triangle (tour called Luxury and Sensuality). Check the following sections, for more gender-balanced tours
This is one of the reasons why we decided to create women-focused tours.
In the footsteps of Josephine Baker
For anyone interested in learning more about this extraordinary American woman, this tour will follow in her footsteps in different neighborhoods of Paris
Independant women of saint-germain-des-près
Several famous women have lived in this neighborhood, including George Sand, Simone de Beauvoir, Juliette Gréco, Sylvia Beach and the Revolutionary Olympe de Gouges. We invite you to discover them, as well as others, sometimes less famous, but just as interesting.
Women of the French Revolution
Women played a crucial role during the French Revolution, but unfortunately, they are rarely mentioned in history books. Consequently, we are only now beginning to rediscover them. Yet Olympe de Gouges, the Revolution's icon, is now considered one of the first French feminists. This visit will therefore allow you to become acquainted with the key female figures of our past.
Female icons in Montparnasse cemetery
Follow in the footsteps of famous women buried in Montparnasse Cemetery on this unique tour. You'll discover the graves of authors, feminists like Simone de Beauvoir, actresses including the American actress Jean Seberg, aviatrices, nuns, and more.
Women of the Marais
Tour about women who lived in this prestigious aristocratic quarter. Queens such as Margot and Catherine of Medici, courtisans, writers like Madame de Sévigné.
Luxury and Pleasure
The Golden Triangle is the name given to a part of Paris bordered by three major avenues: the Champs-Élysées, George V, and Montaigne. It's an area world-renowned for its luxury shops, but it's also where extraordinary women lived, whom we'd like to introduce you to, such as the Countess de la Païva, Mata Hari, Josephine Baker, and many others.
Women of the opera Garnier
A tour related with great female figures of the opera house, including divas like Maria Callas, ballerinas, workers, prestigious guests, and opera's characters.
The women of Montmartre
Whether they were muses, models, singers, nuns, or revolutionaries, a plethora of women are linked to this artistic district of Paris. Such as Suzanne Valadon, La Goulue, Dalida, or Louise Michel.
Famous women of the Latin Quarter
Famous women of the Latin Quarter are part of this tour, especially around the Pantheon, where six of them were buried, like Simone Veil and Josephine Baker.
Marie Antoinette guided tour
Follow in the footsteps of Marie Antoinette, beginning at Versailles with a visit to her apartments in the palace, followed by the Petit Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet. Then continue to Paris with a tour of the Conciergerie, the Place de la Concorde, and the Tuileries Gardens, and finally the Chapelle Expiatoire. Conclude your journey with an exploration of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, her final resting place.
Pere Lachaise cemetary : The Female Perspective
Figures such as Colette, Edith Piaf, Sarah Bernhardt, Gertrude Stein, and many others are buried in Père-Lachaise Cemetery. Let us discover these women—whether famous or little-known. And discover some incredible heroins.
Artists and libertines of the covered passages
The world of theater is rich in fascinating female figures—such as actresses and women of the stage like Rachel, Sarah Bernhardt, and La Montansier—as well as women writers like Colette and many others.
The female prisoners of the Conciergerie
From the early queens of France who resided here to the women imprisoned within its walls at various times—and especially during the French Revolution—the Conciergerie is a fascinating place to discover.
Female artists at the Louvre
Come and admire talented women painters in the Sully wing, such as Mme Vigée Lebrun, Mme Labille-Guiard or Angelica Kauffmann.
Female artists and models at the Musee d'Orsay
We invite you to focus on the museum’s female painters—including Berthe Morisot, Rosa Bonheur, Eva Gonzalès, and Mary Cassatt—as well as the women who served as muses and models for painters. Discover, for instance, the stories of Suzanne Valadon, Camille Doncieux, Aline Charigot, Victorine Meurent, and Hortense Fiquet.
Exceptional Women of the Pantheon
The Pantheon is dedicated to the nation's great men, yet a few women—such as Josephine Baker and Marie Curie—are also honored there. Wall frescoes also reveal other prominent women linked to the history of Paris, such as Joan of Arc and Saint Genevieve.
Queens and favorites of Versailless
Discover the famous women of Versailles—queens or mistresses, princesses or ladies of the court—such as Madame de Pompadour, Marie-Antoinette, Madame de Maintenon, Madame du Barry, and more.
Several links related to famous French women
- 10 women who changed French History
- Who are the five influential women honoured in Paris’s Panthéon ?
- How many of these famous French women have your heard of ?
- Women in the French Revolution : from the Salons to the streets.
- Marie-Antoinette, château de Versailles.
- Some great French female writers to discover.
- Josephine Baker and the chateau des Milandes.
My favorite tours
Join me on one of my favourite guided tours. Go back in time to put yourself in the shoes of a Parisian woman during the French Revolution or visit the Marais quarter to discover amazing female ladies.
Learn much more about Marie-Antoinette following in her footsteps at Versailles. Then continue the journey in Paris to see where she lived, was imprisoned and executed and where she was eventually buried.
Or visit in the outskirts of Paris, la Malmaison, the splendid house where Napoleon and Josephine resided during the Consulate.
