Your unique trek through the darkest hours of French history begins on Ile-de-la-Cité. With its frightening gargoyles, extraordinary bell towers, and concealed messages from the ancient alchemists, Notre Dame Cathedral is where the most intriguing stories arose. At La Conciergerie, an infamous medieval prison, you’ll hear about France’s most infamous prisoners, such as Marie Antoinette, and the gruesome details of their public execution. Next door at Pont Neuf you’ll enter a world of famine, murder, royal mistresses, and the dark legend of the Knights Templar—one filled with curses, lost treasure…and the Holy Grail.
The Seine River banks also hold a fair share of Paris’s murky stories back in the days were death was just part of everyday life. Steps away, in the courtyards of the Louvre you’ll hear some of the royal palace’s most sordid anecdotes as you take in unparalleled views of its mysterious illuminated glass pyramid. Your guide will then fascinate you with some classic Parisian ghost stories and the tale of the most ghastly serial killer you’re never heard of.
We’ll take you down the very streets where Kings and Queens of France were murdered or taken down to be guillotined. From there you’ll visit sites linked to public tortures & death-predicting prophecies and the insalubrious medieval cemetery that offered its skeletal remains to the ghoulish Catacombs of Paris.
You’ll conclude your bone-chilling night-time journey in front of the Hotel de Ville where took place - probably very unfair - mass public executions. With any luck you’ll unlock a few of its mystical secrets and continue your own quest through the dark side of Paris!
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