Explore Black Paris of Yesterday & Today
Notre-Dame Cathedral
"All of my life I had been full of a hunger for a new way to live."
Richard Wright.
Welcome to Walking The Spirit Tours - the most indepth and entertaining series of year-round tours of Black Paris. We will accompany you through 200 years to relive the challenges and victories experienced by African-Americans and Africans as they recreated a life in the French capital.
You will stand in the same doorway James Baldwin crossed, browse the market the Beboppers shopped, and visit the bistro where artist Beauford Delaney sipped coffee. You'll also get to peek in the cafe where Richard Wright jotted his notes, study the landscape that inspired Lois Mailou Jones' paintings, stand beneath the marquee where the Harlem Hellfighters first jazzed up Paris, and stroll Josephine's and Bricktop's neighborhood.
Walk or Bus
Our Latin Quarter, Lower Montmartre and Little Africa tours are best done walking. You'll gain a real feel and intimate knowledge of each of these unique neighborhoods. But if time or energy is short, take in the full picture on our comprehensive mini or full-size bus tour, suitable for families and groups of all sizes. Or combine both, the choice is yours.
We Know Our Stuff
Our tour guides know their history and as Paris residents, they know Paris. They're passionate and, above all, entertaining storytellers ready to share what it's like to live in Paris then and now. You'll get warm and insightful accompaniment that self-guided tours lack.
No time to research? Then engage our expertise in your itinerary planning. Whether it's for one day or five, for groups or individuals, we will help you make the best of your time in Paris and beyond.
Paris is full of must-see sites and sharing its black presence with you is our number #1 goal.
We're looking forward to this journey with you!
We are the Soul of Paris!
That's what BlackAtlas.com has crowned us.
Read the feature interview here.
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Mark this on your calendar!
France Noire/Black France Film Festival
May 21-23 at the Forum des Images
in Les Halles area. Euzhan Palcy is guest of honor, but also Paris premiere of
'Harlem in Montmartre' doc by Dante James.
Great iconic films of Black French experience.
Check festival website
Organized by the unflappable Trica Keaton
Arlette Frund & Co.
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Black Paris & Beyond!
We'll show you Paris in Black and every color besides.
Walking The Spirit Tours shines unexpected twinkle on the traditional highlights. We'll show you secrets you won't find in guidebooks.
Let us plan your very affordable itinerary of any length!
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Read our latest blog:
>We're saying goodbye to the legendary
Chez Haynes restaurant. Relive the memories and great photos.
>Say "You Go,Girl!" to the latest Black literary prize winner in Paris.
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We'll bring our Black history to you!
Let us liven up a classroom, lecture series or special event with our lively 2-hour audio-visual presentation: The Truth Behind the Black American Experience in Paris.
Contact us
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