"Heart of Paris" - walking tour of the islands of Cité and Saint-Louis

The curse of the Templars, the “Henry IV sandwich”, the adventures of Commissioner Maigret and of course Notre Dame Cathedral – “Notre Dame de Paris” – all this is at the heart of the history of Paris – the island of Cité and its surroundings.

The tour begins with the oldest bridge in Paris, called paradoxically - "New Bridge" - Pont Neuf.

Well, if you consider that in 1608 it was completely new and even “innovative”, then of course the name is justified!

Having told you old and old fairy tales of the “old-new” bridge, I will invite you to go down under it, where we will see an unusual sign telling you that the island of Ver Gallan was the place of burning of the Templar master Jacques de Mollet. Here we delve into the strange history of the Templars, their curse and its coincidence with the history of the Kingdom of France in Druon’s novel The Cursed Kings!

We will walk through the romantic Dauphin Square, where a lot of very cute Parisian cafes in the style in which they are loved by Parisians. I will tell you the story of the Medici, the Palace of Parvosudius, we will walk along the embankment of the Clock to Notre Dame Cathedral, looking along the way at the Chapel of St. Louis and the Medieval Palace of the Conciergerie, where many famous personalities like Queen Marie Antoinette spent their last days before the guilton.

We will come to the “old” Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral) and there I will tell you its secrets and secrets.

But, if you are not tired, then we will go to another very interesting island of Saint-Louis, the island of mysterious mansions of the XVII century, where there are their own historical legends and of course funny and wonderful restaurants, in which you can eat from the heart, as once “eating” the ancestors of the French – the Gauls, and they loved to eat well, believe me!