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Paris: Small Group Flea Market Insider's Tour

4.7  / 540 reviews
Activity provider:Discover Walks
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Guided tour
Paris: Small Group Flea Market Insider's Tour
Activity provider:Discover Walks
4.7  / 540 reviews
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Search for treasures and bargains at the Paris Antiques Market, with the help of an insider guide. Rummage through clothing, jewelry, watches, and more at the world's largest flea market.

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Duration 1.5 hours
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Live tour guide
English

Experience

Itinerary

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    Starting location:

    McDonald's

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    Saint-Ouen

    Visit, Guided tour, Shopping (30 minutes)

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    Traditional village

    Guided tour, Shopping (20 minutes)

Main stop

For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change.

Highlights

  • Uncover the mysteries of the biggest flea market in the world, and get insider tips about the best bargain buys
  • Discover hidden treasures at the Saint-Ouen Flea Market
  • Learn to negotiate for bargains Parisian-style
  • Find everything from pirate's pearls to haute couture among more than 2,500 stalls

Full description

From pirates' pearls to haute couture dresses, the world's largest flea market awaits you on this small-group tour with an insider guide. With more than 2,500 stalls, the Paris Flea Market of Saint-Ouen is laden with hidden treasure – but knowing how to navigate it can be a little daunting for a novice. For a period of 90 minutes, and up to 2 hours, your guide will show you how to recognize the best artifacts and find unique, good-quality treasure at the best price. Your guide will show you how it all works and where to hunt for the items that beg you to take them home. You will learn to identify quality versus garbage, and how to negotiate, Parisian-style! You will also get a little lesson in flea market culture and be able to chats with local shop owners. Find everything from antique weapons to Paris memorabilia on this introductory tour that gives you a much better sense of the city-within-a-city, preparing you to raid the market for that perfect piece!

Includes

  • Expert guide for 90 minutes to 2 hours

Not suitable for

  • Wheelchair users

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Participants

Date

Meeting point

Outside the Métro Porte de Clignancourt (Line 4) at street level outside McDonald's at 10:45 AM. Your guide will be wearing a pink vest.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

  • Luggage or large bags

Know before you go

  • The market is not wheelchair accessible
  • Please note that this tour runs rain or shine

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5

based on 40 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    5/5
  • Value for money
    4.5/5
  • Service
    4.7/5
  • Organization
    4.7/5

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Pola January 26, 2022  – Verified booking
By far my favorite tour by an amazing, knowledgeable and extremely friendly tour guide Tobias! Trying to get through that market would’ve been impossible, and there’s a lot of pitfalls before you get there not to mention that it is huge, bigger than any market I’ve ever seen. So finding out what the layout is and the best way to go about it and how you interact with people was key! Tobias is well informed, experienced and insightful. He makes this about your wants for shopping and anticipates your needs. I doubt a better tour guide can be found! I highly recommend him! You will not be disappointed.
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Georgine March 26, 2017  – Verified booking
I got a top notch tour of Marche de Puces. Saw what was important for future return trips and checked off one more "bucket list" item. Florant, our guide, was clear and concise. He covered what seemed to me a very large amount of territory in only 2 hours and addressed all the needs of the participants. At the close of the tour I was able to comfortably return to the areas that were important to me and get back to our initial meeting place comfortably. Thanks Florant for sharing your special native knowledge.
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GetYourGuide traveler – United StatesApril 29, 2024  – Verified booking
The tour was great! I do feel as if it was a little rushed. I appreciated the guide wanting to walk us through all of the markets and giving us the lay of the land - but it did make it feel awkward when you wanted to explore an area more but felt like you needed to move on. Would have preferred either a tour to each market with free time at each one, or a quicker walking tour through the whole market so we would have had energy at the end to go back to stalls/vendors - it felt too long and somehow also too rushed how it was set up. HOWEVER, we never would have been able to navigate to it or through it on our own. It was also very informative and insightful. All in all I would recommend this tour but would want folks to level set what sort of experience they might have!
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