Saint Germain, Jazz and Music
St Germain after the 2nd World War: the meeting place for artists, Jazz afro-american musicians and french songwriters, a place to have fun, listen to bebop and swing, freeing themselves from predetermined social codes.
On this tour we will visit the first underground bars where Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington once set foot. Along the way you will learn about French music icons like Serge Gainsbourg, Boris Vian and Juliette Gréco.
Highlights of the tour: St Germain Church, Place St Germain, Café de la Flore, Caves de St Germain, The Tabou, La Palette, Serge Gainsbourg’s private mansion, La passerelle des arts
Itinerary: The tour starts in front of the St Germain church, taking you through the streets of St Germain to finish back on the river Seine, at the Institute of France opposite to the Louvre museum.
Price: 40 € per person
Group price: 4 and more and the price is reduced to 30 € per person
Time: 2 hours
House of Serge Gainsbourg:
Café de Flore:
La Palette: Meeting Place of Picasso and Hemingway:
Oscar Wilde’s last days in Paris:
