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Who are we ?

France Tourisme is the result of 20 years of creativity and dynamism at the service of one simple idea; the desire to create a promising brand recognized in the development of French tourism, driven by our creator, Ghislain de Richecour.

Formed and educated at ESSEC and after a brilliant career in banking and finance, at just only 30 years old, Ghislain de Richecour decides to embark on the development of tourism and excursions made in France. He wishes to share with all his passion for our French heritage and our culture but offering the best conditions of travel and the best prices.

FRANCE TOURISME is established during a hot month of June in 1999, and becomes in just a few years the reference mark on the Parisian and French tourism market. 20 years later, our group has grown to a rich and multilingual team of high-performing professionals and has an extensive range of services and the most competitive prices. France Tourisme is today a recognized know-how and french savoir-faire.

France Tourisme is a major player in French tourism, through two complementary activities:

- The creation and distribution of touristic products
- The visit organization and discovery of Paris and France

Our goal is to federate different actors sharing the same ambition around the same values in Parisian receptive tourism. Ghislain de Richecour.

A professional team of French passionates at your service

Our teams are composed of real specialists of tourism in France. We accompany you in the composition of experiences and tourist discoveries to enjoy during your stay in France and Paris.
We work with our own multilingual guides that perfectly master our destinations and most remarkable places.
All of our partners have been rigorously selected; they are systematically and regularly checked.

We welcome you in our 3 agencies located in the heart of Paris 7 days 7 from 7:00 to 21:30:
Louvre, Opera and Notre Dame. See our Agencies. (link to page Agencies to create on tab)

Louvre Agency (Departures)

6 rue Amiral de Coligny, 75001 Paris
+33 (0)1 53 10 35 35

Notre Dame Agency

33 quai des grands Augustins, 75006 Paris
+33 (0)1 53 10 35 36

Opéra Agency

5 Avenue de l’Opéra, 75001 Paris
+33 (0)1 42 96 07 97

Our tourist consultants will study with you your project and offer you a tailor-made service. We are committed to responding by e-mail to any request: FREE AND UNDER 24H.

For our group visitors (companies, associations, ...) we also provide tailor-made events and the organization services to discover Paris and our most prestigious sites in France through: excursions, guided tours, and very Parisian evenings. (seminars, receptions, dinner cruises ...); we also offer cars and minibus rental services.

Louvre Agency (Departures)
Agence Notre Dame
Agence Opéra

20 Years of experience

250 Discoveries to visit

3 Agencies in the heart of Paris

Our vision

Enjoy our experience and knowledge to optimize your stay, and thus discover otherwise Paris, France and our heritage: our castles, our must-see places, our gastronomy, our wines, our rich history and culture ...

Our discoveries range from the essential (Eiffel Tower, Palace of Versailles, ...) to a full range of guided walking tours (Louvre, Montmartre, ...) in small groups and without forgetting the countless possibilities of the eternal Paris by night. We wish to offer our customers a quality tourism, to bring them closer to the French people and to create a richer experience of France through our excursions. As the 1st integrated receptive agency in Paris, it's important for us to create a real desire to discover our culture, our savoir-faire and our country.

Our commitment

We feel we have the responsibility to help and support our French heritage. France Tourisme has long been involved as a sponsor to the Château de Versailles. Choosing to be a sponsor is not only joining the coalition of passionates who invest in this great common project that is Versailles, but also to forge a lasting link with this exceptional domain and share the pride of contributing to preserve it.

France Tourisme undertakes humanitarian work with Espérance Banlieues. We have chosen to act in the field of education by supporting the development of quality schools in the heart of difficult neighborhoods and to give students the means for success, self-esteem and the desire to love their country.

Towards the future

As first player and historical leader of digital tourism in Paris and France (web and social networks development, e-tickets, ...) France Tourisme is moving forward with great passion and making every effort to reduce its carbon footprint and CO2 combustion; less individual transport, a more upscale offer in groups and organized excursions, always in respect of our sites and our heritage. We believe, the tourism of the future is now!