Investigative tours of Paris - Open-air Murder Party Group activity

An open-air Murder Party in a Paris district!

Our investigative tour is aptly named. It's both a tour and an investigation, a sort of treasure hunt offering a cultural, educational and entertaining experience... But it's also a street show performed by incredible actors in costumes playing a number of characters from different eras!

Tuileries, Palais-Royal or Père Lachaise... Will you find the culprit?

Divided into teams, your colleagues will set off in search of clues and have to overcome a series of challenges.

1H45 to 2H of walking, discoveries, immersive theatre and puzzles to solve to discover the history (and stories) of the magical places and districts of Paris.

For up to 40 people.

THE WONDERFUL LEGEND OF THE TUILERIES

It all begins with the discovery of a mysterious herbarium in the cellars of the Musée du Jeu de Paume... Between the pages of this old notebook are many dried flowers, each rarer than the last, some even of completely forgotten varieties! But who does it belong to?

A date, a few scribbled words, a little deduction and that's it! This notebook belonged to the botanist Alphège Ganis, whose descendants, including the sparkling Rose Ganis, have sown a thousand wonders in the Tuileries.

Follow Rose through the alleys of the Tuileries Gardens! If you listen carefully, who knows? Maybe you'll come across the ghost of Charles Perrault, or witness the first hydrogen balloon flight, or confront the brigand Philidor le Balafré!

Course

For our investigative tour, we've chosen an exceptional setting, the likes of which Paris has so many... With its royal anecdotes, journey through the centuries and splendid sculptures, the Jardin des Tuileries is a landmark in Parisian history.

Language: French

Duration: 01H45

Meeting point: 4 place des Pyramides, 75001 Paris. At the foot of the Joan of Arc statue - Jardin des Tuileries

Metro: Pyramides station (Lines 7 and 14) and Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre (Lines 1 and 7)

THE PALAIS-ROYAL ENQUIRY

Paris, 1841. At the foot of the staircase leading to the private detective agency of the famous Eugène-Antoine Vidoqc, lies the lifeless body of the sultry Duchess Blanche de Condrie. Vidocq, suspected of the crime, is arrested by the police. He only has time to slip a mysterious coded message to his faithful "explorer" Lazare Minotti. Time is running out, and it is vital to find the real culprit in this murky affair and free Vidocq, whose revenge the police want.

You'll be leading the investigation alongside Lazare Minotti! From the splendid Galerie Vivienne to the gardens of the Palais-Royal, designated as "remarkable gardens", via the charming Place des Petits Pères... Clues are hidden everywhere!

Course

You will form teams of 3 to 5 people. Each team will receive an investigation booklet in which they will discover the route they have to take, and the clues they will try to find along the way.

Most of the solutions are revealed by monuments, street names or squares. Our actor will also be able to help you...

Language: French (also available in English)

Duration: approx. 1 hour 45 minutes

Meeting point: 17 rue de Beaujolais, 75002 Paris (in front of "Le Grand Vefour")

Metro: Bourse, line 3; Pyramides, line 14; Palais-Royal, Musée du Louvre, lines 1 and 7

L'ENQUÊTE DU PÈRE LACHAISE

Paris today. The legendary tranquillity of Paris's largest and most romantic cemetery is shattered by a terrible discovery!

The body of Lina Galrène, a young literature student accustomed to the shady alleys of Père Lachaise, is found lifeless on the grave of Jean de la Fontaine.

The superintendent is already on site and needs your help to investigate! The whole mystery seems to revolve around a book that kills, or is killed for...

Can you get to the bottom of this murky affair?

Procedure

For our investigation tour, we've chosen an exceptional setting, like so many Parisian cemeteries... With its majestic Gothic tombs, impressive Haussmannian vaults and melancholy antique-style mausoleums, the best-known Parisian cemetery is also an open-air museum...

Language: French

Duration: 2 hours

Meeting point: 54 rue des Rondeaux, 75020 Paris (Porte Gambetta, Père Lachaise cemetery)

Metro: Gambetta (Lines 3, 3 Bis)

Objectives :

Build a collective identity together

Involve everyone interactively

Visit Paris in a different way with a challenge

Spend a relaxing moment with colleagues

Good to know:

Please bring pens for the survey visits

Departure and arrival points cannot be changed

There are no cloakrooms available for participants

We do not (yet!) have a partner restaurant/bar close to your visit