Pépin · Louvre · Families
A private tour changes everything. No shared group, no rushing, no bored children. Just your family, a passionate guide, and the world's greatest museum — at your pace.
Visiting the Louvre with children in a group tour is a gamble. The pace is fixed, the stops are predetermined, and a child who wants to spend ten more minutes in front of a mummy is a problem. A private tour removes all of that.
With Pépin, the tour is yours entirely. If your children are fascinated by Egyptian hieroglyphics, we stay. If they want to know why so many statues don't wear clothes, we take the time to explain. The guide adapts to what captures their imagination — not the other way around.
What private means in practice
Our guides have extensive experience with families of all configurations — young children, teenagers, mixed-age groups. The approach is always the same: educational and friendly. History should feel alive, visual, and relevant — never like a lesson.
We use stories, comparisons, and questions to engage children rather than lecture them. A sphinx becomes a riddle. A Greek vase becomes a comic strip, with heroes, monsters, and gods frozen mid-adventure. The Coronation of Napoleon becomes a game of who's who and spot the intruder. Children often remember these tours for years.
"History should be alive, accessible, and fun — for all ages, all backgrounds, all curiosities."
When you enquire, we discuss the right theme for your family — Egypt, ancient civilisations, the Louvre highlights, or something else entirely. Choosing a theme in advance is important: it allows us to confirm that the relevant galleries will be open on your chosen date, and to prepare the visit properly.
Once the theme is set, the rest is flexible. Your guide builds the experience around your children on the day — adapting the stories, the pace, and the stopping points to what captures their imagination. If the children are fascinated by a mummy, we stay. If a painting sparks an unexpected question, we follow it.
On the day, the guide reads the room. This is the difference between a prepared tour and a rigid one: the theme gives us a framework, and the children give us the direction.
What to mention when you enquire
The rest, we take care of.