Madeline Walking Tour Paris | StoryStride: Walking Tours

Pooh-Pooh to the Tiger

When the tiger in the zoo frightens everyone else, Madeline just says "Pooh-pooh," and the historic Ménagerie here is the likely setting.

In an Old House in Paris

Bemelmans bought a crumbling house on this street in 1953 and described it in words that echo Madeline's famous opening line: "an old house covered partly with vine."

In Rain or Shine

Bemelmans drew Miss Clavel and the girls walking past Notre-Dame in the rain, clutching tiny black umbrellas against enormous raindrops.

Into the Seine

In Madeline's Rescue, Madeline balances on a bridge railing and tumbles into the Seine, and Bemelmans' original drawing of the scene shows the Pont Neuf.

Two Straight Lines in the Garden

The Jardin du Luxembourg is one of the real Paris landmarks that Bemelmans drew along the girls' walks in the first Madeline book.

The Golden Dome

The gilded dome of Les Invalides is one of the landmarks Bemelmans drew in the first Madeline book.

From the Tuileries to the Concorde

The Tuileries, the first royal garden in Paris to open to the public, is one of the landmarks Bemelmans drew along the girls' daily walks.

Place Vendôme

Bemelmans drew the twelve little girls' Paris around landmarks like the Place Vendôme, where the composer Frédéric Chopin died in 1849.

A Night at the Opéra

Bemelmans drew the Paris Opéra in the first Madeline book, and when the empress asked its architect what style it was, he is said to have answered simply, "Napoleon III."

Madeline Walking Tour
Paris

Every Stop Has a Story

Pooh-Pooh to the Tiger

In an Old House in Paris

In Rain or Shine

Into the Seine

Two Straight Lines in the Garden

The Golden Dome

From the Tuileries to the Concorde

Place Vendôme

A Night at the Opéra

Ready to live the story?

Madeline Walking TourParis

Every Stop Has a Story

Pooh-Pooh to the Tiger

In an Old House in Paris

In Rain or Shine

Into the Seine

Two Straight Lines in the Garden

The Golden Dome

From the Tuileries to the Concorde

Place Vendôme

A Night at the Opéra

Ready to live the story?

Madeline Walking Tour
Paris