Gary Lee Kraut
Gary Lee Kraut is the editor of France Revisited and an award-winning travel writer. As a long-time specialist on travel and touring in France, he has become the go-to contact for individual travelers and travel agents seeking personalized travel advice and customized tours in Paris and throughout France. See the About the Editor tab at the top of this page for his complete bio.
The Must-Have Pass for Those with a Passion for Historical Monuments
The 45€ Passion Monuments pass gives unlimited access for one year to 80 monuments in France--a must-have for monument-minded residents (and travelers on an extended stay?) that will likely pay for itself many times over.
VoiceMap Tour: The Tuileries Garden, from the Louvre to Place de la Concorde
Talk a walk through the Tuileries, Paris's most historic garden, with Gary Lee Kraut. A royal walk, an imperial walk, a people's walk. But beware: drama lurks within its geometry.
Baby Liberty Goes Abroad (Video)
Baby Liberty, the 9.3-foot, 1/16-size little sister of the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, left her childhood home in the courtyard in front of France's National Museum of Technology, the Musée des Arts et Métiers, in Paris, on June 7 to embark on a journey to the United States.
Bourgogne: A Burgundy by Any Other Name Would Be Just as Terroir
The Burgundy-minded Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) requests that we refer to the wines produced in the Burgundy region as Bourgogne wines. I'm willing to give it a try, but...
The Mona Lisa of the Champs-Elysées (How Le Cat Killed Curiosity)
Paris seeks herd immunity against curiosity by installing 20 monumentally insipid bronzes of Philippe Geluck's Le Chat on the Champs-Elysees.
The Stuffed Animal Assisted Living Facility
Sadly, we aren't allowed to visit our loved ones in the stuffed animal assisted living facilities in France during the pandemic. We can only smile and wave through the window.
Gary Goes To Church in Paris, and So Should You (Video)
Parisians aren't known for their religious fervor, yet many go to church, and with good reason: the art, the architecture, the music, and because the most of more notable churches belong to the City of Paris.
On Winter Solstice Night (Includes Audio)
A solstice night tale of darkness poetry and wonder in Paris. Sometimes, late in the evening, I’d look out the window and see him sitting on his stool just beyond the edge of the awning, in the light of the streetlamp, writing in a notebook.
VoiceMap Tour: The Luxembourg Garden, Paris’s Most Elegant Park
The Luxembourg Garden is far more than Paris’s prettiest park—it’s a way of life. You enter as a visitor within its gold-tipped fencing, then soon find yourself a full-fledged participant in the lifestyle of the Left Bank. Join us for a stroll in the park with a VoiceMap audio tour.