Paris at its best !

Arrival at Paris CDG Airport. Greeting and transfer by private car to your hotel.

First look at Paris with your own private guide and discover Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower…          

Depending of your arrival time, you will be able to have a first look at Paris with your own private guide to discover the best of Paris with a driving tour. As a resident and historian, your guide will show, describe and explain the backgrounds of the major monuments of the central districts of Paris:

• The City Island: heart of Paris

• The Left bank: the intellectual Latin Quarter, the artistic Montparnasse and Saint Germain des Près.

• The Right bank: the bank of business and politics with the trendy Marais, the hilly Montmartre, The Louvre, the brightful Great boulevards and their astonishing department stores.

End the tour with a nice stroll in Jardin des Tuileries, one of the most beautiful park in Paris!

Dinner at leisure near your hotel.

Overnight at your 4****boutique hotel in Paris.

Breakfast at your hotel.

This morning, meet with your guide to experience Paris through its rich cultural heritage, but also through its living culture. Get ready to have your eyes and palates delighted with many subtle flavors and amazing mixture! 

This gourmet walking tour in St Germain- des- Pres is a delightful mix between food creation   of famous “Chefs” (awarded “Meilleur Ouvrier de France”) and French regional refined specialties: chocolate, macaroons, caramel beurre salé, subtle “pâtes à tartiner”, cheese, flavored olive oil, truffled salt…Experience this special real food tour in Paris by tasting many products, visiting various gourmet places, open air or indoor market and meeting passionate shop-owners and discussing gastronomy. 

Lunch (if you are still hungry!) at leisure.

Continuation of the visit after lunch with your guide, discover the Marais district and visit the Opera House (Palais Garnier).

Dinner cruise on the Seine.

Discover Paris and its magnificent monuments during a cruise on the river Seine. From the water you will be able to see the bridges and monuments of Paris as you could never hope to see them from land.

Overnight at your 4**** boutique hotel in Paris.

Breakfast at your hotel.

This morning, discover the famous LOUVRE Museum with your guide.

The Louvre Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world, and almost certainly the most famous. As seen through its exhibits the Louvre has a long history that extends from the Capetian dynasty until today. There are more than 300,000 works of art, including near Eastern antiquities, Egyptian antiquities, Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities and continuing through to 21st century painting and sculptures.

Lunch  and afternoon at leisure.   

Option: Guided visit of Rivoli Arcades, the Palais Royal and Place Vendome.

Dinner at a historic restaurant in the beautiful Gare de Lyon.  

Overnight at your 4**** boutique hotel in Paris.

Breakfast at your hotel.

This morning private transfer with your guide to Versailles to visit Louis XVI’s opulent palace. 

Listed for the past 30 years as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Palace of Versailles constitutes one of the finest achievements of French art of the 17th century. The former hunting lodge of Louis XIII was transformed and extended by his son Louis XIV who installed here the Court and the government of France in 1682. You will not miss the Hall of Mirrors, the best know room in Versailles, the clock room and the Grands Apartments .

Return to Paris.

Lunch at leisure.

This afternoon meet your guide to visit and climb the Eiffel Tower!

Dinner at leisure.

Overnight at your 4**** boutique hotel in Paris.

Breakfast at your hotel. 

This  morning, discover  the ORSAY Museum! 

The Musee d'Orsay is one of the world's richest and most exciting museums. Housed in the train station building, constructed by Victor Laloux for the 1900 World Fair, the Orsay is a national museum devoted to all the arts between 1848-1914.  Its permanent collection houses countless great works by masters of early modern and impressionist art, including Matisse, Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, and Rodin. The museum also curates several major temporary exhibits throughout the year.

Lunch at leisure in Montmartre.

Then visit of Montmartre, and the Sacré Coeur .

Dinner at leisure

Overnight at your 4**** boutique hotel in Paris.

Breakfast at your hotel.

This morning meet with an English-speaking Chef who will bring you for a nice stroll in a local food stalls market and then give you a fun & informative cooking class before you sample your homemade 3-course lunch in a very Parisian stylish apartment!

You will learn how to select top quality products from the market and meet local merchants like cheesemonger, fishmonger, butcher etc. Back to the apartment with all the groceries, you will cook for around 2 hours with the Chef from start to finish a starter, main course, and dessert.

After learning the basics and the Chef's cooking tips, you will be able to enjoy the result of your work in a 1-hour lunch at the apartment with the Chef and a glass of Champagne. This is a wonderful way to experience Paris in an unique way, far from the crowds, on a central subject of its culture & lifestyle: Food!

Afternoon at leisure.

Option: discover on your own the marvelous Musée de l’Orangerie (audio-guide),

Small museum focused on the Impressionists and in particular Monet’s famous painting of the Waterlilies which are displayed as Monet intended them to be seen - in a figure 8 (infinity) shaped room, with natural light streaming in from the sky.

Dinner at leisure.

Overnight at your 4**** boutique hotel in Paris.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Departure for Giverny with your private car and guide for a visit of the town and Monet’s house and garden.

Monet’s House: it's one thing to see the works of art in a museum. It's an entirely different thing to walk in the steps of the artist, and imagine him sitting precisely where we are sitting, admiring the scene before him, and recreating this beauty on canvas. Few places in the world can boast offering this experience - the Monet Gardens in Giverny are one of them. It’s really interesting to visit the workshop and house of Monet - did you know that he was such an admirer of Impressionism, he covered his bedroom walls with works of Cézanne, Renoir and Manet? And of course, one of the most famous scenes of the history of his art: the water lilies pond!

Return to Paris.

Lunch and afternoon at leisure.

Dinner and show at Le Moulin Rouge.

Le Moulin Rouge is certainly the most famous cabaret of the World. Since Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, at the beginning of the twentieth century, le Moulin Rouge is one of the legendary monuments of Paris. Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, Ginger Rogers, Lisa Minnelli, Frank Sinatra are one of the world famous stars who performed at Le Moulin Rouge. Experience the "Féerie" performance, an incredible show with many artists such as the Doriss Girls that will captivate you with French Cancan.

Overnight at your 4**** boutique hotel in Paris.