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This suggested program is ideal for the intellectually curious first-time visitor to Paris. While not a complete immersion in Paris, it does allow you to experience the highlights of Paris and enough free time to create your own personal Paris.
​Have lunch at the Eiffel tower, explore the Orsay with a knowledgeable guide, shop in a local food market and create a typical Parisian lunch. Head to the outskirts and visit the Palace of Versailles, take in dinner and a show at the Moulin Rouge and enjoy a romantic dinner cruise as a finale. We will work with you to suggest the perfect restaurants to supplement your daytime experiences so you can relax and enjoy the trip that you created.
This suggested program is ideal for the intellectually curious first-time visitor to Paris. While not a complete immersion in Paris, it does allow you to experience the highlights of Paris and enough free time to create your own personal Paris.
​Have lunch at the Eiffel tower, explore the Orsay with a knowledgeable guide, shop in a local food market and create a typical Parisian lunch. Head to the outskirts and visit the Palace of Versailles, take in dinner and a show at the Moulin Rouge and enjoy a romantic dinner cruise as a finale. We will work with you to suggest the perfect restaurants to supplement your daytime experiences so you can relax and enjoy the trip that you created.
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Explore: The essence of paris
Customizable Itinerary - 9 Days (from $3,396 per person)
Day 1: Depart USA
This evening you board your aircraft for the overnight flight to Paris, the City of Lights and the start of your Custom Parisian Holiday.
Day 2: Bienvenue a Paris
Upon arrival in Paris you will be met by one of our drivers and taken to your hotel where the rest of the day is left open to let you unwind and perhaps take time to visit one of Paris’ many parks. We will provide a list of recommended restaurants in various parts of the city or you can ask the concierge.
Day 3: Lunch at the Eiffel Tower
In the morning you will be picked up at your hotel for a tour of the highlights of Paris including the Champs Elysees, Opera Garnier, Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre and the Trocadero. Enjoy lunch at the first level of the Eiffel tower before returning to your hotel.
Breakfast and Lunch
Day 4: Art Treasures of Paris
Paris is known for its variety and quantity of art galleries from the L’Orangerie to the Pompidou. Given time constraints, we suggest focusing on two with your knowledgeable guide. Start with the Louvre not only for its art inside but the architecture outside. The museum is vast so your guide will concentrate on well-known pieces including the Venus De Milo, “The Coronation of Napoleon” by Jean-Louis David and, of course, the Mona Lisa. You will then take a scenic walk that includes crossing the Seine on a bridge and reaching the Musee d’Orsay which is dedicated to art from 1848 to 1918 which covers the Impressionist and post –impressionist painters. You will admire works by Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet, Sisley and Manet among others.
Breakfast
Day 5: From Market to Table
Today you will meet your chef/instructor at the food market. The location varies by day since the market changes neighborhoods daily. You will select ingredients to make lunch along with bread, cheese and wine and move to the kitchen where you blend all the ingredients to create a three course meal which you enjoy as lunch.
Breakfast and Lunch
Day 6: An Evening at the Moulin Rouge
We have left the day open for you to explore Paris on your own. You might choose to return to the Opera area or visit Le Marais or Ile St. Louis, the choice is yours. In the evening, premier seats have been reserved for dinner and a show at the Moulin Rouge where you enjoy champagne, a delicious meal, a colorful show and, of course, the Can-Can; like the building, unchanged since the days of Toulouse Lautrec and his contemporaries.
Breakfast and Dinner
Day 7: Versailles Palace and Gardens
We have left the morning open to let you recoup from the Moulin Rouge. In the early afternoon you will be picked up and taken to the suburbs of Paris and the Palace of Versailles. You will get fast access into the palace and visit the private rooms of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette along with the Hall of Mirrors. You then take a stroll through the gardens with their fountains and statues.
Breakfast
Day 8: An Elegant Finale
A free day to allow you to finish your last minute shopping with one more visit to Galeries Lafayette or Printemps. One last chance to walk through the Luxembourg Gardens, Jardin des Tuileries or the Bois du Boulogne. In the evening you board an elegant boat on the Seine where premier seats are reserved for dinner with Champagne and wine. As a live music fills the ship you re-visit many of the sights from the past week including the Eiffel Tower, the Orsay and the Louvre but this time they are illuminated as you would expect from the city of lights.
Breakfast and Dinner
Day 9: Return to USA
After breakfast, your driver will be waiting to take you to the airport for the return flight to the USA where you arrive back the same afternoon.
Breakfast
This evening you board your aircraft for the overnight flight to Paris, the City of Lights and the start of your Custom Parisian Holiday.
Day 2: Bienvenue a Paris
Upon arrival in Paris you will be met by one of our drivers and taken to your hotel where the rest of the day is left open to let you unwind and perhaps take time to visit one of Paris’ many parks. We will provide a list of recommended restaurants in various parts of the city or you can ask the concierge.
Day 3: Lunch at the Eiffel Tower
In the morning you will be picked up at your hotel for a tour of the highlights of Paris including the Champs Elysees, Opera Garnier, Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre and the Trocadero. Enjoy lunch at the first level of the Eiffel tower before returning to your hotel.
Breakfast and Lunch
Day 4: Art Treasures of Paris
Paris is known for its variety and quantity of art galleries from the L’Orangerie to the Pompidou. Given time constraints, we suggest focusing on two with your knowledgeable guide. Start with the Louvre not only for its art inside but the architecture outside. The museum is vast so your guide will concentrate on well-known pieces including the Venus De Milo, “The Coronation of Napoleon” by Jean-Louis David and, of course, the Mona Lisa. You will then take a scenic walk that includes crossing the Seine on a bridge and reaching the Musee d’Orsay which is dedicated to art from 1848 to 1918 which covers the Impressionist and post –impressionist painters. You will admire works by Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet, Sisley and Manet among others.
Breakfast
Day 5: From Market to Table
Today you will meet your chef/instructor at the food market. The location varies by day since the market changes neighborhoods daily. You will select ingredients to make lunch along with bread, cheese and wine and move to the kitchen where you blend all the ingredients to create a three course meal which you enjoy as lunch.
Breakfast and Lunch
Day 6: An Evening at the Moulin Rouge
We have left the day open for you to explore Paris on your own. You might choose to return to the Opera area or visit Le Marais or Ile St. Louis, the choice is yours. In the evening, premier seats have been reserved for dinner and a show at the Moulin Rouge where you enjoy champagne, a delicious meal, a colorful show and, of course, the Can-Can; like the building, unchanged since the days of Toulouse Lautrec and his contemporaries.
Breakfast and Dinner
Day 7: Versailles Palace and Gardens
We have left the morning open to let you recoup from the Moulin Rouge. In the early afternoon you will be picked up and taken to the suburbs of Paris and the Palace of Versailles. You will get fast access into the palace and visit the private rooms of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette along with the Hall of Mirrors. You then take a stroll through the gardens with their fountains and statues.
Breakfast
Day 8: An Elegant Finale
A free day to allow you to finish your last minute shopping with one more visit to Galeries Lafayette or Printemps. One last chance to walk through the Luxembourg Gardens, Jardin des Tuileries or the Bois du Boulogne. In the evening you board an elegant boat on the Seine where premier seats are reserved for dinner with Champagne and wine. As a live music fills the ship you re-visit many of the sights from the past week including the Eiffel Tower, the Orsay and the Louvre but this time they are illuminated as you would expect from the city of lights.
Breakfast and Dinner
Day 9: Return to USA
After breakfast, your driver will be waiting to take you to the airport for the return flight to the USA where you arrive back the same afternoon.
Breakfast