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excursions description
Versailles & Giverny (SOLD OUT)
Click to view descriptionRate : 148 euros per person and per tour, guide included
VERSAILLES AND GIVERNY
Full day excursion, duration : 9H
This tour begins with a visit to Claude Monet’s home at Giverny, located 48 kilometers from Paris, on the border of the Ile de France and Normandy regions, where the artist lived and worked from 1893 until his death. Anyone who has seen the well-loved water lily paintings knows what Giverny looks like, as the sublime surroundings he created here provided the light and multifaceted landscapes he so loved to paint.
After a 3 course lunch, the tour will continue with a trip to Versailles Palace and Gardens, built during the golden age of French royalty under the Sun King Louis XIV.
Guests will have the opportunity to view the State Apartments, the Hall of Mirrors (where the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919) and wander in the magnificent formal gardens, with their patterned flower beds, fountains and sculptures.
Champagne Day (SOLD OUT)
Click to view descriptionRate : 158 euros per person and per tour, guide included
Champagne Day (Pommery + Reims cathedral + Hautvillers)
Full day excursion, duration : 10 H
Welcome to Reims and to Pommery champagne house.
Founded in 1836, The famous Champagne POMMERY House is characterized by an unique estate and an incredible labyrinth of cellars. Discover the underground world, going down an impressive staircase of 116 steps before visiting the cellars, some of them being settled under spectacular gallo-roman chalk pits.
After the visit, you’ll experience the fresh and refined “Brut Royal” cuvee in the magnificent “Cellier Carnot”.
Lunch in a typical brasserie of northern France before discovering the cathedral Notre-Dame de Reims. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this masterpiece of gothic art dates from the 13th century. As a reminder of the christening of Clovis, the cathedral was the site of 25 coronations of French kings. Adorned with over 2300 statues, this is the only cathedral to display angels with open wings, including the famous Smiling Angel on the western façade of the north portal. The exceptional stained-glass windows mix styles from the Middles Ages until 20th century (Marc Chagall created the 3 stained-glass windows in the chevet…).
Back to Paris through the lovely “Route du Champagne” without forgetting a stop at Hautvillers, the cute village where the famous monk Dom Pierre Perignon lived and is now burried. Enjoy then the spectacular overview above the most famous vineyards in the world : Champagne !
Alcohol abuse is unhealthy: drink with moderation
Paris panoramic city tour (SOLD OUT)
Click to view descriptionRate : 40 euros per person and per tour, guide included
PARIS PANORAMIC CITY TOUR
Morning or afternoon : duration 3H30
This bus tour will include visits past the famous rue de la Paix, the majestic Place Vendôme, the Grands boulevards, the Madeleine church and the Concorde Square.
It will continue down the Champs Elysées, crowned by the Arc de Triumph, the residential Avenue Foch, Trocadero for a photo stop at the Eiffel Tower as well as another stop at the memorial of Les Invalides with the tombs of Napoleon and his son l’Aiglon.
The tour will return to the Right Bank of the Seine via the Alexander III bridge to view the French Academy, the Mint and the Conciergerie - the prison where Marie-Antoinette was held.
The tour will conclude with views of the Latin Quarter, the University of Paris, the Sorbonne, the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pantheon, the Bastille with the new Opera House and a drive through the Carrousel square to see the Louvre Museum with its glass Pyramid.
