Arts & Culture in France

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Day 1: Fly to Paris

Board your transatlantic flight from New York and fly through the night to France

Day 2: Paris

Bienvenue en France! Meet your French Prometour Tour Director upon arrival at the airport.

Transfer to your hotel to drop off your luggage, check-in will be later.

While in Paris, travel as the locals do by walking or taking public transportation.

Discover Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris and admire its rose window & French Gothic architecture, it’s as impressive inside as it is outside.

Walk through the Quartier Latin and see the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pantheon, the Sorbonne University and Eglise St-Sulpice.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Paris.

Included: Prometour Tour Director, Arrival transfer, Public Transport Pass, Entrance Fee, Dinner, Room.

Day 3: Paris

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Visit the Picasso Museum, inaugurated in October 1985..

Take a walk through Le Marais; enter Place des Vosges, one of the most beautiful squares in Paris, lined with large buildings of red brick and blue-tiled roofs.

Stop at La Maison de Victor Hugo, where he wrote some of his major works facing the lovely Place Des Vosges.

Have lunch on your own.

Visit Galerie Lafayette and enjoy a fashion parade.

Explore the Beaubourg area of Paris with your Prometour Tour Director; Les Halles, see the facade of Centre Pompidou, and the Stravinsky Fountains at Place Beaubourg.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant.

Admire the architecture of Paris as you cruise along the River Seine on board a Bateau Mouche.

Overnight accommodation in Paris.

Included: Breakfast, Prometour Tour Director, Entrance Fee, Attraction, Dinner, Cruise, Room.

Day 4: Paris

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Have a guided tour of the Musee du Louvre; discover some of its wonderful masterpieces including Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the striking glass pyramid in front of the museum.

Spend time in the Jardins des Tuileries, a wonderful place to watch Parisians go about their day.

Have lunch on your own.

Discover Musée de Quai Branly and its collection of indigenous cultural art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

Head to Place du Trocadero and have a stroll through the beautifully landscaped Champ de Mars.

Admire the view from the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant

Spend some time walking along the Seine River at night, when all the lights of the City of Light are glowing.

Overnight accommodation in Paris.

Included: Breakfast, Prometour Tour Director, Entrance Fee, Guided Visit, Attraction, Dinner, Room.

Day 5: Paris

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Have a guided visit of Musée d’Orsay which was originally a railway station, and discover a collection of French art from the 19th and 20th centuries that includes paintings, sculptures, furniture, and literature.

Explore Paris with your Prometour Tour Director; see Place de la Concorde, stroll along the Champs-Elysees, considered the most beautiful avenue in the world, and admire several French monuments including the Arc de Triomphe wherein lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Have lunch on your own.

Partake in a hands-on lesson in the art of making Macarons, an elegant and colorful French pastry.

Discover Quartier Montmartre, known as “la Butte” and make sure to enter the Sacre Coeur Basilica.

Visit Espace Dali Montmartre, the only permanent exhibit in Paris dedicated entirely to Salvador Dali, the master of surrealism.

Enjoy some leisure time in Place du Tertre, the heart of the city’s elevated Montmartre quarter.

Have an authentic French dinner at La Mere Catherine located in the heart of Quartier Montmartre.

Overnight accommodation in Paris

Included: Breakfast, Prometour Tour Director, Entrance Fee, Guided Visit, Instructor, Tasting, Attraction, Dinner, Room.

Day 6: Chartres – Chenonceau – Tours  

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Board your private motorcoach towards the Châteaux de la Loire.

Board your motor coach and continue to Chartres, best known for its Cathedral.

Follow your local guide on a walking tour of Chartres including the Cathedral; a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cathedral is a still place of historical and religious significance for Christian pilgrims.

Have lunch on your own.

Board your motor coach and continue on to Chenonceau, best known for its castle.

Discover Château Chenonceau at your own pace; Not only remarkable for its architecture and history but also for the fine quality of its collections and many gardens including a Maze, rebuilt exactly from Catherine de Medicis plans.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Tours

Included: Breakfast, Prometour Tour Director, Full Day Motorcoach, Entrance Fee, Guided Visit, Guided walking tour, Dinner, Room.

Day 7: Tours – Amboise – Loches

Have your motorcoach for the day.

Breakfast at the hotel with your group

Discover the gothic Château d’Amboise, a favorite residence of several French Kings.

At Clos Lucé, the former residence of Leonardo Da Vinci, see some of his marvelous inventions and works.

Board your motor coach and continue on to Loches. Above the Indre River, the huge Loches castle, famous mostly for its massive square keep, dominates the town of Loches.

Enter the Royal City of Loches and visit its Castle; the whole town is a historical site with steep streets and magnificent views.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in Loches.

Included: Breakfast, Prometour Tour Director, Entrance Fee, Dinner, Room

Day 8: Loches – Versailles – Paris

Have your motorcoach for the day.

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Board your motor coach and continue on to Versailles.

Discover Château de Versailles, the extravagant Sun King Palace – see some of the spectacular rooms such as the Grand Apartments, the Royal Chapel & Hall of Mirrors.

Have lunch on your own

Explore the elegantly landscaped Gardens of Château de Versailles.

Board your motor coach and return to Paris.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant.

Attend an Opera show in Paris – Subject to availability.

Overnight accommodation in Paris.

Included: Breakfast, Prometour Tour Director, Entrance Fee, Dinner, Room

Day 9: Return Home

Breakfast at the hotel with your group.

Transfer by motor coach from your hotel to the airport.

Say a fond Au Revoir to your French Prometour Tour Director.

Board your transatlantic flight from Paris and fly back to New York.

Included: Breakfast, Departure transfer, Prometour Tour Director, Airport Tax, International Flight, Meal on board.

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