Paris: The City Stay

8 or 10 days

Paris, with extension to London | PIS

It’s been said you could spend a lifetime in Paris and never do it all. The top sites are impressive enough, with iconic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Look deeper, and discover a treasure trove of Impressionist works at the Musée d’Orsay; the rows of shops in the Latin Quarter; and Versailles, French royalty’s over-the-top palace retreat.

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Day 1: Fly overnight to France

Day 2: Paris

Meet your Tour Director at your destination

Catch a glimpse of Notre-Dame Cathedral

Take a walking tour of Paris

Day 3: Paris

Take a guided tour of Paris

With your expert local guide you will see:

Place de la Concorde
Champs-Élysées
Arc de Triomphe
Les Invalides
Eiffel Tower

Visit the Musée d'Orsay

Day 4: Paris

Visit the Louvre

Visit the Fragonard Perfume Factory

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Art activity in Paris

Inspire your inner artist with a drawing or painting activity in the “City of Art.” After a lesson on perspective, composition, measuring, and drawing, create your own Parisian masterpiece that you can bring home as a personalized souvenir.

Enjoy a steak-frites dinner

Ascend the Eiffel Tower

Day 5: Paris

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Chartres and the Loire Valley

Journey through the French countryside on this optional full-day excursion. Stop at Chartres, home to Europe’s grandest Gothic cathedral, before a tour of the grand chateaus that dominate the region, including the Château de Chenonceau. After sightseeing, return to Paris for a late dinner.

Day 6: Paris

Take a guided tour of Versailles

With your expert local guide you will see:

State Apartments
Hall of Mirrors
Gardens

See Paris from a new perspective in a virtual reality experience

Enjoy a Seine River Cruise

Day 7: Paris

Explore the Marché des Enfants Rouges, a 16th-century orphanage turned expansive food market

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Monet's Giverny Gardens

Visit where Claude Monet lived and worked for over 40 years. See the gardens that inspired for the painter’s famous works and see what inspired the man himself on a tour of his former home. Note: Only available between April 1-Oct. 31. Monet’s home is closed Mondays.

Day 8: Depart for home

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Day 8: Paris • London

Travel by Eurostar train to London

Take a walking tour of London

With your Tour Director you will see:

Covent Garden
Trafalgar Square
Leicester Square

Day 9: London

Take a guided tour of London

With your expert local guide you will see:

Big Ben and Houses of Parliament
Piccadilly Circus
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace (if scheduled)

Day 10: Depart for home

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Full-time Tour Director

Expert Local Guides

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