• Fine arts
• Wine & Gastronomy
• Must-sees

• Day 1

  Welcome arrival transfer and check in

  Upon your arrival at the airport, be welcomed and recived by our driver who will transfer you to your well located 5* star hotel in Paris for check in

  Inclusions:
  - 7-seater Mercedes V-Class with English speaking driver
  - Paris 5* hotel rooms, 5 nights, breakfasts included

  The order of the following program is indicative and may be changed according to the opening days and tickets availabilties of the museums and monuments and can be cutomized according to the customers request to discuss with our guides

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• Day 2

  Louvre museum - Eiffel tower Lunch and Wine tasting

  Today your private guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to visit and experience the Louvre. The former palace of the kings of France in Paris that became a museum during the French revolution in 1792, is dedicated to art from the Ancient world and the West until the mid-19th century, with more than 35 000 works on display, it is one of the most beautiful, complete and largest museum in the world.

  You will discover its famous masterpieces, "highlights" of the museum: the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, the Victory of Samothrace … and other lesser known works from different sections of the museum and learn how to look at a work of art.

  You will also enjoy the architecture of the building with eight centuries of History, from the XIIth Century Medieval Louvre till I. M. Pei's great Glass pyramid inaugurated in 1989

  Lunch on the Eiffel tower
  Experience Parisian life from the Eiffel Tower and rediscover a cuisine that most closely resembles the City of Lights: a style of cooking that conveys its spirit of sharing, celebrates diversity and cultivates conviviality
  

  In the afternoon enjoy more time for shopping or visit a lesser known Paris museum such as Musée Guimet (exceptional collection of Asian Art) or the Orangerie where since 1927 are exhibited the famous Water Lilies by the Impressionist painter Claude Monet.

  Option:
  At 5h30 pm, experience a deluxe wine tasting  “Grands Crus Tasting” is our  designed for people wishing to treat themselves with some high-end French wines. Exceptional wines are selected every week for this masterclass: older vintages, grands crus, premiers crus, grands crus classés from the nicest wineries in France. The sommelier will take you through a variety of themes to build up and refine your wine knowledge. With an innovative and refreshing approach, in just 2 hours, you will understand why French wines are so special! Do note, the final wine of the tasting is the very famous and legendary Château d’Yquem, a wine everyone must taste at least once in their life!

  Inclusions:
  Hotel pickup and drop-off
  Mandarin speaking licensed guide at disposal 8h
  Transport by private vehicle at disposal 8h
  Louvre museum entrance fees
  Lunch on the Eiffel tower (restaurant Jules Verne 2 Michelin* - 5-course tasting menu)

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• Day 3

  Paris and the Orsay museum private full day tour

  Meet your private chinese speaking guide and driver at your hotel
  
  Full day Paris highlights and the Orsay museum guided tour
  Enjoy the flexibility of having a driver and a guide to accompany you during stops for walks around some Paris pedestrian areas and inside Versailles Palace

  Continue your private tour of Paris "à la carte" and enjoy a rivate guided tour with a mandarin speakin guide of the Orsay museum

  Settled in the former Orsay railway station built in 1900 the Orsay museum inaugurated in 1986 covers all the creation from the second half of the 19th century (1848-1914). From Courbet to Matisse, through the Impressionists, Van Gogh, Gauguin and the Art nouveau (Modern' style).

  Among the highlights of the museum are "Dance at Le moulin de la Galette" by Auguste Renoir, and "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh, and many other masterpieces by Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Camille Pissaro, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin ....

  The museum is also rich with works illustrating other artistic movements of the XIXth century such as Realism/Naturalism (Courbet, Millet, Jules Breton ...), the School of Barbizon (Millet, Theodore Rousseau, François Daubigny), the History & Orientalists painters, the Symbolists (Puvis de Chavanne, Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon), the Nabis (Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, Séruzier...), Pointillism (Seurat, Signac)

  Your guide will help you to feel the beauty and understand the works of Art in their creation and history

  Inclusions:
  Hotel pickup and drop-off
  Mandarin speaking licensed guide at disposal 8h
  Transport by private vehicle at disposal 8h
  Orsay museum reservation and entrance fees

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• Day 4

  Paris tour and shopping

  Today, you can continue your Paris private tour with your guide and driver:

  From the ancient Lutetia to the medieval town (Cluny, Cité, Notre-Dame). From Classical Paris (Vendôme, Invalides, Concorde) to the Great works of Baron Haussmann (Opera-Garnier, the Boulevards). From the 19th century (Eiffel tower, Orsay, Sacré-Cœur) to modern Paris (Pompidou centre, Glass pyramid of the Louvre) you will travel through two thousand years of history and architecture

  Our guide and driver will take you for shopping in Paris in fashion boutiques or departements store such as le Printemps, les Galeries Lafayette, La Samaritaine or Le Bon Marché and to louis Vuitton and Hermes main stores

  In the afternoon, visit the famous Louis Vuitton Foundation, situated in the Bois de Boulogne, near the Jardin d’Acclimatation where is held the Dragons and Lanterns festival. It opened its doors in October 2014, the Foundation's exceptional contemporary art collections (permanent and temporary) are exhibited in an architectural gem designed by the American Frank Gehry. This visionary architect has revolutionized the use of glass and created previously unimagined shapes to produce a unique, innovative, light and airy building. In addition to the artistic and architectural richness of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the visitor is also afforded wonderful panoramic views from the various terraces of the building.

  In the evening transfer for dinner et at a carefully chosen Michelin* restaurant in Paris

  Inclusions:
  Hotel pickup and drop-off
  Mandarin speaking licensed guide at disposal 8h
  Transport by private vehicle with Mandarin speaking driver at disposal 12h
  Entrance fees to Louis Vuitton Foundation
  

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• Day 5

  2-days / 1 night tour to Bordeaux and the vineyards

  High speed train - Paris - Bordeaux

  Pick-up at your Paris hotel to gare de L’Est train station, board on a TGV High Speed Train to Bordeaux (duration about 2h20)

  Meet & greet with your guide in Bordeaux, walking tour around the old town
  Capital of the Aquitaine region it is also a city of Art and gastronomyFree time for lunch with our guide’s restaurant suggestions

  Discover Bordeaux, listed World Heritage Site by Unesco, with a walking guided tour. Enjoy the beautiful restored 18th C. buildings and newly designed gardens. Thanks to ambitious urban planning imposed by 18th century royal courtiers, Bordeaux offers a large number of architectural treasures. You will discover the most representative buildings of this period, including the Grand Théatre, the Tourny Alleys and fountain, the Quinconces Square (the second largest city square in Europe), St Andrew Cathedral, the Town Hall and much more.

  Excursion to Saint-Emilion, renowned not only for its wines but also for the village itself, dominating the Dordogne valley from its hilltop position. It makes up the first vineyards in the world to be awarded as a ‘Cultural Landscape’ by UNESCO, listed World Heritage in 1999 as an historical landscape that remains intact and continues as a working activity.

  After a walking tour of the town of Saint Emilion and some free time, enjoy a visit to a winery, one of the Grand Cru Classé with wine tasting. Ride through the world famous vineyards and discover some well-known Chateaux such as Petrus, Cheval Blanc, Pavie and Angelus.

  Inclusions:
  - 1 night in a 5* hotel in Bordeaux (InterContinental Bordeaux - Le Grand Hotel) in a Deluxe double room, breakfasts included
  - High-speed train tickets (TGV) Paris – Bordeaux and return in 1st Class
  - Guide in English 3h for walking tour of Bordeaux town
  - Driver-guide in English excursion to Saint-Emilion
  - Wine estate visit in Saint-Emilion and wine tasting

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• Day 6

  Bordeaux - High speed train back to Paris

  Today we will take you for an excursio to the Medoc vineyards before taking you back to Bordeaux train station for your retun to Paris by High speed train

  In 1855, Napoleon III formalized a classification of Bordeaux wines. Still in force today, it brings together the most prestigious estates, almost all of which are located in the Médoc vineyards.

  Inclusions:
  - Driver-guide in English
  - Visit and tasting at a famous 'Grand Cru Classé' wine estate in the Médoc
  - Transfers to Bordeaux train station and return from station to Paris hotel
  

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• Day 7

  Overnight tour to the Champagne region

  A wonderful day of excursion and tasting through the "Montagne de Reims".
  - Visit and tasting of a prestigious Champagne House in Epernay or Reims such as Ruinart, Taittinger, or Veuve-Cliquot, Pommery....

  Lunch in Reims in a  Michelin* Gourmet restaurant (Les Crayères)

  Epernay is with Reims, the main wine-growing center of the Champagne region and the meeting point of three major wine-growing areas: the Montagne de Reims, the Côte des Blanc and the Marne Valley.

  - Visit Hautvillers, attractive village on the southern slope of the Montagne de Reims, with old houses and hand-painted wrought-iron signs, it forms part of the three top wine-growing areas of Ay, Hautvillers and Avenay.
  Dom Perignon (1638-1715), who is buried in the old abbey church, was in charge of the cellars of the Benedictine abbey. The monk was the first to blend various wines to produce Champagne. He also supervised the double fermentation process and initiated the use of cork. Dom Perignon invented the science of Champagne and personifies the spirit of the Champagne people, a mix of method and audacity.

  - Tasting at one or two smaller Champagne producer in a village in the vineyard of 'la Montagne de Reims' or in the Marne valley.

  - Visit the beautiful Reims cathedral where most French Kings were crowned, dinner and overnight at 5* hotel Les Crayères in Reims

  - Major Champagne House visit and tasting
  - Smaller producer discovery in the vineyard
  - English speaking driver-guide from Paris and to CDG or Paris the next day
  

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• Day 8

  Airport departure transfer

  Depending on your return flight schedule, morning at leisure and private transfer to CDG airport

  Inclusions:
  - Deluxe vehicle and english speaking driver
  
  

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