After
having been picked up at the doorstep of your downtown hotel
in Paris, you will be escorted by our driver-guide who will
take you for a leisure guided ride of Paris.
Around
noon, you will be dropped off for lunch in the Opéra
district before continuing your excursion in the
afternoon with a guided tour (in English,
Spanish or French) of the Louvre Museum, and in
particular its 3 main works: the Venus de Milo, the Winged
Victory of Samothrace and the Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo
da Vinci at the beginning of the 16th century.
You will
then be free to spend a little more time in the Louvre to
visit other sections of the largest museum in the world.
This is
surely the best way to discover Paris in the comfort of an
air-conditioned minibus. During this tour you will learn about
the history of Paris and admire the major attractions of the
Capital City:
Champs-Elysees
The
Avenue des Champs-Élysées is the most famous avenue in
the world, 2 km long and 70 meters wide. It's
a marvellous place for walking (day and night).
The Arc de Triomphe
The
arch is 50 meters high, 45 meters wide, and
22 meters thick and is decorated with low
relieves which evoke the battles of the French
first Republic and Empire periods (1789-1815).
Eiffel Tower
Its
construction began on January 23, 1887 with the
engineer Gustave Eiffel. The assembly of the 15
000 metal parts finished in Mars 1889 and
symbolized the World's Fair which took place in the
Champs de Mars.
Trocadero
Opera Garnier
The
Palais Garnier is the thirteenth theatre to house the Paris
Opera since it was founded by Louis XIV in 1669.
Concorde Square
The Concorde Square is the most beautiful place of
Paris
Invalides
In
1670, Louis XIV - the Sun King - founded The
Invalides. An old soldiers home, it was funded by a
five year levy on the salaries of soldiers serving in the
army at that time.
Notre-Dame Cathedral
The
Notre-Dame Cathedral, on the Île de la Cité, an
island in the Seine River that is the original
birthplace of Paris. The cathedral is almost nine hundred
years old. A little less 200 years were
necessary to build the " cathedral of the Cathedrals
".
The Vendome Square
The
King Louis XIV conscious that Paris was low in public
buildings decided the imposing plan of the Place, in 1685.
Montmartre
Montmatre dominates any Paris top of its 130 meters
and get its name of the Mount of the Martyrs (the
bishop of Paris St-Denis, Rustique and Eleuthère would have
been decapitated there towards 250).
The Sacred Heart
Dominating one of the most beautiful districts of Paris,
Montmartre, the Basilica of sacred Heart, style byzantin,
was built between 1876 and 1912, according to the
wishes of the catholic hierarchy, for expier the crimes of
the Commune of Paris.
Louvre
The
Louvre Museum is one of world's largest and best
known museum in fine arts(more than 75 000 paintings).
From a castle in 1190 to its completion in
1870, the palace of the Louvre gradually extended
on right bank of the Seine river.
Madeleine Church
The
neo-classic church of Sainte Marie Madeleine is in
the north of the Concorde Square at the end of the
Royal street. Built in the style of the Greek
Temples, it was devoted in 1842 after almost a
century radical modification and delay of
construction.
Season:
All
year round
Scheduled days:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.
Tours also available on all other days (Excluding Tuesdays)
for groups already comprised of 5 people.
Guided tour of the Louvre in English, Spanish or French. For
other languages, please contact us.
Departures:
From 8:30 am
Duration:
Approximately 8 hours
Pick up point:
From your accommodation in Paris
Return point:
To your accommodation in Paris
