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Paris 6
Accommodations in centrally-located three-star or four-star hotels. Rooming on a triple basis. Double rooms: $300 per person.
Round-trip transportation on scheduled airline. All public transportation tickets included where applicable.
All breakfasts. One lunch. All dinners. Dinner in Montmartre on Day 1-2. Dinner in the Latin Quarter on Day 3. Capitaine Fracasse dinner cruise on Day 4. Lunch during the excursion on Day 6.
Services of a specially-trained passports Tour Director throughout. All tips are included in the Program Cost. Whisper headsets included.
Entrances and activities as noted on itinerary.
Passports provides and pays for a Post Departure Travel Protection Plan that includes coverage for Trip Interruption, Trip Delay, Medical Expense and Evacuation and more.
Arrival Paris: Arrival transfer
Tour director-led walking tour in Montmartre: Sacré-Coeur Basilica
Dinner in Montmartre: Dinner in Montmartre
Overnight
Visit to the Louvre Museum
Tour director-led walking tour in the Latin Quarter: Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore
Dinner in the Latin Quarter
Overnight
Visit to Napoléon's Tomb and the Army Museum at the Hôtel des Invalides: Visit to the Army Museum at the Invalides, Visit to the Army Museum's World War II exhibits
Capitaine Fracasse dinner cruise
Overnight
Excursion to Versailles by RER train: Local Guide, Palace of Versailles State Apartments and Hall of Mirrors, Versailles Palace Gardens
Dinner
Overnight
Excursion to the D-Day Beaches: D-Day Beaches, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, Normandy American Cemetery, View Mulberry Harbor vestiges in Arromanches, Arromanches 360
Dinner
Overnight
Visit to the Musée d'Orsay
Dinner
Overnight
Depart Paris: Departure transfer
Weeks, or even months of preparation come to fruition at last as you board your airplane bound for Europe and the glittering jewel at her heart, Paris. Bienvenue!
Settle into your hotel, then have a look at one of the world's most beautiful capital cities.
Enjoy a walking tour on Paris's highest hill and its most celebrated bohemian district. Artists still flock to Montmartre's charming Place du Tertre, as they did when Toulouse-Lautrec painted the French Cancan dancers at the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret.
Discover panoramic views of the city as you make your way up to the Sacré-Coeur for a visit to this white-domed basilica, which anchors the Parisian skyline.
This evening, enjoy dinner in Montmartre.
Enter the Musée du Louvre and walk along grand galleries filled with treasures. See Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Vénus de Milo sculpted between 130 and 100 BC, the 19th century painting depicting The Coronation of Napoléon among many other masterpieces.
Enjoy some free time in Paris.
Stroll through the Jardin des Tuileries, a public garden stretched between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde. It once surrounded the Tuileries Palace, a royal residence that was used for assemblies during the French Revolution and was set on fire in 1871 during the Paris Commune uprising. The ruined palace was demolished and the park landscaped into an elegant open space popular with Parisians and tourists.
Explore the Quartier Latin, home of one of the world's oldest universities, the Sorbonne, which was founded in the Middle Ages, when Latin was the language of instruction. Walk along the Boul' Mich', past bookstores windowed cafés where students have brooded for centuries over real and imagined injustices.
Enter the most famous English bookstore in Paris, Shakespeare and Co., which has been a gathering place for anglophone writers and readers since it was opened in 1919, in the heart of the Quartier Latin.
This evening, enjoy dinner in the Quartier Latin.
Head to the imposing Hôtel des Invalides, a complex, founded in the 1670s by King Louis XIV as a home for wounded and homeless war veterans.
View the grand tomb of France's foremost self-made man, the Emperor Napoléon I.
Proceed to the Musée de l'Armée. Its vast military collections, among the world's best, include weaponry, armor, uniforms, banners, and a wealth of documents.
Visit the Départment Contemporain (1871-1945) to view audio-visual documents and period artifacts related to the Second World War.
Enjoy some free time in Paris.
Take a stroll along the glamorous Avenue des Champs-Elysées, which stretches for more than a mile from the Place de la Concorde, where Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette encountered Dr. Guillotin's invention and their fate. The obelisk at the center of the square was presented by Egypt to France in 1831 and dates back to the 13th century BC, a relic of Ramses II. In the vicinity stands the Palais de l'Elysée, built in 1718, which now serves as the residence of the President of the Republic. At the other end of the avenue, the Arc de Triomphe looms over the city's craziest rotary. (You may want to climb up to the monument's platform for a great overview of the area!)
This evening, dine in style and see illuminations transform Paris into a wonderland like no other as the Capitaine Fracasse cruise ship takes you along the River Seine.
Travel into the western suburbs aboard an RER train headed for Versailles.
A guide will accompany your group during your visit to Versailles.
Enjoy a bit of relevant French history today at the palace where the Sun King, Madame de Pompadour and Queen Marie-Antoinette all come to life. In this ultimate example of Baroque architecture, you will marvel at the lavish decoration, abundant gilding and exuberant ornamentation, particularly in the Royal Apartments of Louis XIV and in the Hall of Mirrors. Imagine the sense of self-importance that must have inflated the ego of these kings and queens.
The main gardens, designed by the famous landscape architect André Le Nôtre, are an integral part of the palace's overall design, showcasing a harmonious blend of French formal gardens and Italian Renaissance influences. Covering approximately 800 hectares, the gardens boast intricate geometric patterns, magnificent fountains, and extensive parterres, all aligned with the palace's central axis, creating an awe-inspiring vista.
A walk through the main gardens of Versailles offers visitors a chance to witness the spectacular fountains, such as the grand Fountain of Apollo, which represents the Sun King himself riding a chariot drawn by four horses. Visitors can also explore the perfectly manicured lawns, the grand canal, and the numerous statues and sculptures that adorn the garden. The intricate groves, such as the enchanting Bosquet de la Salle de Bal, provide a sense of intimacy and a place for quiet contemplation amidst the grandiosity of the estate. A visit to Versailles' main gardens is a journey through history, offering a glimpse into the lavish lifestyle of the French royalty.
Explore the park. Buy refreshments at a booth, or enjoy the picnic you may have planned earlier by purchasing typically French food at a market. In season, opt for a ride on the tourist train, rent a bike, or rent a boat to row down the length of the Grand Canal.
If time allows, you may want to enrich your royal experience with an optional visit to the Petit Trianon and Marie-Antoinette's Hamlet, located within the grounds, about a mile and a half from the palace.
Today's excursion takes you to the D-Day beaches.
This is indeed Second World War country, with sobering memorials, bunkers, and occasional remnants of barbed wire. Three-quarters of a century after D-Day, the beaches of Normandy are still referred to by their WWII code names.
From the promontory that projects into the English Channel a wall of rocky cliffs 100 feet high, you may see Omaha Beach to the east and Utah beach to the west. You're sure to stand in awe at the feat accomplished on June 6, 1944 by the American rangers who scaled these cliffs under a hail of lead. The site has been preserved as it was in the aftermath of the Battle of Normandy, with bomb and shell craters, and massive concrete bunkers etched by bullet holes.
Step on the sand of the five-mile-long beach that was given the code name of Omaha: Americans troops stormed ashore there on D-Day. In all, over 135,000 men landed on the Normandy beaches, which now welcome swimmers and sunbathers.
Just over the coastal bluffs, in Colleville-sur-Mer, lie the 9,387 military graves of the American Cemetery. The endless, crisp rows are poignant reminders of heroic days that changed the outcome of World War II.
In Arromanches-les-Bains, a logistical feat was achieved by the British forces, who built an artificial harbor code-named Mulberry. Concrete chunks that supported landing piers remain on the beach.
Stop on the cliff that overlooks the landing beach of Arromanches to watch the impressive Normandy's 100 Days, an HD film with surround sound that's presented in a circular cinema. It places spectators in the middle of the Battle of Normandy, thanks to archival footage.
View the exceptional collection of Impressionist works on display at the Orsay Museum, including Monet's famous series on the Rouen Cathedral, the tortured canvases of Vincent van Gogh, and works by Renoir, Manet, Gauguin, and Cézanne.
Enjoy some free time in Paris.
Au revoir, Paris!
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