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One day in Paris only?

Zoom into essentials... which may not be the same as the obvious
  • Basics that help understand the city

 

 

An island, a river and hills. Invisible : winds that blow from west to east

 

We meet you at your hotel (9:30 is a civilized time) with a  sketch of Paris's topology, a map of the 13th-century city and a métro map.

 

 

This introduction introduction is not countee in the fee. It is our present.

 

  • Then we show you the monumentzs froi their most spectacular angles, and sites

   that are less well-known but as important

 


City Hall, site of festivities, executions and revolutions...

Power has emanated from City Hall since the Middle Ages. It is among the usually-overlooked sites that we include, to reveal the town as thoroughly as your energy permits.  

 

 

  •   A "déjeuner sur l'herbe" (picnic)

 

If weather permits, we choose farm products in an open-air market, to savour in a park as we

get to know each other.

 

 

  • Visiting a chosen site – for example, the Opéra

 

 

Major 19th-century monument
A few steps away, a "Covered passage"

 

• Suggested continuation: apéritif with an artist in one lf the remaining Covered  passages, vestige from the 1820's.

 

• Or a different site altogether, such as: Notre Dame or Montmartre

 

  

  • Cost for a couple or family 

 

• To guide: 290€ (6-7 hours) (Opéra entry tickets, 8€ per person, are not included)

 

• PEF: 20% of 290€ plus association dues

 

(Optional: apéritif in artist's studio, 50€)

 

• Private car or chartered taxi, 40-55€ per hour

 

Total: 290 +58 (20% of 290) = 348€ +30€ dues = 378€ (plus car / entry tickets / artist's apéritif)

 
      • How to proceed

       

      • Propose your dates by email. We will answer within 48 hours. 

       

      • Reservation: Please send 20% of the guide's fee, plus dues, by bank transfer or a check on a French bank.

      °Bank transfer: If you live outside the European Union, please add 15€ to cover transfer charge.

         

        •Remunerations to guide, driver and artist (if included): please prepare in advance and give when their jobs are over.

         

        • Cancellation

         

        We return the fees, minus dues and bank charges, if you notify of a change of plans two weeks in advance. Should we cancel, of course we return what was paid (we have never yet been obliged to cancel).

         

         

         

        Credits : City Hall / Bill Knight ; publication / "Le petit journal", cover, July 11, 1906 ; Covered passage / Claude Abron