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One day only?

Zoom into essentials... which may not be the same as the obvious

  • You don't need a guide to discover the beauty of Paris, but to understand it, you need to know some basics




Paris grew out from the island...

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 part of the official day. It's our present.

 

 

  • Then we drive past the celebrated monuments, and include others, since you will know how to interpret their immportance

 

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

Power has emanated from City Hall since the Middle Ages. Yet most tourist circuits overlook it. We include it, as we do other major sites, to reveal the town as thoroughly as time and traffic permit.

 

 

  • Visiting a chosen site – for example, the Opéra

 

 

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

 

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

• Or perhaps: Notre Dame or Montmartre

• A picnic? If weather permits, we buy cheeses, patés and so on in an open-air market, to savor while we begin to know each other in a lovely park. 

 

 
  • 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