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Paris, Chambord & Chenonceau

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Loire Valley Highlights
  • Château de Chenonceau
  • Château de Chambord
  • Light show at Château de Blois
  • TGV (200mph) to Paris
Paris Highlights
  • Eiffel Tower
  • Arc de Triomphe
  • The Champs-Élysées
  • Seine River Cruise
  • Versailles Palace & Gardens
  • Notre-Dame Cathedral & Crypt
  • Sacre-Cœur Basilica & Montmartre
  • The Louvre, Orsay & Rodin Museums
  • Napoleon's Tomb
  • Catacombs

Introduction

Since 2009 we’ve been offering all-inclusive international travel programs for students interested developing real world travel skills while exploring some of the world's most interesting places as part of a small group.
Our programs seize every opportunity to practice foreign language, navigation, scheduling, collaboration, and budgeting skills with real world activities like cross-referencing street and metro maps, purchasing transit passes, researching opening days/times, navigating an itinerary and staying on schedule, choosing restaurants and making reservations, and eating well while staying within a meal allowance.

Itinerary

Paris, the City of Light. The most beautiful and romantic of all cities, it is also the world’s most popular tourist destination.
From the comfort and convenience of our centrally located hotel all the sights of the city are a short walk or metro ride away - the iconic Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, the magnificent Notre-Dame Cathedral and Sacré-Cœur Basilica, the Louvre, d’Orsay, and Rodin Museums, the Bateaux Mouches, and Napoleon’s Tomb. Our day trip to Versailles includes a tour of the palace, an afternoon relaxing in the gardens, boating on the Grand Canal, and exploring Marie Antoinette’s cottages.
For our time in the Loire Valley we'll stay in Blois, a picturesque town with great shopping and restaurants. We'll see three of the best châteaux in the Loire Valley - the monumental Château de Blois; Château Chambord, designed by Leonardo Da Vinci; and Château de Chenonceau, stretching romantically across the River Cher.
Day City Overview
1 Airborne Meet your Program Director at the airport for an overnight flight to France!
2 ParisArrive in Paris and navigate to the hotel using public transportation. Explore Cathédrale de Notre Dame, descending into the Crypt and climbing the South Tower. Head to Montmartre for a view of Paris from the Sacré-Coeur Basilica and dinner at Place du Tertre. Night ascent of the Eiffel Tower!
3 Paris Explore Musée du Louvre and enjoy lunch at one of its cafés. Enjoy the sculptures in the gardens of Musée Rodin then find Napolean’s Tomb at the Musée de l’Armée. Explore Musée d’Orsay. Shopping on Champs-Élysées, sunset from the Arc de Triomphe, then dinner on the Champs-Élysées.
4 Paris Morning in the Catacombs of Paris then RER to Versailles. Explore the Palace & Gardens, enjoying lunch on the Grand Canal and finding the Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon and Hameau of Marie Antoinette. RER back to Paris for dinner in Latin Quarter, then night cruise on the Bateaux-Mouches.
5 Blois Train to Blois. Check into hotel then lunch. Excursion to Château de Chambord. Dinner in Quartier Vieux Blois then enjoy the light show at Château de Blois.
6 Blois Daytrip to Château de Chenonceau. Shopping & Farewell Dinner in Blois.
7 Airborne TGV to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Au revoir France!