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Paris Highlights

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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 & The Army Museum
  • Palais de la Cité & Sainte-Chapelle
  • Cluny Thermal Baths & Mansion
  • Tuilerie Gardens & Musée de l'Orangerie
  • 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

Our in-depth exploration of Paris allows time to appreciate the neighborhoods, cuisine, and culture of the city, while students flex their navigation, budgeting, and language skills. 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.
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. Enjoy a relaxed lunch in the Marais. Stroll across Île Saint-Louis and Île de la Cité (stopping at Bertillon’s ice cream) on the way to Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Explore inside the cathedral, descend down to the crypt, and climb the South Tower. Early evening Kickoff Dinner.
3 Paris Explore the Musée du Louvre and enjoy lunch at one of the many cafés inside. Visit Sainte-Chapelle on Île de la Cité and explore the mansion and thermal baths at the National Museum of the Middle Ages. Head to Montmartre for the view of Paris from Sacre-Cœur Basilica and a relaxed dinner.
4 Paris Explore the Musée d’Orsay and cross the Seine to enjoy lunch in Jardin des Tuileries. Visit the nearby Musée de l’Orangerie des Tuileries and find Place de la Concorde. Stroll along the Champs-Elysess and ascend the Arc de Triomphe. Take a sunset Bateaux-Mouches Cruise and then enjoy a late dinner.
5 Versailles Explore Versailles Palace & Gardens. Enjoy a relaxed lunch in Little Venice, find the Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon and the Hameau of Marie Antoinette. Dinner in Paris, then ascend the Eiffel Tower.
6 Paris Descend into the Catacombs, visit Musée Rodin and explore Musée de l’Armée. Prepare a pique-nique lunch to enjoy in the Jardins de Luxembourg. Shopping! Reminisce on the trip over Farewell Dinner.
7 Airborne Flight from Paris. Au revoir Paris!