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COACH EXCURSIONS from PARIS
Description of the destination :
Nb. of visits : 42

Cosmopolitan city, monumental city, cultural city, romantic city, gastronomic city, city of fashion and design, Paris is a city that moves, a city that dares... Discover Paris comfortably installed in a large prestige bus. Paris with multilingual guides, cultural comments and theme circuits, in minibus multinlingual drivers will assist you. Whether you are a newcomer or familiar with Parisian places, the choice is vast: more than 1800 monuments, 170 museums, 145 theatres and 380 cinemas are available to you. The programs are held during the day and evening, summer and winter… The formula is free, choose the one you prefer: two hours, a morning, an afternoon or a day. The trips also offer the discovery of most major sites of the Ile-de-France and by the way.


42 VISITS CORRESPOND TO YOUR SEARCH

1. Vaux le Vicomte Castle
Tour Guide      Max. 5h  
Coach tour
The Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte is a seventeenth century castle built for the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV, Nicolas Fouquet. Construction is progressing rapidly, but it requires the destruction of several houses and leveling hills. The early work of water supply are made in the park and the extension of the large pit. The castle retains the traditional French feudal plan, with a rectangular platform surrounded by wide moat, which occupies the south. Two drawbridges connecting the house to the rest of the garden. The openness of the building plan and "massaged" are characteristic of the time.
2. Ecouen castle
Tour Guide      Max. 4h  
Coach tour
National Museum of the Renaissance, the castle of Écouen has been built from 1538 by Anne de Montmorency. Only museum in France dedicated to the period, thirty-two rooms including museum house a collection of jewelry, ceramics, Ottoman, painted enamels from Limoges, the collection of weapons from Edouard de Beaumont, terracottas of Masséot Abaquesne and all parts of the ceramic workshop of Bernard Palissy. One of the most remarkable works of the museum is the series of ten tapestries devoted to the story of David and Bathsheba. Woven in Brussels in the years 1515-1520, they have belonged to Henry VIII of England.
3. Landing Beaches in Normandy
Tour Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
Pegasus Bridge is the code name that received the bridge Bénouville during the Second World War. Omaha Beach is one of the five landing beaches where American troops suffered heavy losses the day J. The American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer is a large cemetery of the Second World War. Covering an area of 70 hectares, it is installed on a hill where are buried the bodies of 9 387 soldiers, including 307 unknown and four women. Arromanches-les-Bains is famous as a place of battle during the landing, including the artificial port that was installed and allowed to disembark 9 000 tonnes of material per day. Bayeux is a city that is famous for its tapestry and his British cemetery in memory to British soldiers died during the Second World War.
4. Normandy's Gardens : Giverny + Bellevue + Angélique
Chauffeur Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
Giverny inspired many impressionist painters. Its warm atmosphere of the city in the country, its timbered buildings, gardens and the house of Claude Monet, make it a unique place. The garden of Bellevue In a beautiful face 6 ha forest Eawy, flowerbeds, trees and shrubs come alive in all seasons and including two home collections: Helleborus and Meconopsis. Garden Angelica A scent of emotion. Here roses are queens. The garden is home to hundreds of varieties, in a British atmosphere. Facing the mansion, walkways draw a delicate course, punctuated perennials, trees and ornamental shrubs, including many varieties of hydrangeas.
5. Scenic tour of Paris + visit 1 museum
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
Paris is in the seventeenth century, the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated  themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
6. Scenic tour of Paris + visit 2 museums
Tour Guide      Max. 9h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated  themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
7. Scenic Tour of Paris + visit 1 Museum
Tour Guide      Max. 8h  
Coach tour
Paris is in the seventeenth century, the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated  themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
8. Scenic Tour of Paris
Tour Guide      Max. 2h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated  themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
9. Scenic Tour of Paris
Tour Guide      Max. 3h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated  themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
10. Scenic Tour of Paris
Tour Guide      Max. 4h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated  themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
11. Scenic Tour of Paris - departure and return airport
Tour Guide      Max. 4h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
12. Scenic Tour of Paris - departure airport and return Paris or vice versa
Tour Guide      Max. 5h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
13. Scenic Tour of Paris
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
14. Scenic Tour of Paris - departure and return airports
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
15. Scenic Tour of Paris
Tour Guide      Max. 7h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
16. Scenic tour of Paris
Tour Guide      Max. 8h  
Coach tour
Paris is the royal power, setting itself in this city, its economic and political importance will continue to grow. In the seventeenth century, it is the capital of the first European political power, In the eighteenth century Paris is the cultural center of Europe and on the nineteenth the capital of arts and pleasures. The most famous monuments of Paris date from several periods. They are often situated  themselves in the centre and on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine du Pont de Sully in Bir-Hakeim are one of the most beautiful urban landscapes and river are also listed on the inventory of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. These include, from east to west, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Les Invalides, the Alexandre III bridge, the Grand Palais, the Quai Branly museum, the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero. The current organization of the city owes much to the work of Haussmann, under the Second Empire.
17. Scenic tour of Paris + Chateau de Versailles and garden
Tour Guide      Max. 8h  
Coach tour
The most famous monuments of Paris date from various eras. They are often in the center and on the banks of the Seine. The Seine du Pont de Sully to the Pont de Bir Hakeim is one of the most beautiful urban river. These include, from east to west Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Invalides, Pont Alexandre-III, the Grand Palais, the Musée du Quai Branly, the Eiffel Tower and Trocadero. The Chateau de Versailles was the residence of French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. The king and court resided there permanently, 6 May 1682 to 6 October 1789. The size of places wanted to be like that successive kings. The park at the Palace of Versailles covers 815 ha including 93 ha of gardens.
18. Discovering day : 2 Châteaux de la Loire
Tour Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
The castles of the Loire are mostly buildings built or heavily reworked the French renaissance, when royal power was located on the banks of the river, its tributaries or adjacent to them (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries). Most castles nevertheless draw their origins in the Middle Ages they retain important architectural features. Usually 42 can be called castles of the Loire Castles. The remarkable concentration of monuments in the area justified the classification of the Val de Loire World Heritage by UNESCO, between Sully-sur-Loire (Loiret) and Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire).
19. Discovering day : 3 Châteaux de la Loire
Tour Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
The castles of the Loire are mostly buildings built or heavily reworked the French renaissance, when royal power was located on the banks of the river, its tributaries or adjacent to them (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries). Most castles nevertheless draw their origins in the Middle Ages they retain important architectural features. Usually 42 can be called castles of the Loire Castles. The remarkable concentration of monuments in the area justified the classification of the Val de Loire World Heritage by UNESCO, between Sully-sur-Loire (Loiret) and Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire).
20. Abbaye de Fontevraud + Villandry + Tours
Tour Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
The Abbey of Fontevraud, situated near to Saumur in Maine-et-Loire, stands on the foundations of the first church, built in stone, a single nave. The construction covered a half-century, from 1105 to 1160. The stunning architectural distinction, which distinguishes the choir slender nave of the most collected, reflects the diversity of origin of the contractors work. Villandry, concluded around 1536, is the last of the great Castles of the Loire, which were built at the time of the Renaissance. Known for its 3 gardens, the tower dominates the decorative vegetable garden, ornamental garden and water garden. Tours, shows a prestigious past. Capital of the Kingdom of France in the fifteenth and sixteenth century, the city has treasures that it has managed to preserve and promote. Since 2000, Tours and more generally the Loire Valley are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, under cultural landscape.
21. Azay-le-Rideau + Amboise + Blois
Tour Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
The castles of the Loire are buildings built or heavily reworked at the French renaissance. Most castles nevertheless draw their origins in the Middle Ages which they maintain important architectural features. Azay-le-Rideau remains a house of the Italian Renaissance with its rich sculptural decoration, leaving traces of the Renaissance Flemish tapestries with magnificent style. From the Gallo-Roman times, Amboise was a defensive site. Nowadays, the castle still has the same speed it had in the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Finally, the Castle of Blois, located in the department of Loir-et-Cher, was the favorite residence of the kings of France during the Renaissance. The castle meets around the same court a panorama of French architecture from the Middle Ages to the classical period.
22. Paris By Night
Tour Guide      Max. 2h  
Coach tour
Paris made a bath of youth in its way of showing its strengths! To bring the best of its nickname "City of Light", the city introduced new lighting systems to give another face to the architectural heritage of the capital. All major monuments, which are: the Eiffel Tower, L'Etoile and the Place de la Concorde, Invalides and the Trocadero, the Pantheon and the Chapel of the Sorbonne, Notre Dame and the Conciergerie have benefited from new illuminations to contemplate the impressiveness of the works created by its ancient and modern architects. The panoramic Tour "Illuminations" is used to marvel at an unmatched spectacle: the monuments of Paris at night. Paris "City of Light" deserves its name, once you have taken time to admire the night. Absolutely magical for all, this visit will turn your head!
23. Paris by Night in Bateaux-Mouches
Tour Guide      Max. 3h  
By Boat
Easy booking
The "City of Light" has set up a new lighting systems to give a new face to all major monuments such as the Eiffel Tower, the Trocadero and the Invalides, Notre-Dame and the Conciergerie received new lights to contemplate the magnificence of the works created by these ancient and modern architects. Two steps from the Champs-Élysées, the "Bateaux-Mouches" invite you to travel. To discover or rediscover the magic of the Seine where we find the most prestigious monuments that have marked the history of the city. The "Bateaux-Mouches" crisscross Paris every day to touch the heart of the city of light.
24. Chenonceau + Cheverny + Chambord
Tour Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
Most castles of the Loire have their origins in the Middle Ages which they maintain important architectural features. Among these castles which are the most remarkable and most famous, we include: Chenonceau Castle, Cheverny Castle and Chambord Castle. Chenonceau castle is built on the bed of Cher. It is furnished and decorated with tapestries and rare antique paintings. Cheverny castle has retained its furniture and decoration of the seventeenth century. The castle was made famous for having inspired Herge to create the castle Moulinsart, which is a replica of its two mutilated flags outside. Regarding Chambord castle, it is without doubt one of the most recognizable figure of castles, and is one of the architectural masterpieces of the Renaissance.
25. Château de Chantilly
Tour Guide      Max. 4h  
Coach tour
The Chateau de Chantilly is located in a beautiful valley of the Nonette, a tributary of the Oise. "I've found nothing comparable in Chantilly near the capital, wrote in 1781 Louis-Sebastien Mercier. The current castle is a reconstruction of the nineteenth century plans of the architect Honoré Daumet for the last son of King Louis-Philippe I, Henri d'Orleans, Duke of Aumale (1822-1897). He bequeathed all at the Institut de France, as the museum Condé. The castle occupies the site of a medieval fortress. The large stables, built from 1719 to 1740, is a masterpiece of architect Jean Aubert and now house the Living Horse Museum. The gardens are one of the most remarkable creations of André Le Nôtre. The city of Chantilly has grown to the west of the castle during and after the French Revolution.
26. Chartres Cathedral
Tour Guide      Max. 5h  
Coach tour
The Chartres Cathedral was built in the early thirteenth century on the ruins of an earlier Romanesque cathedral, which was destroyed by fire in 1194. The façade of the Charters cathedral is flanked by two towers, which fill a privileged place in the history of Gothic architecture. The tower of Midi, known as Old bell tower, was elevated from 1145 to 1165, with stones carved in soft shells. The work of the bell tower lasted from 1134 to 1150. With its 115.18 metres, it is one of the highest tower in France. Chartres is located 80 kilometres south-west of Paris. Grand pilgrimage, the Cathedral and its towers dominate the city of Chartres and the Beauce plain around. The cathedral was the first monument of the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1979. Henri IV was the only king of France sacred and not to Reims by tradition.
27. Old district of Chartres
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
Located on the outskirts of Paris and the Loire Valley, Chartres enjoys an international reputation through his cathedral included in UNESCO World Heritage. The brightness of its unique stained glass, setting light of its exceptional heritage, the Feast of Light and the many businesses in the beauty industry, grouped the heart of the Cosmetic Valley, Chartres raised to the rank of capital of the Light and Fragrance. Its historic districts, scenic and preserved, its mounds collapsing to the edges of Eure, its ancient churches, and the rich collections of museums incite stroll. Since the city perched high on his spur to the lower town surrounded by verdant shores of the Eure, are sixty hectares of paved streets and alleys, stairs, and mounds of half-timbered houses that are revealed.
28. Chartres Cathedral + Old neighbourghood
Tour Guide      Max. 9h  
Coach tour
Located on the outskirts of Paris and the Loire Valley, Chartres enjoys an international reputation through his cathedral included in UNESCO World Heritage. The brightness of its unique stained glass, setting light of its exceptional heritage, the Feast of Light and the many businesses in the beauty industry, grouped the heart of the Cosmetic Valley, have raised to Chartres the rank of the capital of the Light and Fragrance. Its historic districts, scenic and preserved, its mounds tumbling to the edges of Eure, its ancient churches, and the rich collections of museums incite stroll. Since the city perched high on its spur to the lower town surrounded by verdant shores of the Eure, they are sixty hectares of paved streets and alleys, stairs, and mounds of half-timbered houses which are revealed.
29. Château de Compiègne
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
The origin of the residence of Compiègne was confused with that of the monarchy and goes back to the Merovingian dynasty. In 1374 Charles V, the "wise king" decides to build a new castle. Military camps organized by the rulers Compiègne french were spectacular events that saw a national and international high profile. From 1751 to 1788, the architect Jacques-Ange Gabriel, then his student of Dreux The Châtre, realized one of the most sober monuments of French neo-classical architecture. After the Revolution, Napoleon commissioned the architect Berthault to restore the castle to state. He welcomed his second wife, the archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria in 1810. After the fall of the imperial regime in 1870, the Castle of Compiegne became a national museum.
30. Day to the Mont Saint Michel
Tour Guide      Max. 12h  
Coach tour
The abbey was founded in 966 by Abbot Maynard Ier de l'Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille. The Benedictine Abbey is rich in architectural wonders built in styles Carolingian, Romanesque and Gothic. It is in normandy the tourist site the most visited and the second in France with over 3 000 000 visitors each year. A statue of Saint Michael placed at the top of the abbey church culminates at 170 meters above the shore. The rock of Mont Saint-Michel figure since 1979 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. The island is an outgrowth of granite about 960 meters in circumference, which reaches 92 meters and a land area of approximately 280 ha, above which stands the abbey. This island is located in a large sandy plain that invades the tide twice a day.
31. Château de Fontainebleau
Tour Guide      Max. 5h  
Coach tour
The Fontainebleau Castle was the remains of rulers of France since Francis I to Napoleon III. Since 1981, the castle is with its parc on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. It was Francis I who decides to build a house of Renaissance style. He has shaved the previous construction, with the exception of the dungeon, and has called to Italian artists for the construction and decoration of his palace. Later, Henri IV expands the remains of several wings and the Baptistery door. Louis XIV loved coming to Fontainebleau: he built a theater. During the French Revolution, the emptied palace of its furniture successively became a barracks and then a prison. It was Napoleon who revives Fontainebleau from 1804: he had supplied with furniture and brought his court. It is also in the castle that Napoleon I signed his act of abdication in 1814.
32. Giverny
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
Giverny inspired many Impressionist painters. Its warm atmosphere of the city in the country, its half-timbered buildings, gardens and the Claude Monet’s house, its Norman gastronomy, make it a unique place. To discover the several passions of the artist such as Claude Monet, painting, gardening or photography. The property is now converted into museums or reproductions of the greatest paintings by Monet are exposed and famous gardens re-created. Thanks to an organized staging on the outer side of a hill overlooking the Epte river. The famous garden is divided in two parts: The "Clos Normand" and "Water Garden". During this visit, you can also visit the Museum of American Art in charge. The museum traces the course of American artists from 1750 to the present day. The Impressionist period is well represented there.
33. Giverny + American Art Museum
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
Giverny inspired many Impressionist painters. Its warm atmosphere of the city in the country, its half-timbered buildings, gardens and the Claude Monet’s house, its Norman gastronomy, make it a unique place. To discover the several passions of the artist such as Claude Monet, painting, gardening or photography. The property is now converted into museums or reproductions of the greatest paintings by Monet are exposed and famous gardens re-created. Thanks to an organized staging on the outer side of a hill overlooking the Epte river. The famous garden is divided in two parts: The "Clos Normand" and "Water Garden". During this visit, you can also visit the Museum of American Art in charge. The museum traces the course of American artists from 1750 to the present day. The Impressionist period is well represented there.
34. Reims
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
Reims is called the city of coronations, it has four buildings inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO since 1991 including the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, which was built in the thirteenth century and which has been the scene of the coronation of most of the Kings of France And the Palais du Tau, a former palace of the Archbishop of Rheims, rebuilt under Louis XIV, and after the fire of 19 September 1914. The main places of Reims are the place Drouet-d'Erlon, in the center of which we can find the fountain Subé surmounted by the Glory, golden statue, the Royal Square in the center where you can see a statue of Louis XV instead of Cardinal Luzon, in front of the cathedral, where there is a statue of Joan of Arc. On July 7, 1962, the German Chancellor Adenauer and General De Gaulle seal up the Cathedral of Notre-Dame the reconciliation between German and French people.
35. Versailles Castle + Park
Tour Guide      Max. 6h  
Coach tour
The Palace of Versailles was the residence of King Louis XIV of France, Louis XV and Louis XVI. Royal Residence, this monument is one of the most remarkable not only on its beauty but also on the events of which it was the theatre. The king and the court will reside permanently on 6 May 1682 to 6 October 1789 on exception of a few years of the Regency. The greatness of places wanted to be like that of successive kings. It consists of a succession of elements that have an architectural harmony. It stretches over 67 000 square metres and includes more than 2 000 pieces. The park of the Versailles Castle covers 815 ha, of which 93 acres are gardens. Versailles is an artificial city, created from scratch by the will of King Louis XIV, Versailles was the seat of politic power for a century, from 1682 to 1789, before becoming the cradle of the Revolution.
37. Versailles Castle
Tour Guide      Max. 4h  
Coach tour
The Palace of Versailles was the residence of King Louis XIV of France, Louis XV and Louis XVI. Royal Residence, this monument is one of the most remarkable not only on its beauty but also on the events of which it was the theatre. The king and the court will reside permanently on 6 May 1682 to 6 October 1789 on exception of a few years of the Regency. The greatness of places wanted to be like that of successive kings. Versailles is an artificial city, created from scratch by the will of King Louis XIV, Versailles was the seat of politic power for a century, from 1682 to 1789, before becoming the cradle of the Revolution. The castle, consists of a succession of elements that have an architectural harmony. It stretches over 67 000 square metres and includes more than 2 000 pieces.
38. Versailles Castle + Park + City
Tour Guide      Max. 9h  
Coach tour
The Palace of Versailles was the residence of King Louis XIV of France, Louis XV and Louis XVI. Royal Residence, this monument is one of the most remarkable not only on its beauty but also on the events of which it was the theatre. The king and the court will reside permanently on 6 May 1682 to 6 October 1789 on exception of a few years of the Regency. The greatness of places wanted to be like that of successive kings. It consists of a succession of elements that have an architectural harmony. It stretches over 67 000 square metres and includes more than 2 000 pieces. The park of the Versailles Castle covers 815 ha, of which 93 acres are gardens. Versailles is an artificial city, created from scratch by the will of King Louis XIV, Versailles was the seat of politic power for a century, from 1682 to 1789, before becoming the cradle of the Revolution.
39. Versailles Castle + City
Tour Guide      Max. 9h  
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The Palace of Versailles was the residence of King Louis XIV of France, Louis XV and Louis XVI. Royal Residence, this monument is one of the most remarkable not only on its beauty but also on the events of which it was the theatre. The king and the court will reside permanently on 6 May 1682 to 6 October 1789 on exception of a few years of the Regency. Versailles is an artificial city, created from scratch by the will of King Louis XIV, Versailles was the seat of politic power for a century, from 1682 to 1789, before becoming the cradle of the Revolution. It consists of a succession of elements that have an architectural harmony. It stretches over 67 000 square metres and includes more than 2 000 pieces.
40. Vincennes Castle
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The Chateau de Vincennes is the largest royal French Castle remaining. By the height of its tower, 52 meters, it is the highest plain Fortress Europe. It was built between the fourteenth century and the seventeenth century. In the seventeenth century, the architect Louis Le Vau built for Louis XIV wings of the King and Queen. The castle became the third royal residence. Gave up the eighteenth century, the castle will serve as a site for the Manufacture de Vincennes porcelain. In 1796, the castle was converted into arsenal. The Chateau de Vincennes also served ephemeral headquarters at the headquarters of General Maurice Gamelin, in charge of the defence of France against the German invasion of 1940. In 1964, Le Chateau de Vincennes is governed by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Defence. Since 1988, an extensive renovation programme was undertaken.
41. Royal Abbey of Royaumont
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Founded by the future King St. Louis according to the wishes of his father, the abbey was built in a place called Cuimont then renamed Mount Royal place or Royaumont. It has up to one hundred-forty monks from its foundation. It is surrounded by a certain worldliness with frequent royal visits. Besides the many retreats where City on place on St. Louis place City lives like a monk, the monastery became the family cemetery. The abbey is an open and subject to the royal will, it welcomes the Dominican Vincent of Beauvais, Preceptor of the royal children. At the king's death, the abbot was one of the executors, the Abbey receives one third from the royal library and is one of the best equipped in the kingdom.
42. Barbizon + Fontainebleau
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Barbizon is a mythical places of the pre-Impressionist period in France. From 1830, what is still a village of woodcutters indeed welcome at the hostel Ganne, all painters who come to seek inspiration from nature intact. Later, they share their stay between Barbizon and Chailly-en-Biere, finding their subjects in the countryside or the forest of Fontainebleau near. Fontainebleau find his name officially in 1169. This hamlet has a rendez-vous de chasse, and a chapel by Louis VII. St. Louis, who highly appreciated called Fontainebleau and deserts, and built a pavilion and a hospital. Philippe le Bel was born there in 1268 and died in 1314.
43. Beauvais
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Cathedral Saint-Pierre de Beauvais is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. It is renowned for not having a nave. It has the highest Gothic choir in the world 48.50 m. Its facades, especially the south, exhibit all the wealth of Gothic and Renaissance sculpture. The wooden doors gates north and south are the work of master craftsmen beauvaisiens very talented. The church has an astronomical clock of 1866 driven by a sound and light show, and the oldest medieval clock chimes still in working order. She still has two sets of tapestries choir remarkable fifteenth and seventeenth centuries and other tapestries, including all visible Prefectural Museum.