Classic France – Paris & Normandy

Arrive on your long-haul flight into the City of Lights. For your added comfort, a Meet & Greet escort will be waiting for you to assist you on your way. Your private arrival transfer brings you to your refined accommodations where you can marvel at the lobby’s elaborate florals while checking in to your room. Spend today at your leisure.

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With your private guide, stroll to Ile de la Cite, where the medieval city was focused, and home the cathedral of Notre-Dame, one of the most famous Catholic churches in the world. Peruse the courtyards of the world famous Louvre, the largest palace and museum in Europe. Learn about Paris at the time of Napoleon as you see the imposing Arc de Triomphe on the renowned Champs-Elysees. Later, make your way to a wine cellar where you'll taste wines produced from different regions in France. From Champagne to Bordeaux, from Sancerre to the Rhone- just sit back, relax, enjoy and have fun. Feel free to return to your hotel or continue with an evening out afterward.

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Meet your driver-guide in the hotel lobby for a private tour through the gems of Paris. You'll first head to Montmartre where you'll stroll the narrow streets of the famous hilltop neighborhood, discovering the Sacre Coeur Basilica and the artists and portrait painters of the Place du Tertre. Next, you are delivered to the iconic Eiffel Tower. Head up to the second level of this 19th century wonder, and marvel at the unique panorama as you gaze across Paris. Your excursion ends with a private cruise on the Seine River, to admire the monuments and majestic bridges from a unique vantage point as you enjoy champagne and hors d’oeuvres.

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Today takes you inside the palace walls of the famous Louvre Museum. With an astonishingly rich collection of art ranging from Ancient Greece all the way to the 19th century, the Louvre is arguably unmatched. Along with your private guide, witness Da Vinci's timeless The Mona Lisa, the statues of Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace, both over 2,000 years old dating back to ancient Greece, and the 4,600-year-old Great Sphinx of Tanis, a relic of the Egyptians. See Eugene Delacroix's iconic 17th century Liberty Leading the People representing victory by the people in the French Revolution, and check out the original Code of Hammurabi, a legal code depicted on a black basalt tablet shaped like an index finger, which dates back to a time just under 4,000 years ago. Spend the remainder of the day at your leisure.

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Join your driver-guide for your transfer to Port-en-Bessin. Along the way, visit Giverny to see the house and gardens that inspired Monet. The house is decorated in the original color schemes Monet admired, with the famous Japanese bridge and water lily pond immortalized by the artist still to be seen in the gardens. Also stop in Rouen, a city rich in medieval buildings, to visit the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral and see the giant Renaissance clock, Gros Horloge.

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The numerous monuments and memorials in the Normandy coastal area bear witness to the fierce fighting that took place here during and after the D-Day Landings of World War II. Spend the day exploring the American Sector to visit some of the most important sites of this pivotal point in the war. Start inland at the strategically important Sainte-Mère-Église, where the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions parachuted in to help the village become one of the first in France to be liberated. Further eastward along the coast is the sector known as Omaha Beach, also captured by invading American forces, and where you examine several sites from both the German and U.S. perspectives. Learn about Operation Aquatint, a failed 1942 British raid on the area. Your day ends with a poignant visit to the U.S. Military Cemetery and Interpretation Center at Colleville-sur-Mer, the final resting place of over 9,300 U.S. soldiers, located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach.

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Set out on a full day excursion to one of the most visited sites in all of France - the majestic Mont Saint Michel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with your private vehicle and driver-guide. Dating back to the year 708 AD, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel was one of the major pilgrimage destinations in medieval Christendom. The architecture is stunning, the location magical, and the village, one of the quaintest in the country.

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Return to Paris for an afternoon and evening at leisure, free to relax or explore on your own.

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Today your driver returns you to the airport for your onward flight.