Explore Paris in style enjoying our private guided tours

Whether you arrive at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport or by TGV, you will be welcomed by our bilingual English speaking chauffer, who will drive you in a private vehicle, to your prestigious hotel, situated in the centre of Paris.

The hotel is in the perfect location for shopping lovers who can make the most of the proximity of highly reputable department stores such as ‘Printemps’ and ‘Galeries Lafayette’, as well as rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré with all its top brand boutiques.

Situated on the Haussmann boulevard, “Galeries Lafayette” and “Printemps” are among the most famous of all French department stores. The incredible stain-glassed dome in Printemps is listed as an historic monument and we offer all shopping lovers the opportunity to visit this unforgettable place with a special reduction card, offering a 10% reduction on all your purchases at Printemps.
You can easily spend an entire day exploring the French and international fashion, accessories, beauty and interior design departments, spread across several floors of this luxurious store.

After your arrival, you could also very easily walk to the Place de la Concorde or the Place Vendôme, which are situated less than 10 minutes from the hotel.

After breakfast, your guide will take you to Faubourg Saint-Honoré, a prestigious and presidential Parisian road, and will tell you the story of how, over the course of several centuries, a country village turned into one of the worldwide centres of diplomacy and luxury.
It was actually at the beginning of the 18th century that middle-class Parisian financiers started to build hotels around the parks. The road later became a city, and was home to high class businesses and the private hotels of Madame de Pompadour and Pauline Borghèse. These became embassies, presidential palaces, ministries and art galleries.
The Elysée Palace, which used by all the regimes, The Great Britain Embassy, the home of Alfred de Vigny, the old village leprosarium which has today been repled by the Church of Saint-Phillipe du Roule, the prestigious hotels of the rue de l’Elysée which are the only examples of English architecture in Paris, the building where Alexis de Tocqueville was born….aswell as other major architectural and historic sites make up this district which is today considered as one France’s major showcases.

For lunch, take a break at a very chic Parisian restaurant, where you can not only appreciate the food, but also the wonderful panoramic view of Paris.

Take the opportunity for a stroll in the Jardin à la française des Tuileries, created by Le Nôtre, where you can admire more than 100 statues before you get to the Orangery Museum which holds a collection of unique works of art by Renoir, Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani and Cézanne. In the two oval rooms you can marvel at the amazing collection of “Waterlilies” painted by Monet. Your guide will will conduct a tour of these incredible works of art in English.

You will arrive at the biggest art and history museum in the world: The Louvre, which is easily the most popular site in Paris, and is home to some of the most beautiful works of art in the whole world. It collections stretch all the way from prehistoric times to the middle of the 19th century. At the entrance of the museum, the Louvre’s glass Pyramid, created by Ieoh Ming Pei offeres a striking contrast to the historic façade of the Louvre.
The Mona Lisa and The Venus de Milo are two of the most famous works of art on display in The Louvre, but your guide will help you to discover a selection according to your tastes among the many paintings, sculptures, historic objects and archeological coins which are contained in this museum.

You will continue torwards the Palais Royal which was the home of many members of the Royal Family over 2 centuries.
With the extension of its lateral galleries and the installation of various cafés and boutiques, it became the site of society gatherings for a large part of the 19th century.
One of its wings is now home to the “Théâtre de la Comédie”, the other to the ministry of culture. The interior garden of the Palais Royal, is surrounded by galleries which contain boutiques built under the initiative of Régent Philippe d’Orléans.
In the court of honour, the columns by the contemporary artist Buren, have been the object of heated controversy.

In the early evening, you will have a VIP visit, outside of opening hours, to the Opera Garnier, a genuine architectural masterpiece known all over the world. 73 sculptors collaborated to create the statues which adorn the Opera’s façade.
This completely marble and gold Opera, which resembles a museum, was decided on by Napoléon III and carried about by Charles Garnier. Its inauguration took place in 1875 after 15 years of building. Its façade, its grand staircase (which is one of the most famous places in the Palais Garnier), its drawing rooms, and its concert and opera hall, richly decorated with velvet, marble, gold leaf, nymphs and cherubs have made this THE masterpiece of the 19th century. The enormous central chandalier is reported to weigh 6 tons and illuminates the ceiling painted by Marc Chagall.

To finish off your evening, we have reserved a gastronomic feast for you along the Seine, the perfect opportunity for you to admire the most famous monuments of the “Ville Lumière” lit up, all the while enjoying the best of French cuisine.

A unique experience.

Get your day off to a fantastic start with a rich and varied buffet breakfast. Along with your chauffer you will board an electric trycicle, an ecological and practical vehicle, you will have the unique experience of a stroll through Paris in an original and completely safe fashion, as far as Montmartre hill, which towers above the town at 130 metres high.
The centre of Pagan cults, it became the “Mount of Martyrs” following the beheading of 3 Christians, including Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris.
From the Place des Abbesses, which carries the name of the women who ran Saint Peter’s Abbey, founded on Montmartre in 1096, you will start to climb the hill as far as The Sacré Cœur Basilica, at the very top. A cable car will allow you to complete this climb with no effort at all!
The building of The Sacré Cœur Basilica was decided on after the defeat in 1870-71 by the Prussians and their German allies, to atone for France’s mistakes and to beg for mercy from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
It is one of the unmissable sites on the Parisian landscape. A climb of 237 steps will give you access to the Dome of the Basilica. The campanile contains the Savoyarde, one of the biggest known clocks (19 tonnes), founded in Annecy.

But Montmartre is also particularly known worldwide for the many artists who have left their mark there since 1820 and who created its well-known bohemian atmosphere. Renoir lived there and painted “le bal au Moulin de la Galette”, on display at the Musée d’Orsay. Van Gogh and Picasso both immortalised it aswell, Van Gogh in 1886 and Picasso in 1900.
Of the 30 mills, which during the 13th century, ground grain and pressed grapes, it is the only one which has kept its mechanism intact.
Several cabarets have become famous, for example “le Lapin Agile”, which was popular with Apollinaire, Proust, Renoir and Picasso. Other meeting places have also become famous for this reason, such as the restaurants “Patachou” and “Chez Plumeau” which recount the whole life of Montmartre.

You will have your lunch in an historic place more than 4 centuries old, where Van Gogh painted his famous “La Guinguette”.

Then you can sit down in one of the many cafés and restaurants which surround the Place du Tertre, awash with painters and charicaturists. Here you will find all the bohemian spirit of yesteryear.
If you arrive during the harvest of the Vigne de Montmartre you will attend the harvest party at the vineyard, which was an extremely important place in Montmartre during the 13th century.

Your guide will take you across the remaining relics in the area, and if you wish, in the footsteps of Amelie Poulain, whose “Le Fabuleux Destin” was created largely in Montmartre in 2001 and was watched by people all over the world. A guided stroll in the winding alleyways of Montmartre, to get to know the romantic, dream-like Paris you have seen in postcards.

In the evening, the famous cabaret the Moulin Rouge, launched in 1889 thanks to the plays by Toulouse-Lautrec, invites you to attend its famous French Cancan.

You may have chosen to extend your stay in Paris or in another equally beautiful French region. Whatever your itinerary, your chauffeur will take care of your transfer to Paris Montparnasse station or Paris, Orly or Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport.