Paris, Chateaux and Bubbles By World Journeys

Paris, Chateaux and Bubbles By World Journeys

12 Days / 11 Nights from $19,985 Price Per Person

Sales from 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2025

**Day 1: Paris**
Upon arrival in Paris you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy free time to discover the city’s charming streets and surrounding areas.

**Day 2: Paris > Versailles > Paris**
After breakfast, join a full day tour of Paris and its fascinating history. Later, drive to Versailles, with a stop for lunch in a typical local restaurant before a guided visit of Chateaux de Versailles and its fabulous royal gardens. Return to your hotel for your overnight.

**Day 3: Paris**

Begin your day by meeting with a local chef and heading to a typical market, filled with open-air stalls and fresh local ingredients. You’ll discuss the French traditions of the market and work together to pick out what you’ll be cooking for lunch. At the end of your market visit, travel with your chef to their nearby Parisian apartment. You will prepare the meals with the chef, and share the results! The afternoon is at leisure. You may enjoy a Seine cruise, visit a French Brasserie or take in a burlesque show at the French Cabaret (at additional cost).

**Day 4: Paris > Giverny > Paris**
After breakfast depart towards Giverny, in the Normandy region, where you will visit Monet’s house and view his famed Impressionist’s art. Enjoy the rest of your day at leisure.

**Day 5: Paris > Loire Valley**
After breakfast take a private transfer to the railway station for your departure to the Loire Valley. On arrival you will be met at the train station and transferred to your hotel. In the early afternoon meet your guide for a half day private tour of Amboise and the Royal Chateau of Amboise. Explore the Clos Luce, the last residence of the great Leonardo da Vinci.

**Days 6 & 7: Loire Valley**
Join a full day private tour of the Chateau de Chenonceau, also called the “Castle of the Ladies”, and the elegant Chateau de Chaumont. Later enjoy a wine tasting of Loire Valley white wines in a local wine cellar. The next morning you will visit the Renaissance Chateau d’Azay-le-Rideau and Chateau de Villandry and its outstanding gardens, followed by a unique wine and cheese tasting.

**Day 8: Loire Valley > Beaune**
After your breakfast meet your driver for a private transfer to Beaune, a walled town at the heart of the Burgundy winemaking region.

**Day 9: Beaune**
After breakfast, meet your driver who will take you through a fantastic wine experience including stops at Côte de Beaune for wine tasting. A lunchtime visit to a truffle farm will include a cavage (truffle hunt) and gourmet truffle lunch. After lunch, head to the Côte de Nuits, stopping in at vineyards where you will visit another wine cellar and taste local wines.

**Day 10: Beaune > Troyes > Champagne region**
This morning transfer from Beaune to Troyes where you can enjoy lunch or explore the town before continuing to the Champagne region for your overnight. Troyes is a medieval town with charming narrow, cobbled streets lined with colourful, half-timbered houses, mostly dating from the 16th century.

**Day 11: Champagne region**
Today is all about champagne! This morning you will stop at two local champagne producers, enjoying tastings at a famous Champagne House.

**Day 12: Champagne region > Paris**
This morning return to Paris, where arrangements end.

Inclusions

    • Tailor-made journey
    • 11 nights’ accommodation in your category of choice
    • 11 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 1 dinner
    • Meet & Greet at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
    • Private transfers as per the itinerary
    • English-speaking local guides
    • Private sightseeing as per the itinerary
    • Shared visit to a truffle farm
    • One private cooking class
    • Three shared wine tastings
    • One shared wine and cheese tasting
    • Two shared champagne tastings
    • Train Paris > Loire Valley in 2nd class (4-star) and 1st class (5-star)
    • Entrance fees as per the itinerary


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Terms and Conditions:

  • Please enquire about cross-season pricing, or for Nov/Dec pricing
  • Surcharges apply during the Christmas/New Year period
  • Surcharges may apply during festivals and National holidays
  • Monet’s House is open Apr to Oct only. During its closure, enjoy a Paris Impressionist tour
Not Included:
  • City tax paid directly to your hotel
  • Gratuities
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