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Private Paris tour with your own driver- 4 hour tour of Paris sights with hotel pickup and drop off

Suggested itinerary (can modify to suit):

1. Drive by Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triumphe
2. Pere-Lachaise Cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried (and Edith Piaf!).  Beautiful place filled with large mausoleums, ivy, moss, etc.  Great just walking the grounds.  You need just an hour or less.
3. Sacre-Coeur Basilica and Montmartre district.  Summit location with great views of Paris.  Behind the Basilica are street artists and outdoor dining opportunities.
4. Le Marias shopping district.  High end shopping and good people watching.  Cafes and patisseries everywhere.

Champagne Tasting Tour from Paris

Champagne Tasting Tour from Paris leaves from the Paris pick up point, a short drive of less than 2 hours you’ll be in Champagne. In Champagne’s biggest city you’ll be immersed in culture throughout the ages in the Notre Dame Cathedral, a recently renovated masterpiece with the greatest collection of stain glass windows including Marc Chagall. A short drive away you’ll be in vineyards. Further on we’ll reach the small, yet important village of Hautvillers perching over the Marne Valley. The church we’ll visit (Saint Sindulphe) has a place in history as monk Dom Perignon perfected methods and care of the vines, and processes for making the best wines from expansive vineyards around the church.

Your first private tour of a small producer’s cellars and expert level tasting will follow. This stop is often the highlight of the tour, you’ll learn every step of the process, see bottles in aging right in front of you, and experience champagne making in an intimate way that no big house can offer.

Lunch in Epernay: Your guide will suggest suitable restaurants that you will love. There are choices depending on availability, yet they are all great!

We’ll be sure to take a slow drive up the richest avenue in France, not because of the famous houses you’ll see above ground but what is just below the kilometre long myriad of tunnels with 200 million bottles of champagne!

To complete your experience a mid sized to big producer is going to impress you. That could be Moët et Chandon, Mercier, Nicolas Feuillatte, Castellane, or Ayala in Aÿ, depending on availability. In peak season you might visit Veuve Clicquot, Pommery, G.H. Mumm, Lanson, or Canard Duchêne in Reims first, afterwards visit a small producer in the afternoon. If you have a favourite, ask well in advance as places in the big houses such as Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon Taittinger Mumm Ayala Gosset Bollinger etc are all increasingly difficult to reserve places with short notice.

You’ll be inspired to try your new found tasting knowledge on one last tasting at a small producer before the drive back to Paris after a fun and fact filled day that will stay in your memories forevermore.

From the very start you’ll start learning about Champagne and champagne on the trip towards Reims. Following in real time in the vineyards, and wineries the entire process from the vine to your glass. You’ll be well on your way to becoming a Champagne expert by the end of the day!

Store away all those memories on your way back to Paris. Drop off is at the point of departure or before. Please note traffic is always dense in Paris, patience is virtue.

Excursion to Giverny departing from Paris in minivan (half-day)

• Groups of up to 8 people
• Starting point: 80 Avenue de la Grande Armée, 75017, Paris
• Comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
• Short journey times
• Tour guide (English, French, Spanish)
• Entrance ticket to Monet’s house and gardens

A tour not to be missed!
Located around 50m miles from Paris, Giverny is a very charming village. Claude Monet decided to move here in order to develop his passions: painting, gardening and photography. In 1966, the gardens and Monet’s House were passed by his son Michel to the Academy of Arts. Nowadays, the property is restored as a museum where the main Monet’s canvas are exhibited and the gardens are recreated.

❤ YOU WILL ENJOY…

TOUR OF GIVERNY AND MONET’S HOUSE

During the tour, you will see Monet’s house restored as in the old days, the painter’s workshop and stroll through the wonderful garden.

Inside Monet’s house, where he lived from 1883 to 1926, you will discover:

• The ground floor: the “blue lounge” (room for reading), the groceries, the workshop, the dining room with the famous collection of Japanese drawings on the wall, and the kitchen well decorated.
• The first floor: the private apartments with Monet’s bedroom (specific period furniture), Alice’s bedroom and “toilettes”. In front of the house, you will be charmed by the famous Monet’s gardens which are majestic and represent one of the painter’s greatest master pieces.

You will visit the house and gardens as you wish and our guide will give you all information needed to enjoy your visit. The Monet’s house is generally opened from beginning of April to end of October.