tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87275120125388412062024-03-05T16:11:21.958-08:00Paris off the beaten track- walking tours and museum visitsMT Berger/Guide Interprète à titre définitif/secrétariat d'état au tourisme/carte n°G.A.02/92/001/PUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727512012538841206.post-69404850943867275782016-06-12T11:22:00.004-07:002016-06-17T14:38:41.611-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Welcome to Paris and<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">everything</span></span> the "Ile de France" area ha<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span> to offer.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My</span> museum visits and guided tours are designed to be</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> intimate<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and</span> interactive<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>giving <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a</span> sense of orientation in a city offer<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing</span> several lifetimes of cultural experiences<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>A private walking tour</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is a delightful introduction to the city’s history and its central neighborhoods.</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">tours can be arranged at your convenience.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727512012538841206.post-49991454588182399842008-12-31T23:30:00.000-08:002016-08-05T12:48:32.566-07:00GUIDED MUSEUM VISITS/ 3 hours<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">LOUVRE</span> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> The museum shows over 35,000 works of art. Explore the works on display and follow an orientation tour.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Visitors who have been to the Louvre before, could be more interested in following one if the themed tours...</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-size: medium;">1/ "ORIENTATION</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"> TOUR":</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If it's your first visit to the world's biggest museum it is important to get a sense of orientation and see the most famous masterpieces. We will discover these and other major works. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">2/ "IT'S ALL A<span style="color: #4c1130;">BOUT PAINTING"</span> TOUR</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is a great way to explore the encyclopaedic scope of the Museum, encompassing different European Painting Schools from the 13th to 19th century.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727512012538841206.post-43711987843042881212008-12-31T02:04:00.004-08:002016-06-17T14:32:45.674-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcivJqA5R937Vf-TvFCSQBQIhtp9jrwvlguK5VWWmpXFiIm3FJKWrdybYBccSqfUg16FwwlIYtbetvsC8KweffrdLi74ayeQSx0tLg8txf_RAdBlryh8LoxAl737AQ2d1vhwf3AlJyY1Hp/s1600-h/2bf13d67b1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285896520993662834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcivJqA5R937Vf-TvFCSQBQIhtp9jrwvlguK5VWWmpXFiIm3FJKWrdybYBccSqfUg16FwwlIYtbetvsC8KweffrdLi74ayeQSx0tLg8txf_RAdBlryh8LoxAl737AQ2d1vhwf3AlJyY1Hp/s200/2bf13d67b1.jpg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 127px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">Tour <span style="color: red;">*</span> 7</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"> </span>MUSÉE D'ORSAY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">One of the most important museums in Paris is housed i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">n the former Orsay train station redesigned by italien architect Gay Aulenti.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">French paintings, sculptures and furniture dating back to the years 1848 to 1914 are shown. Works by the leading Impressionists, Cézanne, Dégas, Monet, <span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);">Morisot, </span>Manet, Renoir and paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin are a few of the attractions that make this museum one of the top must-sees in Paris. </span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727512012538841206.post-53789607596063880292008-12-31T02:04:00.003-08:002016-06-12T06:58:48.248-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikr1IpOWA_Q7vBo_STgJNK-Hr9zJ65PZYokG7uop_ZeNIkW65qfLyT0tU0qAeo5AYCxG6OoWvfr4288H16Bha4DdBzv8086RbZtmoqcBd1zGNFdFNUS29z_378KG7OUDe0SYuyeibkaN33/s1600-h/S1056.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286717397568140642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikr1IpOWA_Q7vBo_STgJNK-Hr9zJ65PZYokG7uop_ZeNIkW65qfLyT0tU0qAeo5AYCxG6OoWvfr4288H16Bha4DdBzv8086RbZtmoqcBd1zGNFdFNUS29z_378KG7OUDe0SYuyeibkaN33/s200/S1056.jpg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 157px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"> </span>The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MUSÉE RODIN<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);">,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);">located</span> in the beautiful Mansion "Hôtel Biron" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">shows Auguste Rodin's major works. His most famous sculptures in marble, The kiss, Danaïd..., the bronzes, the Gates of Hell, The Thinker... the Monument to the Burghers of Calais...but also lesser known drawings, engravings and paintings by the artist.</span></span></span></span></span> </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tour <span style="color: red;">*</span> 9</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">CENTRE POMPIDOU</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">houses artworks from the XX </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and XXI century. It's one of the most important collections of </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">modern art in Europe</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The centre's architects, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini designed the building which was inaugurated in 1972 on the lines of an "evolving spatial diagram". </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Colour-coded ducts are attached to the outside of the building: blue for air; green for fluids; yellow for electricity cables; and red for movement and flow (elevators) and safety (fire extinguishers).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">MUSÉE MARMOTTAN</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> splendid 19th century Residence in the elegant 16th Quarter of Paris, features a collection of a hundred Impressionist works by Monet, Morisot, Degas, Manet and Renoir, as well as the Wildenstein collection of illuminated manuscripts.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">The </span></span></span></span></span>ORANGERIE</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">was recently described as "unique in its genre". The Museum was chosen and arranged by Claude Monet himself to showcase his masterpieces.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">Along with the huge "Nymphéas"- a haven of peaceful meditation, the Orangerie offers a fabulous concentration of masterpieces. The Walter/Guillaume Collection is a highly original insight into modern art featuring Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso, Rousseau, Mattisse, Modigliani, Soutine, Utrillo<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">,</span> </span>Laurencin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span>A</span> <span style="color: #4c1130;">DETAILED STUDY OF MONET</span>: <span style="font-size: small;">(a combined visit of the Marmottan and Orangerie Museums)</span></span> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">Claude Monet (1840-1926), is the archetypal Impressionist. Monet was a leader in his own right. His artwork reflects radical ideas and styles, and thusly influenced his fellow artists, and those to follow.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #666666;">The</span> JACQUEMART-ANDRÉ, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">a splendid 19th century residence, built and decorated in the 19th century by Mr. and Mrs. Jacquemart-André. Their art collection includes Italian Renaissance works (Boticelli, Uccello, Bellini...) as well as 17th and 18th century works from the Flemish (Rembrandt, Van Dyck...) and French Schools. The collection also includes valuable furniture, tapestries and 18th century paintings from the English School.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">MUSÉE NISSIM CAMODO </span></span></span></span></span>A most sumptuous private home. It houses the finest 18th century collection of French furniture and art objects in Paris. Antique woodwork serves as a backdrop to furniture by cabinet makers working for the royal furniture repository. Sculptures and paintings reflect the collectors taste with bustes by Houdon, portraits by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, landscapes by Guardi and hunting scenes by Oudry.</span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727512012538841206.post-12106036105306728012008-12-30T22:26:00.003-08:002016-08-09T08:21:55.860-07:00A GOURMET WALK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jKKV3aZARAipWd2zxafvt8Cy2kQnKYM3OaJQB-z7joEaGVKp2lt5Egfts-jBc7yAy8ZuhF9mxisRlD2LrfvO7ovrcasazk43Vjyy_KqKo2Imvd5wc5UjKtFku8Nv8bKBERgHCN1jRPMn/s1600-h/normal_detroy_1183494617.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286208037982014658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jKKV3aZARAipWd2zxafvt8Cy2kQnKYM3OaJQB-z7joEaGVKp2lt5Egfts-jBc7yAy8ZuhF9mxisRlD2LrfvO7ovrcasazk43Vjyy_KqKo2Imvd5wc5UjKtFku8Nv8bKBERgHCN1jRPMn/s320/normal_detroy_1183494617.jpg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 159px;" width="254" /></a> <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">There is no need to consider calories when you combine fine French food with a good walk! This walk explores Parisian food markets and fine grocery stores . You will learn about French culinary habits, seasonal events taking place at the time of your tour and get an introduction to selected specialities. How those french specialities are produced, how to choose and store the produce, and how to prepare your own gourment recipes. We will taste wines, cheeses and pastries and depending on your taste and the season, either oysters, truffle or foie-gras specialities.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"ORIENTATION WALK"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> is the classic walk to start with. It offers a </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">complete overview of Paris. The major sites in citycenter are covered and you leave with a great sense of orientation . Starting at Notre Dame, the cathedral's history, architecture - St. Chapelle - Louvre Museum - Musée d'Orsay - Place de la Concorde, grandest square in France - Champs Elysée, the most famous avenue and seat of beautiful 18th century mansions - Pont Alexander III -- the beautiful baroque complex of the "Hôtel des Invalides" topped wit a golden dome over the Napoleons Tomb. And last not least a glance at the Eiffel Tower. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">QUARTIER LATIN AND ILE DE LA CITÉ</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">The Walk takes us through 2000 years of Parisian history and touches on everything from Roman ruins to student nightlife... Notre Dame, St. Chapelle, Sorbonne University,the beautiful Luxembourg gardens and the renaissance Luxembourg Palace, Pantheon, Conciergerie, Cluny Museum, the "village" with some of the oldest buildings in town and Place St. Michel the heartbeat of the student area.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MONTMARTRE</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">The outing explores the rich artistic history of the area. Sacré Coeur Basilica, which dominates the Parisian skyline, the original romain church of Montmartre: St. Pierre, Place du Tertre - the charming artists square where works are painted and sold on the spot - Moulin Rouge, famed cabaret immortalized by the works of Toulouse Lautrec - Van Gogh's House - Picasso's Studio - The Dali Museum, home to over 300 of his original works - the Montmartre Vineyards. The Montmartre Cemetery, final resting place of many famous people - "Le Lapin Agile" well known haunt of the resident artists who lived in Montmartre in the early 1900's - the Windmills, painted many times by impressionist painters - the secret Montmartre, its picturesque alleys, hidden gardens...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MARAIS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span></span><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">This district</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">preserves the narrow streets and architectural styles of Medieval and Renaissance-era Paris. Most of Paris was overhauled in the mid-19th century under the direction of Napoleon III and architect Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann, but the Marais was preserved.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> Marais means Swamp which it was once. It went from being a royal favorite under Henri IV, to ruin after the Revolution of 1789. Since it’s revival in the 1970's, it has become a center of artistic and cultural life. The Hôtel de Sens, a former royal residence, the remnants of a medieval fortress, the saint Paul village,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> St. Paul church, Hôtel de Sully- a Renaissance residence, the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> Place des Voges which is quite arguably Paris' most beautiful square. Rue des Rosiers -</span></span></span></span><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> the main thoroughfare of the Marais' historic Jewish quarter. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 102 , 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102 , 51 , 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">FROM ST. GERMAIN TO MONTPARNASSE</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> On the footsteps of Oscar Wilde and other writers... here on the le Left Bank, you will discover it's charming streets and cafes. Many writers and painters live in this area now as they did in the past. Some of the favorite haunts of Oscar Wilde and the generation of writers he inspired seem to be unchanged. The hotel where Wilde ended his days is still there. The "Deux Magots" and the "Flore", probably the best known cafes in town became the meeting place of Faulkner, Picasso, Joyce, Gide and Apollinaire. "Procope" is the oldest cafe in the world and was a favourite of Benjamin Franklin, Danton, Robespierre, Marat, Napoleon... Moving towards Montparnasse one passes by the house where Gertrud Stein lived and where many artists spent endless evenings. The Boulevard Montparnasse used to be the artists quarter in the 1920's. The famous la Coupole Brasserie still looks the same.</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727512012538841206.post-49580805796033918392008-12-30T22:24:00.000-08:002016-06-13T01:05:03.120-07:00GOING AWAY FOR THE DAY- EXCURSIONS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerY58yBQVGM2B1lT35RKjDPj1x0RWRW3prJtjIU4c4F19FIhASg-J62f45bOFzZ627njNygCFHID7fSBVt52Wjovk1Lu5_T0Ztm4BzO-L4FSuliZPLw3GwZyf0yL27Hfh5B248MonMLG1/s1600-h/petittrianon-Z.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288886432583286114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerY58yBQVGM2B1lT35RKjDPj1x0RWRW3prJtjIU4c4F19FIhASg-J62f45bOFzZ627njNygCFHID7fSBVt52Wjovk1Lu5_T0Ztm4BzO-L4FSuliZPLw3GwZyf0yL27Hfh5B248MonMLG1/s200/petittrianon-Z.jpg" style="display: block; height: 162px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES/ CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU/</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">CHATEAU DE CHANTILLY/ MONET'S GARDEN IN GIVERNY/ VAN GOGH IN AUVERS SUR OISE</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">Tour <span style="color: red;">*</span> 23</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">The château and the gardens are absolute must-sees beyond Paris. Skip to the front of the general admission line at Versailles! Begin your day with a guided visit of the Great Royal Apartements, Hall of Mirrors and the Queen's Bedroom. Take a leisurely stroll around the Palace Park through some of the "Groves"... After a lunch break we will continue with a guided visit of the Trianon mansions which are vast lodges where the Sun King and Louis XVI liked to work and retire from court life. Take a discovery tour of the Queen's Hamlet where from 1783 Marie-Antoinette played as a shepherdess.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">17 km away from Paris , Versailles is easy to reach by train or bus.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">is the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> castle where all sovereigns since the Middle Ages lived, cherished by Kings, Queens, Emperors and Empresses who all left their trace. Today, the chateau offers visitors its architectural treasures, paintings and the thousands of fascinating and precious objects that it has preserved.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">60 km south of Paris - about one hour by train.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">CHATEAU DE CHANTILLY</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">While the Louvre and Versailles are household names, many visitors </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">to Paris are surprised to learn that just one hour north of Paris, you can find one of the most enchanting sites in France, the magnificent castle and stables of Chantilly. The monumental stables were commissioned in 1719 and once accommodated 240 horses. Now known as "Le Musée Vivant du Cheval", it is the most important museum ever devoted to the history of horses.</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";">The Chantilly castle's history is long and impressive. The last owner collected one of the most extraordinary private collections of paintings, drawings, and illuminated manuscripts outside the Louvre. There are 1,000 Old Masters paintings, including works by Raphael, Ingres, Poussin and the largest single collection of 16th century royal portraits. Bibliophiles will want to linger in the castle's private library, which hosts fine illuminated manuscripts. The most celebrated of these are "The Very Rich Hours of the Duc de Berry- a parchement almanac that was commissioned in the 15th century. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">50 km north of Paris - about one hour by train.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663333; font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">GIVERNY </span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8UmVtWD003FfIV7O8I-Nn79V04lGHiOO42HfGpPawhXfERWXpnrmRTaFnfCNOybCsuAykOWBAqf0TPv3k9oiHV3ZcqrjDHD8B7q4rEc_PWKzvMXL161IyCkTXsHE7-yr2fC8YLzZmYS9/s1600-h/tmp_2647196ee9e9485e493655df447b4707.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285990888743508274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8UmVtWD003FfIV7O8I-Nn79V04lGHiOO42HfGpPawhXfERWXpnrmRTaFnfCNOybCsuAykOWBAqf0TPv3k9oiHV3ZcqrjDHD8B7q4rEc_PWKzvMXL161IyCkTXsHE7-yr2fC8YLzZmYS9/s320/tmp_2647196ee9e9485e493655df447b4707.gif" style="float: right; height: 231px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The garden of the great painter Claude Monet is a place of memory, a place of creation. Seing the garden one remembers his research for transparence, his quest to capture colours on different backrounds, in the shade, or in full sun-light ... The Giverny watergarden is a place of stunning beauty where all shadows are calculated : in the center, infinite variations of the sky, on the borders, the thickness of the reflexion of vegetation... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In spring, crocuses are near to the ground. In May, the irises rise a little higher. The roses and clematis in June are majestic. And in Automn, the magnificent dahlias mingle with masses of velveted asters.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;">An additional visit to the Museum of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;">Impressionism </span></span>is advisable.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">By train it will take about one hour from Paris to Giverny.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Half or full day outing)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Tour <span style="color: red;">*</span> 27 </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">VAN GOGH IN AUVERS SUR OISE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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