Paris: The City Experience

🔹 Cultural engagement: Take a walking tour of the Latin Quarter, so named because the language was once commonly spoken by the Sorbonne students that populated the area

See Notre-Dame Cathedral, known for its sculptured facade, stained-glass rose windows, and seemingly weightless vaulted ceilings

🔹 Guided learning: Take a guided tour of Paris

With your expert local guide you will see:

• Place de la Concorde, a major public square
• Champs-Élysées, an elegant boulevard packed with high-fashion boutiques 
• Arc de Triomphe, a monument honoring those who fought for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 
• Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 World's Fair and an iconic symbol of Paris
• Hôtel des Invalides, a grand hospital commissioned by Louis XIV 

Take a guided tour of Versailles, where Louis XIV hosted his royal court to reign in their power and prevent their political rise

With your expert local guide you will see:

• State Apartments of the King and Queen
• The lavish Hall of Mirrors which depicts political successes on its vaulted-ceiling murals 
• Meticulously landscaped gardens and dozens of ornate fountains 

Enjoy a scenic view of Paris as you sail along the iconic Seine River 

Explore art from around the world at the Louvre, home to over 35,000 objects including Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa

🔹 Guided learning: Take part in a French language lesson and cultural activity

Visit the Fragonard perfumery and see the process of French perfume, from harvesting, to bottling, to the role of master noses

  🔹 Independent exploration: Spend the afternoon exploring Paris on your own   

Take a walking tour of Montmartre

With your Field Director you will see:

• Place du Tertre, an artistic center of France, and see street artists
• Sacré-Cœur Basilica, a white-domed basilica that marks the highest point in Paris

Enjoy dinner in Montmartre and explore the district has long been a haven for artists

Travel to Normandy, the backdrop for the largest seaborne invasion in history 

Take a guided tour of Normandy

With your expert local guide you will see:

• Pointe du Hoc, the 320-foot cliff scaled by Allied troops to suppress the German attack
• American Cemetery, where nearly 10,000 American soldiers are buried
• Arromanches, another key battleground

Visit the Caen Memorial, dedicated to reminding visitors of the fragility of peace 

Travel to Paris

Enjoy dinner in Paris