Tour programme
V1 & V1bis | Paris City Tour
Departure by coach for a sight-seeing tour of Paris: The Arc de Triomphe, the Chaillot Palace, the Eiffel Tower, the Military Academy and the Invalides, the immense Place de la Concorde, the Louvre Museum, the Opera House and the famous Champs-Elysées are the most marvelous monuments that one can admire.
Monday, September 12, 2011
• Departure by coach 14:30
• Return 17:30
• Tour Cost: 34€ (tax included)
Included in the Accompanying Persons registration fee
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
• Departure by coach 14:30
• Return 17:30
• Tour Cost: 34€ (tax included)
Included in the Accompanying Persons registration fee
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V2, V2bis & V2ter | Cruise on the Seine and Eiffel Tower
After one hour cruise on the Seine, during which you will discover those of the monuments of Paris lined along the river, you will enter the hydraulic lift of the Eiffel Tower and stop at the 2nd floor to take a walk around the platform from which you can see the different sights and have a remarkable extensive view all over Paris and its outskirts.
Monday, September 12, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 13:00
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 18:30
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 13:00
Tour Cost: 54€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V3, V3bis & V3ter | Walking tour of Montmartre followed by a wine tasting
“Montmartre” is one of the most astonishing areas of Paris having retained its village charm at the heart of the capital, with its numerous paved alley ways, distinctive stairways and rich cultural heritage bearing witness to 2000 years of history.
Famous all over the world for its basilica, its ‘Place du Tertre’, its artists and its stunning views over Paris, Montmartre has many sites of interest with four museums, a ‘dotto’ train, numerous galleries, theatres and cabarets such as the ‘Moulin Rouge’, the ‘Lapin Agile’ or ‘Chez Ma Cousine’, the creative, bohemian and party spirit which characterizes this area has been easily kept alive, together with all its charm and history. Montmartre is a magical name conjuring up images of a marvellous artist village topped by the basilica of the Sacré-Coeur, a place where so many famous painters, poets and singers have left their mark: Picasso, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Utrillo, Van Gogh…
We suggest you discovering the privileged site of the vineyards of Montmartre, opened exceptionally for you, as well as the museum of Montmartre for a conducted tour. This visit will be followed by a tasting of the wine “Le Clos Montmartre” in the magnificent gardens of the Hotel Demarne, closed to the public and adjacent to the Museum of Montmartre.
Monday, September 12, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 12:00
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 12:00
Thursday, September 15, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
Tour Cost: 69€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V4 & V4bis | Baccarat Museum
The Baccarat Museum is an illustration of 200 years of crystal ware with some fabulous masterpieces such as the monumental vases of the Negus and the Shah of Persia candelabras, together with opalines, paper weights and perfume bottles created for the most famous perfumers.
Cut glass chandeliers throw their light on the table ware created for royalty and heads of state throughout the world. Baccarat is truly proud of its past as well of its modern day creations both from its own craftsmen and from contemporary artists such as Dali, Chevalier, de Lesseps and Rigot.
Monday, September 12, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 12:00
Tour Cost: 45€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V5 | Museum of Fairground Art
Due to lack of participants, this tour has been cancelled. We thank you for your understanding.
In this museum, the world of fairground art comes to life and provides for an entertaining show thanks to the imaginative staging of objects from the world-renowned collection belonging to the owner of the Pavillons de Bercy, Jean Paul Favand.
The “Carousel-Salon”, once a symbol of itinerant entertainment, has made up a stop in this place and turned this building into an extraordinary site full of attractions and games that have been restored to their original state.
The incredible and unique collection of fairground art, including German swings, merry-go-rounds and carousels provide the decor in which sculpted wooden horses, hundred-year-old bicycles and other objects become a playground in which you will discover the different aspects of travelling fairs and how they once enabled people to live out their dreams.
Monday, September 12, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
Tour Cost: 45€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V6 & V6bis | Cooking School: Le Cordon Bleu
French cooking is world famous. Above and beyond personal talents, many schools perpetuate the art of French cooking as the ECOLE CORDON BLEU one. A Chef prepares all the different courses of a menu and answers your questions. The full list of ingredients for the various recipes is provided and at the end of the demonstration, at last, you can taste the different dishes.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 13:00
Thursday, September 15, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 13:00
Tour Cost: 95€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V7 & V7bis | Walking tour of the Marais district
Stroll in the Marais district and discover its recently renovated superb 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries “hôtels particuliers” (private mansions). Stay a while in the heart of the Marais, at the “Place des Vosges”, with its remarkable arcades, where Victor Hugo lived. Visit of the Carnavalet museum which has become today the museum of the history of Paris from Henri the IV’s time until nowadays. The two “musts” are the revolution rooms as well as the ones recalling the 19th century period.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:00
• Return 12:00
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
Tour Cost: 31€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V8 | Claude Monet at Giverny
Departure for the Seine valley and after one hour drive you will reach Giverny, temple of the impressionist movement, where Claude Monet settled at the end of his life. You will visit his house restored with the furniture and bright colours of the time and see his collection of Japanese prints. As you stroll through the French and Japanese gardens both created by Monet you will reach the lily pond that provided the inspiration for his last master piece.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
• Departure by coach 14:30
• Return 18:00
• Tour Cost: 72€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V9 | Style conference at Galeries Lafayette
The Galeries Lafayette, the touchstone Parisian department store for all luxury, fashion and Beauty, invites you to a one-of-a-kind conference. Do you wish to learn more about the Fashion Department? Want to find out about the most recent fashion trends?
Content of the conference:
In a private room, 3 consultants will explain you on concrete examples,
how to get dressed in a professional environment.
• Welcome coffee
• Fashion workshop with a presentation of the trends of the Autumn and Winter season 2011-2012
You will have a personal Shopper who is a consultant of the Lafayette department of Fashion and Beauty,
• Make-up workshop by an expert from Sisley,
• Hairstyle workshop by an expert from Maniatis,
• Tour of the Fashion Designers
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
• Tour Cost: 90€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V10 | The Louvre Museum
The Louvre, Fortress and then Royal Palace has been a National Museum since 1793, and since 1988 has been embellished with a surprising modern Glass Pyramid. The Louvre is one of the largest and richest in works of art throughout the World. Drawings, antiquities, sculptures; the quality and sheer variety of its contents are simply astounding. Next to the well-known master-pieces such as Mona Lisa and the Venus of Milo, expanded art collections are displayed.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
• Tour Cost: 41€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V11 | Orangerie Museum
The Orangerie museum houses the collection of Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume, composed of 144 paintings done by some of the most important French and foreign artists who lived in France from the impressionist period up until 1930. Among the collection are some world renowned paintings: “Young girls at the Piano” by Renoir, “The Marriage” by Rousseau, and “the Bathers” by Picasso. The two showrooms on the ground floor of the museum were set up just after the World War I in order to exhibit the fantastic Water lily panels by Monet.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
• Departure by metro 09:30
• Return 12:00
• Tour Cost: 45€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V12 | Quai Branly Museum of the “Arts Premiers”
Due to lack of participants, this tour has been cancelled. We thank you for your understanding.
An unpartitioned geographical itinerary comprising 3,500 artefacts from all four corners of the world.
At the end of the ‘ramp’, the long winding walkway that spirals up from the reception hall, the permanent collection areas presents the great geographical regions in which the Musée du quai Branly’s remarkable collections originated: Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The visitor makes his way fluidly across them, taking in the major crossroads between civilisations and cultures: Asia-Oceania, Insulindia, and Mashreck-Maghreb.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
• Tour Cost: 37€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.
V13 | Cité de l’Architecture
Discover la Cité de l’Architecture, which has opened its doors to the public in September 2007.
Created in 1880 this museum of France’s monumental art and mural painting, comprising casts and replicas was the brainchild of the Gothic Revival and restorer of medieval monuments Viollet-le-duc. Because of a fire, the museum was closed for many years and has been totally transformed and restored into a great museum with a very modern decoration. The 3 galleries are now one and will introduce the visitor to the French architecture from the XII century until today with all its specificities: aesthetical, functional, technical, special and urban.
You will be astonished by the display of the pieces of art, the high ceilings and the tremendous view over the Gardens and Fountains of the Trocadéro.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
• Departure by metro 14:30
• Return 17:30
• Tour Cost: 55€ (tax included)
Meet at the Congress’ welcome desk.