Consider this your guide to LOVING PARIS! I hope this episode will keep you #traveldreaming!
The level of immersion into French culture, cuisine, music, fashion and history packed into this itinerary will blow your mind. You will need to take pictures to recall everything packed into this trip. Oh, what is that? You don't take excellent photos? That is OK - if you book soon you will get a private photography session on site, IN PARIS! Capture your experience just in time to create enviable Christmas cards for 2021! The second bonus is FREE introductory French lessons!
“He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo.
Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic.
Nothing is more sublime.” Victor Hugo
ABOUT THIS RETREAT:
Maximum of 12 participants
Accomodation, private tours, dining and private car hires included, contact Therese for details
7 days
August 1 - 8, 2020
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DAY 1 | The Adventure Begins!
We start the first day after you have finished your breakfast in the hotel by meeting in Jardin des Tuileries at the footsteps of the Louvre. At the Louvre we will enjoy a private tour and featuring masterpieces such as Mona Lisa, Liberty Leading the People and Venus de Milo.
From here we will enjoy a nice stroll in a magnificent oasis, tucked away from the street. Play or take pictures by the striped pillars, relax near one of the fountains or simply enjoy a friendly game of pétanque with some locals near the beautiful alley of trees.
We will stay here to enjoy the quiet of the area and eat our first haute cuisine lunch. After lunch we will continue discovering this area as Therese shares some of the most beautiful and oldest street passages and galleries in Paris.
FREE TIME! From here you can go your own way to indulge in a little shopping or to take time to enjoy a few of the private art galleries and different boutiques in the area. You might just head back to Jardin des Tuileries for a little nap in the summer breeze.
A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life. – Thomas Jefferson
Day 2: A Day For Decadence
Where better to start than 31 rue Cambo?. It was here that Coco Chanel invented the concept of the modern boutique! Today you will sip on champagne as you browse the store and walk up the famous mirrored stairway. Before leaving we will visit her apartment. Although she didn’t actually live here, this is where she received all of her important guests.
After lunch we will go to Galeries Lafayette (in 1893 this store was 70 sq mt and today is 70,000 sq mt of absolute luxury and splendor. ) Immediately after we will cross the street and head over to Printemps, originally opened in 1865. We will start by heading to the rooftop for a cool glass of champagne with a 360° view of Paris! We can then continue our shopping in this equally beautiful Haussmann store which is said to have the largest beauty department in the world!
For those not interested in shopping you will be able to chose between different activities such as cooking lesson and wine tasting or Graffiti Workshop that ends with creating your own masterpiece on a designated wall in the city.
“The shopping, the food, the views! Paris is a city that entrances us all—and I’m no exception.” Michael Kors
Day 3: Artists, Sacred Sites and Cabaret
Montmartre is a truly special neighbourhood and you are...
