Day 1 - FRIDAY MAY 11

Arrive in Paris and settle in to our Left Bank private apartments.

Evening

Welcome drinks and light refreshments.

Day 2 - SATURDAY MAY 12

Morning

INTRODUCING PARIS: We meet our professional Paris guide and board our private minibus for a 4-hour familiarisation tour of the city’s principal landmarks. During the following days we shall explore the city in greater depth.

Afternoon

Accompany Hugh and Jo for a walk along the magical Promenade Plantée, the world’s first elevated green walkway.

Evening

At leisure.

Day 3 - SUNDAY MAY 13

Morning

Stroll through the narrow, winding streets of the Latin Quarter, site of the Sorbonne founded in 1253. Continue along the grand Boulevard St Germain to the Musée de Cluny, home of France’s foremost collection of medieval art, including the famed Licorne tapestries.

LUNCH in a selected restaurant in the district.

Afternoon

Visit Les Jardins du Luxembourg.

Evening

At leisure.

Day 4 - MONDAY MAY 14

Morning

Medieval Paris guided walking tour.

Afternoon

Visit the Hôtel Biron, an 18th century mansion now home to the Musée Rodin.

Evening

At leisure.

Day 5 - TUESDAY MAY 15

Morning

Escorted walking tour of the historic Marais area, home to French royalty and aristocracy dating from the mid-16th century.

Afternoon

At leisure.

Evening

DINNER CRUISE to view significant floodlit landmarks along the Seine.

Day 6 - WEDNESDAY MAY 16

All day

Visit, by minibus, to the exquisite house and gardens of Château de Vaux-le- Vicomte, precursor to Louis XIV’s Château de Versailles.

Evening

At leisure.

Day 7 - THURSDAY MAY 17

Morning

Guided discovery walking tour of the mid-19th century reinvention of Paris by Baron Haussmann, under the auspices of Napoléon III.

LUNCH

Afternoon

With the Palais Royal as our starting point, we explore Paris’s famed Passages Couverts (covered passages).

Evening

At leisure.

Day 8 - FRIDAY MAY 18

Morning

An escorted tour of the famed food market, Marché l’Aligre.

Afternoon

Visit the exceptional collection of fine art and decorative items housed in the Cognacq-Jay museum.

Evening

At leisure.

Day 9 - SATURDAY MAY 19

Morning

Visit, with Hugh, to the Puces de Saint Ouen (Paris flea markets).

Afternoon

At leisure.

Evening

FAREWELL DINNER

Day 10 - SUNDAY MAY 20

DEPARTURE - we say ‘goodbye’.