Paris, Chateaux and Bubbles

Day 1 : Paris

Upon arrival in Paris you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy free time to discover the city’s charming streets and surrounding areas.

Day 2 : Paris > Versailles > Paris

After breakfast, join a full day tour of Paris and its fascinating history. Later, drive to Versailles, with a stop for lunch in a typical local restaurant before a guided visit of Chateaux de Versailles and its fabulous royal gardens. Return to your hotel for your overnight.

Day 3 : Paris

Begin your day by meeting with a local Chef and heading to a typical market, filled with open-air stalls and fresh local ingredients. You’ll discuss the French traditions of the market and work together to pick out what you’ll be cooking for lunch. At the end of your market visit, travel with your chef to their nearby Parisian apartment. You will prepare the meals with the Chef, and share the results! The afternoon is at leisure. You may enjoy a Seine cruise, visit a French Brasserie or take in a burlesque show at the French Cabaret (at additional cost).

Day 4 : Paris > Giverny > Paris

After breakfast depart towards Giverny, in the Normandy region, where you will visit Monet’s house and view his famed Impressionist’s art. Enjoy the rest of your day at leisure.

Day 5 : Paris > Loire Valley

After breakfast take a private transfer to the railway station for your departure to the Loire Valley. On arrival you will be met at the train station be transferred to your hotel. In the early afternoon meet your guide for a half day private tour of Amboise and the Royal Chateau of Amboise. Explore the Clos Luce, the last residence of the great Leonardo da Vinci.

Days 6 & 7 : Loire Valley

Join a full day private tour of the Chateau de Chenonceau, also called the “Castle of the Ladies”, and the elegant Chateau de Chaumont. Later enjoy a wine tasting of Loire Valley white wines in a local wine cellar. The next morning you will visit the Renaissance Chateau d’Azay-le-Rideau and Chateau de Villandry and its outstanding gardens, followed by a unique wine and cheese tasting.

Day 8 : Loire Valley > Beaune

After your breakfast meet your driver for a private transfer to Beaune, a walled town at the heart of the Burgundy winemaking region.

Day 9 : Beaune

After breakfast, meet your driver who will take you through a fantastic wine experience including stops at Côte de Beaune for wine tasting. A lunchtime visit to a truffle farm will include a cavage (truffle hunt) and gourmet truffle lunch. After lunch, head to the Côte de Nuits, stopping in at vineyards where you will visit another wine cellar and taste local wines.

Day 10 : Beaune > Troyes > Champagne region

This morning transfer from Beaune to Troyes where you can enjoy lunch or explore the town before continuing to the Champagne region for your overnight. Troyes is a medieval town with charming narrow, cobbled streets lined with colourful, half-timbered houses, mostly dating from the 16th century.

Day 11 : Champagne region

Today is all about champagne! This morning you will stop at two local champagne producers, enjoying tastings at a famous Champagne House.

Day 12 : Champagne region > Paris

This morning return to Paris, where arrangements end.