ITALY & FRANCE PARIS DESTINATIONS 09.00: Sacré-Coeur


10.30: Notre Dame


12:30: The Louvre


12.30: The Louvre. Loop back along the Seine and cross the Pont des Arts to reach the Louvre. The world’s largest art museum and former home of the monarchy, this palatial building now houses more than 38,000 pieces, spanning ancient Egyptian artefacts to Michelangelo sculptures, plus the most talked-about painting on the planet, Mona Lisa (entry is €15; closed on Tuesdays).


14.00: Lunch at Angelina. Ten minutes away on the rather plush Rue de Rivoli you’ll find this famous salon de thé. A Parisian institution since 1903 and once an aristocratic haunt for the likes of Coco Chanel, it offers delightful French classics such as croque monsieurs in elaborate belle époque surroundings, with rich, creamy hot chocolates and exquisite cakes its forte.


15.00: Jardin des Tuileries. Just next to it sits Jardin des Tuileries, a manicured stretch of green filled with colourful flower beds, marble statues and an elegant lily-pad pond. While you’re


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Jardin des Tuileries is filled with colourful flower beds, marble statues and an elegant lily-pad pond


here check out the Musée de l’Orangerie, where huge paintings by the likes of Monet, Cézanne and Sisley are displayed in an elegant glass pavilion (entry €9).


16.00: Champs-Elysées. Walk straight from the Musée de l’Orangerie to reach Place de la Concorde, the spot where Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI were guillotined, then continue along the tree-lined Champs-Elysées Avenue via a string of shops to reach the colossal Arc de Triomphe. Built under Napoleon, this giant isn’t only Insta-worthy from road level – climb its 40 steps at night and you’ll see the iconic Eiffel Tower glowing gold against a


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wParis’s first digital art museum, the Atelier des Lumières, opened in April with immersive exhibitions and artist-inspired light installations.


wThe Musee Yves Saint Laurent opened last year on the site of the designer’s former fashion house, with rotating exhibitions presenting his collection.


w Eating Europe Tours has launched its first Paris food tour, ‘Hip Eats and Backstreets’, taking clients on a culinary journey round the 10th arrondissement (€85 per adult from 12-4pm Tuesday to Saturday).


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