destination 4 TAKE A FOODIE TOUR Top 5 sights in... 1 PAUSE AT A PAVEMENT CAFE
Many tours of France start and end in Paris, so unless you book clients a few nights’ stay pre or post-tour, they risk missing out on the magic of the city. Not so with Newmarket Holidays’ four-day Paris, Monet’s Garden & Rouen tour, which bases itself in the capital. Guided tours in the morning are followed by free time in the afternoon, with trips to Rouen and Giverney, which inspired Monet’s impressionist works (from £435).
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SEE THE FINAL STAGE OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE
Cycling fans flock to the Champs Elysées on the final day of the Tour de France for a chance to glimpse the yellow jersey. Leger Holidays’ four-day Paris & the Tour de France Finale, departing on July 17, 2020, starts at £339.
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Escorted touring can open doors that might otherwise be closed to ordinary tourists, and getting private entry to the Parisian HQ of perfumery Fragonard is a prime example. Guests on Trafalgar’s Paris Explorer trip can meet the official Fragonard ‘nose’ – the creative force behind its fragrances – then try their hand at creating a personalised perfume to take home. The eight-day tour costs from £1,592 land-only.
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It’s the City of Lights and of Love, but what more can you do on a tour of the French capital? Katie McGonagle finds out
From colourful macarons and tempting fresh baguettes to flaky croissants and silky eclairs, a trip to Paris is nothing if not indulgent. Ensure your clients enjoy some of Paris’s hard-to-find foodie gems on day two of Luxury Gold’s 10-day French Vogue tour. Its small-group walking takes in some of the city’s best patisseries, boulangeries, chocolatiers and cheese shops (from £3,596 for summer 2020).
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SPEND CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY OF LIGHTS
Paris is pretty at any time of year, but especially when adorned with fairy lights, Christmas trees and perhaps an inch or two of snow. Solos specialist Just You has a five- day festive Christmas in Paris by Eurostar tour which mixes sightseeing with a late-night tour of the Christmas lights, a visit to the top of the 59-floor Montparnasse Tower, and Christmas dinner (from £1,049).
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