Experience the Best of Paris based on your interests with our private tour, offering flexibility and personalized attention from your own guide and driver. Our sophisticated driver guides provide insider perspectives on the City of Light and its incomparable architectural beauty, artistic richness, and culinary savoir-faire.
Explore the most interesting neighborhoods, markets, boutiques, specialty food shops, gardens, museums, and cultural attractions of Paris. Some of our favorite spots include wandering among the centuries-old mansions on exclusive île Saint-Louis, admiring the stained-glass windows of exquisite Sainte-Chapelle, and viewing the iconic Notre Dame. You can also visit the backstreets of Montmartre, climb the steps to the Sacre Coeur Basilica for panoramic views, or explore Le Marais, where private homes once belonged to kings, noblemen, and courtesans. Take in the beauty of the city's oldest and most beautiful square, the Place des Vosges, and visit the art treasures of museums such as the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, l'Orangerie, Centre Pompidou, Fondation Louis Vuitton, and other major museums. Or, if you prefer, visit smaller specialty museums off the beaten track.
Avantgarde can also arrange personalized shopping experiences, such as antique shopping, flea markets, haute couture, tea, copperware and cooking utensils, chocolate, and fashion, among others. For food lovers, take a gastronomic journey at a leading restaurant or indulge in a degustation gastronomique.
As part of this tour, you can also enjoy a private excursion to Versailles to tour Louis XIV's opulent palace, including the Hall of Mirrors, the gardens, and the Hameau de la Reine, the mock hamlet created for Marie-Antoinette. Alternatively, you can explore Giverny, the house, gardens, and lily ponds where Claude Monet lived and painted in his final years.
This tour is fully customizable and can be part of a longer tour through France. Let us help you plan the perfect Parisian experience.
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