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<BODY> We propose various tours with private guide. The following excursions could last half a day or full day.On request. Reserve a car with chauffeur,assistance at the airport or railways station. Please contact us in order to create your personalized programme. We also organize lectures for temporary exhibitions :these exhibitions will regularly be shown in the News. Paris 1 - Panoramic visit of the city and of its main monuments : Concorde square, Opera, Champs Elysées, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Marais, etc… And inside visit of Notre Dame. 2 - Historical Paris. 3 - Modern Paris. Louvre Museum: 1 - General guided tour : Highlights Mona Lisa, Winged victory, Venus de Milo, Italian paintings (Raphaël, Veronese, Leonardo da Vinci, etc..) French paintings (David, Ingres, Delacroix, etc..) the Crown jewels etc. 2 - Egyptian department : Thematical visit: daily life scenes. Chronological visit: history and art. 3 - Arts department : - The Royal Treasury of Saint Denis, Medieval relics and precious " objets d’arts ". - Royal Apartments. - Napoleon IIIrd Apartments. D'Orsay Museum: As a former railway station, it is today the greatest museum in the world for the European XIXth century (1840-1910). Prestigious collections of impressionist painters, sculptures and decorative arts. The Opera Garnier: Building of the XIXth century situated in the heart of Napoleon-Haussmannian Paris, pomp of the Second Empire, the Grand staircase, the Great hall, the Sorbet place. Picasso Museum: Prestigious collection gathered in one of the most beautiful XVIIth century Marais private hotel : masterpieces of "dation" given to pay inheritance taxes and the " Picasso donation ", paintings by great painters collected by Picasso himself. Rodin Museum: This museum devoted to Auguste Rodin, father of modern sculpture, is situated in " the most beautiful house in Paris " dreamed by financial Abraham Peyrenc de Moras (XVIIIth century).It also housed other artists such as Isadora Duncan, Reiner Maria Rilke, Cocteau, Matisse. Notre-Dame Cathedral and Holy Chapel: Masterpieces of gothic art, built in the Ile de la Cité, craddle of Paris, let’s discover the magnificient stained glass windows telling the New and Old Testament. The Invalides Dome Museum. The Arabian World Institute: Very modern building situated in the heart of old Paris offers its permanent Arabian and Islamic art collections and its temporary exhibitions, connected with one of the various arab countries. Jacquemart-André Museum: Patrician house of a rich couple fond of art, the banker Edouard André and his wife, portrait painter Nélie Jacquemart, who dedicated their lifes collecting art. You will discover paintings, sculptures, art collections and furniture displayed as their owners wished it. Versailles Castle and Gardens: Versailles is the witness of the splendour time of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries French Monarchy. The greatest artists of the time have played their part in the decoration , the Chapel, the State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors. 1 -Visit of the State Apartments : Hall of Mirrors, the Queen’s bedroom , stroll in the French gardens designed by A. Le Nôtre. 2 - Visit of the Small Apartments : the King’s bedroom 3 - Visit of the Great and Small Trianons where the kings liked to forget about " the Etiquette " of the court, followed by a walk through the park up to the Hamlet of Marie Antoinette ( half a day ). 4 - Visit of the State Apartments and Trianons (. 5 - Versailles Fountains. Rheims in Champagne Capital city of Champagne region Visits of the gothic cathedral where the Kings of France were mostly crowned and of the XIth century basilica St Rémi (one day). Visits of the magnificent cathedral and one of the cellars of Rheims or Epernay ending with a degustation of champagne (one day). Giverny, Monet's gardens Claude Monet’s property and its wonderful gardens, the water garden, japonese style bridge and the walled garden. Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent Van Gogh's inn A charming village where impressionist painters met and where Vincent Van Gogh lived the two last months of his life. http://www.exclusive-tours.com/index-gb.html </BODY>