Our new European City Breaks are seven-day getaways featuring the distinctive culture, art, and cuisine of major European capitals—all at an incredible value. And you'll be the the one to choose how to spend your time! Enjoy guided excursions in Paris, then follow your own interests... or take advantage of organized optional tours. Meanwhile, our Smithsonian Expert will enrich your stay and a tour manager is available to help with any logistics. Our new City Breaks are a great value, as they also include international airfare and first-class accommodations. And while some meals are included you'll also have the opportunity to select restaurants on your own as well.Enjoy engaging presentations by exceptional Smithsonian Study Leader John Sweets, a historian with special expertise in France, or Arthur Kaplan, an opera expert who has led groups to France and Italy.Get an overview of Paris during a full-day guided coach tour that includes a walking tour of Montmartre.View masterpieces of the Louvre Museum during a guided half-day highlights tour.Check out our other new 7-Day European City Breaks in Madrid and London and the Cotswolds by clicking on Related Tours. You'll also find our 12-Day City Explorers in Siena and Athens and Aegina, which feature more extensive programs in each city, yet with plenty of free time, too!This tour features the following World Heritage sites in France: - Paris and banks of the Seine
- Versailles Palace and Chartres Cathedral (optional tour)
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