Explore the art, history, and joie de vivre of Paris during this Cultural Stay program featuring insightful excursions and time to follow your own pursuits in the City of Light.

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Paris

A One-Week Stay in France

9 days from $4,790

Explore the art, history, and joie de vivre of Paris during this Cultural Stay program featuring insightful excursions and time to follow your own pursuits in the City of Light.

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WHAT OUR TRAVELERS SAY

Our other tour members were an interesting mix of people with different backgrounds from around the country. We enjoyed spending time with everyone and now feel they are our new friends.

- Mary Anne K.

We really like the 'city break' concept. You get the best of both worlds: the study leaders (always excellent) and time on your own. And, as always with Smithsonian tours, wonderful travel companions.

- Previous Journeys Traveler

You can count on Smithsonian for quality and excellence. First class all the way!

- Carolyn D.

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Sep 12 - 20, 2020 Departure

Yves Thomas is professor emeritus of French Studies at Trent University Peterborough Canada, from 2010 to 2016, he played an administrative role as Director of the Year Abroad Program in Nantes France and as Chair of the Cultural Studies Department.

A specialist of the French aesthetic avant-garde of the 1920s as well as of French Civilization between Versailles and the Treaty of Versailles, he has recently been appointed Chair of the Arts and Heritage Centre in Trent Hills, Canada where he resides.