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| Optional Tour packages available |
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| *If we have 30 or more participants interested in the same tour, there will be a group discount*
Contact the alumni office at kogle@jsu.edu with the tour and date in which you are interested. |
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PARIS PANORAMIQUE soit ttc net par personne 41€ /$56 American per person This excursion will enable you to discover Paris from three different viewpoints:
PARIS MONTMARTRE demi journée soit ttc net par personne 41€ /$56 American per person This excursion will give you an insight into the history of Paris, with its major monuments and historical sites: Madeleine, Opera, Vendôme Square, Concorde, Arch of Triumph and Champs-Elysées, Invalides, Louvre, Notre-Dame. The excursion ends with a walking tour of Montmartre: the Sacré Cœur and the Place du Tertre. GIVERNY ET VERSAILLES JOURNEE soit ttc net par personne 94€/$127 American per person Claude Monet settled in Giverny in 1883 and lived there until his death in 1926. During that period many painters, mostly Americans were initiated into impressionism by the master. We suggest you start the day with a guided walk through the gardens which inspired him the famous “Nympheas”. Don’t miss the Japanese bridge. Then visit the house on your own: the painter’s furniture and his collection of etchings. Back to the coach direction Versailles for lunch in a restaurant downtown. Then we will take you back into the past and plunge you into the world of Louis XIVat the heart of the Castle of Versailles. While you visit the Grand Apartments, the Hall of Mirrors and the Queen’s apartments, our guide interpreter will tell you all about the building of the castle and life at the court. You will also have free time to visit the formal gardens “à la Française”. All entrance fees are included LES PLAGES DE NORMANDIE soit ttc net par personne 123€ /$166 American per person Travel through Normandy as for as Bénouville where you will see the famous Pegasus Bridge and visit the “Café Gondrée”, which was the first house liberated in France. You then travel along the coast road past the Landing Beaches: Juno and Gold as for as Arromanches, where you’ll see the ruins of its artificial harbor (built by the Allied Forces in less than 15 days). Lunch will be served in a restaurant in front of the sea. The afternoon begins with a visit to the Pointe du Hoc, then the American Cemetery at Saint Laurent. You’ll finally travel along the coast road past the Omaha Beach (pit stop) before return to Paris. Entrance ticket included. LA CHAMPAGNE soit ttc net par personne 95€ /$128 American per person The vineyards of the champagne region spread out as you travel along country roads to the historic Castle of the Princes of Conde, where you can admire the magnificent paintings of Oudry and Watteau. In the late morning visit a vineyard near Epernay and see the cellars, wine press, and fermentation room then rounded off with a glass of the vineyard’s champagne. Then lunch, at Cumières, in a restaurant entirely cut in chalk: traditional menu from the Champagne region. The afternoon begins at Reims with a visit to the world famous Mumm champagne house where an expert explains the method of Champagne making from grape picking to bottling (a cup of Champagne offered). Stopover in the centre of Reims for a short visit of the Cathedral, a gothic masterpiece where the Kings of France came to be crowned. Entrance tickets included. FAMILY TOURS AVAILABLE Amusement Parks:
OTHER WEB SITES TO VISIT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT PARIS HAS TO OFFER: www.bparis.com www.parisdigest.com www.paris.org www.paris-touristoffice.com www.bateauxparisiens.com www.photosbateauxparisiens.com *Need minimum of 30 persons to get quoted rate *private coach *reservation and full price paid by end of May 2006 (contact Alumni Office (alumni@jsu.edu) for tour reservations) *If minimum number of persons not achieved, then standard price for tour applies (see tour websites) |