Paris Charmant

1ST DAY: ITALY > PARIS
departure for Paris with scheduled Air France/Ita Airways flights - on arrival, transfer to hotel - dinner in hotel/restaurant - after dinner Paris la nuit, first orientation tour of the city with private bus and guide, with ascent of the Eiffel Tower (Tower ticket not included) - overnight stay.

DAY 2: PARIS 'the City of Light
breakfast at the hotel - full day dedicated to sightseeing with guide - visit of historical Paris (Notre Dame, Latin Quarter, Luxembourg Gardens, Place des Vosges) and modern Paris (Opera, Madeleine, Place Vendome, Place de la Concorde, Les Invalides, Champs Elysées, Arc de Triomphe, Montparnasse) - free lunch - dinner in a typical restaurant - after dinner excursion Paris la nuit, panoramic tour with private bus and guide to Montmartre, the famous hill "la Butte" (Sacré Coeur Basilica - the whitest monument in Europe together with the Vittoriano in Rome-, Place du Tertre) - overnight stay.

3rd DAY: PARIS - LOUVRE MUSEUM - SAINTE CHAPELLE - CONCIERGERIE
breakfast at the hotel - full day dedicated to sightseeing - visit with guide and audio-guide to the Grand Louvre, the world's largest museum (visit of the medieval ramparts and the most important works the Greco-Roman antiquities, the Venus de Milo, the Italian Painting, the Grand Gallery, the Mona Lisa) - guided tour of the Sainte Chapelle (a masterpiece of Gothic art in which the walls are replaced by immense stained-glass windows, created as a worthy reliquary for Christ's Crown of Thorns) and Conciergerie (a political prison during the revolution, which will allow us to learn about the last tragic moments in the life of Queen Marie Antoinette and reconstruct the meaning of the French revolution that changed the fate of Europe) - free lunch - dinner in a restaurant - after dinner excursion Paris la nuit walk with guide and public transport in the Montparnasse district, which experienced its heyday in the years from 1900 to 1930 (shortly after the Wall Street Crash of 1929), hosting the ateliers of famous artists and painters such as Modigliani, "the swan of Livorno", and home to famous models such as Alice Prin, 'Kiki of Montparnasse' - A meeting place for this colony of artists, it made the fortune of the cafés located on the Vavin crossroads (a crossroads formed by the Boulevard Raspail and Montparnasse), giving it the notoriety that has come down to our days. Three cafés La Rotonde (the bistro frequented by Russians), Le Sélect (favoured by Americans), Le Dome (frequented by Germans and Scandinavians) and the restaurant La Cupole (the restaurant with pure art deco wall paintings that opened its doors on 20 December 1927, with a memorable party). The signs are still visible, but they retain little of their glittering past - possible climb up the Tour Montparnasse - overnight stay.

4TH DAY: PARIS - MUSEUM d'ORSAY & VERSAILLES
Breakfast at the hotel - full day dedicated to sightseeing - visit with guide and audio-guide of the Musée d'Orsay (the largest collection of works by the Impressionists in the world - visitable in the old Gare d'Orsay, admirably transformed into a museum by the genius of the Italian architect Gae Aulenti) and excursion with guide to Versailles, Unesco World Heritage Site - visit of the Palace (the Sun King's Grand Apartments the Gallery of Mirrors, the Queen's Apartments) and the park (the visit of the park is free, without a guide) - free lunch - dinner at the hotel - after dinner excursion Paris la nuit, accompanied walk on the Champs Elysées and possible mini-cruise on the Bateaux Mouches with the possibility of seeing the Seine Embankments, Unesco World Heritage Site (boat ticket not included) - overnight stay.

DAY 5: PARIS > ITALY
breakfast at the hotel - in the morning free time for shopping and/or individual visits - guide at disposal - free lunch - transfer to the airport - departure with scheduledAir France/Ita Airways flights back to Italy .

N.B. Planned visits may be reversed between days depending on museum opening times or technical requirements, but the programme remains unchanged.