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Paris On a Private Tour – S’il Vous Plait

March 19, 2015 | Updated: March 19, 2015 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
Paris - Imagine exploring the City of Light on a private guided tour.

Paris – Imagine exploring the City of Light on a private guided tour.

Paris has been home to Manuel de Croutte for many years. You may remember that I introduced you to him (“Your Private Guide to France”) a while back when he started his company Exclusive & Private.

Because of his family contacts and personal connections, Exclusive & Private is able to offer exclusive access to many historical sites including private castles, vineyards, gardens, and museums all around France. Such visits are always private and guests often have an opportunity to meet the owners of such places and important dignitaries.

Monday at the Château de Versailles just outside of Paris.

Monday at the Château de Versailles just outside of Paris.

Exclusive & Private offers a full range of services, including itinerary planning, booking accommodations, arranging activities, providing private transfers, and translation.

Sounds like authentic luxury travel to me.

Paris: chocolate walk and Macaroon tour.

Paris: chocolate walk and Macaroon tour.

New guided experiences in Paris

Manuel has expanded the Exclusive & Private offerings, and he asked me to share them with you.

  • Enjoy a private visit to Château de Versailles on Mondays, when it is closed to the public. Walk in the steps of Marie-Antoinette and look « behind the scenes ».
  • Go shopping in Paris. Enjoy private presentations of designers collections and exclusive jewelers on the Place Vendôme. Also, visit the finest shoemakers and perfume houses of Paris.
  • Let Manuel guide you through the labyrinth of antique dealers at the flea markets. Take advantage of his insight into French heritage furnishings.
  • Discover the treasures of Paris, the “City of Light,” on an intimate tour.
  • Tour the food markets and, afterward, learn to prepare French specialities in a cooking lesson with a chef.
Exclusive & Private guests enjoy a very special wine experience in the Bordeaux area.

Exclusive & Private guests enjoy a very special wine experience in the Bordeaux area.

Guided experiences outside of Paris

  • private tours in Champagne
  • private Châteaux experiences along the Loire Valley
  • escapades along Normandy
  • exclusive wine experiences in Bordeaux area or Burgundy
  • VIP access to museums and national estates
  • leisure and gastronomy experiences along the authentic south west coast.
Private tour of Paris at night.

Private tour of Paris at night.

Read what a recent guest said:

“Many thanks for making everything so special for our 50th anniversary family celebration in Paris! We enjoyed all the special opportunities that you set up from Notre Dame to the Louvre to d’Orsay to Pompidou, and especially the tour with Comte Jean-Charles at Vaux-le-Vicomte! Also, your big walk with us through the Marais was wonderful as well as the neighborhood walking tour on Saturday afternoon when the children first arrived.

Thank you for letting us know about the skating rink at the Grand Palais, since that was great fun, and thanks for always being there to assure that things went smoothly and for your good suggestions of places to eat! We all enjoyed Carette, Le Saut du Loup and Allard!

But, the real thing that I have to thank you for was the extra mile that you went by seeing that it would be really helpful if you could bring Steve to Notre Dame so the rest of us could climb. I would have stayed behind, and you made it so that I had the chance to climb up Notre Dame! That was very thoughtful of you, and many many thanks for everything.”

Best,

S&S T

New- York, USA

 

Nest-ce pas magnifique?

Elizabeth Hansen

Elizabeth Hansen

Tags: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chateau de Versailles, chocolate tour, City of Light, designer fashions, Exclusive & Private, exclusive tour, France, French, French culture, French food, French heritage, macaroon tour, Manuel de Croutte, Normandy, Paris, Paris at night, Paris shopping, private guided tour, private tour, shopping, VIP

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