Paris «Girls Just Wanna Have Fun»
9 day/8 night tour
21 – 29 April 2018
Norma has designed the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” tour with ladies in mind who enjoy 5* city life and all it has to offer. Whether it’s shopping, shows, glam dinners, cooking classes, historical sites and museums, this tour is packed full of exciting adventures and certain to leave you falling in love with Paris for the first time or all over again !
Saturday 21 April – Arrival Transfer
Upon your arrival at Paris CDG airport, your driver will meet you and transfer you to your 5* hotel, the Napoleon. The Napoleon Paris hotel is located just a short walk to the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees. The property offers individually designed rooms with modern comforts.
Rooms and suites overlook the quiet Avenue de Friedland or the hotel’s green interior courtyard. They come fully equipped with LCD flat screen TV, air conditioning, and tasteful furniture. The modern marble bathrooms have bathtubs, magnifying mirrors and bathrobes. The Napoleon’s well-known restaurant, the Bivouac Café, offers gourmet cuisine and the bar has a sheltered terrace with a fountain.
This evening enjoy a welcome cocktail and light snacks (included) in the hotel to meet the rest of the group.
Sunday 22 April – Half day Paris City Left Bank tour (4 hours) with Evening Lido Dinner & Show
10:00 AM Meet your guide and driver in the lobby of your hotel for your half day Paris Highlights tour of the Left Bank.
On the Left Bank you will see the Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides, Saint-Germain-des-Pres, the Luxembourg Gardens, the Panthéon, the Sorbonne and stroll around the Île Saint-Louis.
6.30 PM This evening meet your driver in the lobby of your hotel for your transfer to the Lido Cabaret for dinner & revue. The Lido has been a venue for the finest show with the most famous names since 1946.
At the end of the evening your driver will transfer you back to your hotel.
Monday 23 April – Half day Paris City Right Bank tour (4 hours)
10.00 AM Meet your guide and driver in the lobby of your hotel for your half day Paris Highlights tour of the Right Bank.
On the Right Bank you will see the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Élysées, the Place de la Concorde, the Tuileries Garden, the garden of the Palais-Royal, the Opera Garnier, Notre Dame Cathedral, City Hall, the Place de la Bastille and its modern Opera and stroll around Montmartre.
After the tour you will have time to spend in Montmartre, why not have your portrait painted in Place du Tertre? Or maybe do a bit of shopping.
7.00 PM Meet in the lobby. This evening you will head to the Budhha Bar for dinner (at own expense).
At the end of the evening your driver will transfer you back to your hotel.
Tuesday 24 April – Morning Cooking Class (2 hours) & Afternoon Chocolate Walking Tour
This morning meet your driver in the lobby of your hotel for your transfer to meet your chef for your 2 hour cours de cuisine of macarons. The secrets are revealed in this Macaron class. You will learn to make them from scratch. You can eat them on the spot or take them back to the hotel with you.
Your choice !
After your cooking class you will be transfered to meet your guide for your 2 hour chocolate walking tour in the Marais.
With your guide you will have 3 tasting stops at 3 different stores, 3 tasting, each very different, and each with a different story. You will taste a range of chocolates, discover how to taste chocolate and learn about the history and how it made its way to France with Christopher Colombus and the Spanish inquisition. You will learn the new trends in chocolate making and lastly you will take a blind tasting of 3 chocolates. After this tour you will be a real chocolate connoisseur !
8 :00 PM This evening regrouping for dinner, your driver will transfer you to a typical Brasserie and then on to fun times at the Le Carmen Club and bar for great music and a super cocktail or 2 (evening at own expense).
Wednesday 25 April – Half Day Museums Tour with Afternoon High Tea with Late Show at Crazy Horse
10.00 AM Meet your driver and English speaking guide in the lobby of your hotel for your half day tour. You will take a guided tour of both the Rodin and Orangerie Museums.
The Musée Rodin opened in 1919 in the Hotel Biron and displays works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Rodin used the Hôtel Biron as his residence from 1908, and subsequently donated his entire collection of sculptures (along with paintings by Vincent van Gough and Pierre-Auguste Renoir that he had acquired) to the French State on the condition that they turn the building into a museum dedicated to his works. The Musée Rodin contains most of Rodin’s significant creations, including The Thinker and The Kiss. Many of his sculptures are displayed in the museum’s extensive garden. The museum is one of the most accessible museums in Paris. The gardens around the museum building contain many of the famous sculptures in natural settings. The museum has also a room dedicated to works of Camille Claudel.
For your next museum you will head to the Musée de l’Orangerie which is housed in the former Orangery of the Tuileries Gardens, built in 1852. The building now houses one of French impressionist painter Claude Monet’s most luminous achievements: Les Nymphéas, a series of eight murals which took four years to complete and represent a meditation on peace (the work was completed over the course of World War I, making it all the more poignant.)
L’Orangerie is also home to an exhibit of 19th and 20th century art known as the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection, featuring noteworthy works from Cézanne, Matisse, Modigliani or Picasso.
Entrance tickets are included to both muséums.
2.00 PM Your guide will leave you at the end of the tour and your driver will transfer you to Le Bristol hotel for afternoon tea (included).
Le Jardin Français elegantly reflects a more spontaneous side of Paris life where you can enjoy a delicious and light breakfast or lunch, or an informal dinner. At teatime Le Jardin Francais serves a classic English-style afternoon tea. In fine weather, guests can sit outside on the terrace of the hotel’s magnificent garden.
Back to the hotel to freshen up and relax.
Dinner will be at your leisure tonight.
After dinner, you will meet your driver in the lobby of your hotel for your transfer to the Crazy Horse Cabaret.
Le Crazy Horse de Paris is a Parisien Cabaret known for its stage shows performed by nude female dancers and for the diverse range of magic and a variety of ‘turns’ between each nude show and the next. C’est ooh la la !!
At the end of the evening your driver will transfer you back to your hotel.
Thursday 26 April – Full day Luxury Fashion in Paris & Evening Gastronomique Surprise Tour
10.00AM Meet your 2 fashion experts and driver in the lobby of your hotel for a unique rendez-vous with French luxury icons Chanel and Dior or Hermès.
The group will be divided into 2 to better enjoy a tailored tour with a fashion expert. Visit the historic flagship stores and learn the history of these renowned houses. Indulge your taste for the most fabulous fashion, accessories and jewelry. Succumb to the temptation of the latest collection and special made to measure styles. To enhance your experience, the boutiques’ selection will be customized according to your taste.
Dinner tonight will be onboard a gastronomique double decker coach.
Be the first to experience this new style of dining in Paris. The unprecedented marriage
between beauty and pleasure on board this luxury bus-restaurant is an out of the ordinary experience. On board you will discover the most beautiful views of Paris while enjoying
the best of its gastronomy.
Friday 27 April – Full day – Canal Luncheon Cruise & Perfume Discovery Workshop (2 hours)
10.30 AM For something a little different, you’ll embark close to the Musée d’Orsay on the Seine River for an incredible 2 ½ hours along the secret canals of Paris.
You will pass by the Tuileries’ Garden, the Musée du Louvre, the Arts’ footbridge, the Institute of France, Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral and Ile St Louis. Here your adventure will begin with the first lock and the entrance to the canal Saint-Martin. The boat then enters the dark 1.24 miles of darkness inside a mysterious underneath vault perforated by light holes… A place filled with magic and beauty. Once you come out from the tunnel, you’ll discover the canal Saint-Martin filled with poetry, beauty and a surprising aquatic path surrounded by romantic footbridges which are bordered by chestnut trees. Stopping and seeing the boat move along each lock, getting higher and higher is really amazing ! The boat then passes by the Bassin de la Villette, before reaching the Parc de la Villette, the final stot of your cruise.
Enjoy a lunch and wine tasting onboard.
Upon disembarking your coach will be waiting to transfer you to your perfurme workshop house in a 19th-century mansion in the prestigious rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, superbly set on a street synonymous with luxury and art de vivre.
For the next 2 hours take an olfactory journey to use your sense of smell to learn about the perfumers’ emblematic raw materials.
During the 2 hour workshop you will learn :
The construction of a fragrance: the top note, heart note, bottom note
The sides of the perfume: hesperides, aromatic, green, fruity, floral, spicy, wooded
The raw materials: the source, legends, anecdotes
Illustration by the mythical fragrance on the market
At the end of the workshop you will have free time to visit the museum on your own.
Evening is at your leisure.
Saturday 28 April – Farewell Dinner
Morning at leisure
If you still want to explore more of Paris, we can suggest :
Orsay Museum – Half day tour
Louvre Museum – Half day tour
Half day or Full day with a personal shopper and driver
6.00PM Meet in the lobby for your farewell dinner at a surprise venue.
Sunday 29 April – Departure Transfer
Meet your driver in the lobby of your hotel for your transfer to Paris CDG airport.
Please Note : Individual transfers can be arranged
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Price: from $8,975 per person, tour package includes :
8 Nights accommodation in 5 **** hotel including daily breakfast and city tax, based on twin share in a superior room. Single supplement available.
Welcome drinks
x2 Half day city tours with expert guide
Lido Dinner and Show
Half day guided 2 museums tour including entrance tickets
Afternoon Tea at Le Bristol
Crazy Horse Cabaret Show
Cooking Class
Chocolate Walking tour
Full day Fashion tour
Gastronomic dinner
Luncheon Cruise with wine tasting
Perfume Workshop
Farewell dinner
Transportation by minivan
Tour Escort
Group arrival and departure transfers, however individual transfers can be arranged but will incur an additional cost
Not Included
Airfare to/from France
Minibar charges, meals and beverages unless otherwise noted in the itinerary.
Entrance Fees (unless otherwise noted in the itinerary)
Guide and Driver gratuities (discretionary)
Single supplement (price on demand)
Payment / Cancellation Terms
35% deposit at time of booking and 100% payment 60 days prior to trip
Cancellation penalties: 35% over 61 days, 50% 31-60 days and 100% 30 days or less prior to commencement of trip.
Travel Insurance is recommended.
Group minimum size 8 passengers.
Please Note: If you have problems with allergies or dietary restrictions, please advise at time of booking.
