Paris & Treasures of France — 14 days

Two weeks across Paris, the Loire châteaux, Normandy, Mont-Saint-Michel and the Riviera. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Marais; Louvre & Île de la Cité; Eiffel Tower & Champs-Élysées; Montmartre & Art.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival & Marais

14:00 — Arrival at Paris CDG — Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle
15:00 — RER B to the centre — CDG → Châtelet
16:00 — Hotel check-in — Paris — Le Marais
Walk to Place des Vosges — Paris — Le Marais → Place des Vosges
17:00 — Stroll through the Marais — Place des Vosges
Walk to the rooftop — Place des Vosges → Le Marais
19:00 — Drinks with a rooftop view — Le Marais
20:30 — Dinner at a Marais brasserie — Le Marais

Day 2 — Louvre & Île de la Cité

09:00 — Louvre Museum (morning) — Cour Napoléon
Walk to the café — Cour Napoléon → Louvre
13:00 — Lunch at a café overlooking the Louvre — Louvre
Walk to the Île de la Cité — Louvre → Île de la Cité
14:30 — Notre-Dame de Paris & Île Saint-Louis — Île de la Cité
16:30 — Sainte-Chapelle — Gothic stained glass — Île de la Cité
Walk to the Seine — Île de la Cité → Bateaux-Mouches
19:00 — Seine river cruise — Bateaux-Mouches

Day 3 — Eiffel Tower & Champs-Élysées

09:30 — Eiffel Tower — up to the top — Champ-de-Mars
12:00 — Picnic on the Champ-de-Mars — Champ-de-Mars
Metro to the Arc de Triomphe — Champ-de-Mars → Place Charles-de-Gaulle
14:00 — Arc de Triomphe — panoramic view — Place Charles-de-Gaulle
Walk to the Champs-Élysées — Place Charles-de-Gaulle → Avenue des Champs-Élysées
15:30 — Champs-Élysées & shopping — Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Walk to Galeries Lafayette — Avenue des Champs-Élysées → Bd Haussmann
18:00 — Galeries Lafayette — free rooftop — Bd Haussmann

Day 4 — Montmartre & Art

09:00 — Montmartre — Place du Tertre — Montmartre
Walk to the Sacré-Cœur — Montmartre → Butte Montmartre
10:30 — Sacré-Cœur Basilica — Butte Montmartre
Walk to the crêperie — Butte Montmartre → Montmartre
13:00 — Lunch at a Montmartre crêperie — Montmartre
Metro to the Musée d'Orsay — Montmartre → Rive gauche
14:30 — Musée d'Orsay — Impressionism — Rive gauche
Walk to Saint-Germain — Rive gauche → Saint-Germain-des-Prés
17:00 — Saint-Germain-des-Prés — historic café — Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Day 5 — Versailles

09:00 — RER C towards Versailles Château — Paris → Versailles
10:00 — Palace of Versailles — Hall of Mirrors — Château de Versailles
Walk to lunch — Château de Versailles → Versailles
13:00 — Lunch in the estate's gardens — Versailles
14:30 — Gardens and groves of the Versailles park — Versailles
17:30 — Back to Paris — Versailles → Paris

Day 6 — Lively neighbourhoods

10:00 — Marché d'Aligre — Marché d'Aligre
Metro to Belleville — Marché d'Aligre → Belleville
12:00 — Belleville & street art — Belleville
Walk to the Promenade Plantée — Belleville → Coulée verte René-Dumont
14:30 — Promenade Plantée — Coulée verte René-Dumont
Metro to Beaubourg — Coulée verte René-Dumont → Beaubourg
16:30 — Centre Pompidou & the Beaubourg district — Beaubourg
Walk to dinner — Beaubourg → Paris
20:00 — Gourmet dinner — Paris

Day 7 — Last moments in Paris

09:00 — Flower market on the Île de la Cité — Île de la Cité
Walk to the shops — Île de la Cité → Paris
10:30 — Last shopping & souvenirs — Paris
12:30 — Lunch in a Parisian bistro — Paris
19:00 — Last night in Paris before the Loire — Paris

Day 8 — Loire & Châteaux

08:00 — Train to Tours — Paris → Tours
10:00 — Château de Chambord — Renaissance jewel — Chambord
13:00 — Lunch near the château — Chambord
Drive to Chenonceau — Chambord → Chenonceau
14:00 — Château de Chenonceau — over the Cher — Chenonceau
Drive to Amboise — Chenonceau → Amboise
19:00 — Night in Tours or Amboise — Amboise

Day 9 — Normandy

07:30 — Back towards Paris then train to Caen — Amboise → Paris → Caen
11:00 — D-Day beaches — Omaha Beach, memorial — Omaha Beach
Drive to Bayeux — Omaha Beach → Bayeux
13:30 — Norman lunch — Bayeux
14:30 — Bayeux & the Tapestry (UNESCO) — Bayeux
19:30 — Night in Normandy — Bayeux

Day 10 — Mont-Saint-Michel

07:00 — Drive to Mont-Saint-Michel — Bayeux → Mont-Saint-Michel
11:00 — Mont-Saint-Michel — abbey and ramparts — Mont-Saint-Michel
13:30 — Lunch facing the bay — Mont-Saint-Michel
16:00 — Back towards Paris — Mont-Saint-Michel → Paris
20:30 — Night in Paris before the flight to Nice — Paris

Day 11 — Off to Nice

09:00 — Flight Paris → Nice — Paris CDG → Nice
Flight to Nice — Paris CDG → Nice
11:30 — Hotel check-in — Nice
Taxi to the hotel — Nice → Nice
14:00 — Nice Old Town — Vieux Nice
Walk to Vieux Nice — Nice → Vieux Nice
17:00 — Promenade des Anglais — Nice
Walk to the promenade — Vieux Nice → Nice
20:00 — Niçois dinner (socca, salade niçoise) — Vieux Nice

Day 12 — Monaco

09:00 — Train Nice → Monaco — Nice → Monaco
10:00 — Prince's Palace & changing of the guard — Monaco-Ville
Drive to Monte-Carlo — Monaco-Ville → Monte-Carlo
12:00 — Monte-Carlo Casino — Monte-Carlo
Walk to the port — Monte-Carlo → Monaco
13:30 — Lunch overlooking the port — Monaco
15:30 — Exotic Garden & view over the Principality — Monaco
18:00 — Back to Nice — Monaco → Nice

Day 13 — Cannes & Lérins Islands

09:00 — Train Nice → Cannes — Nice → Cannes
10:00 — La Croisette & Palais des Festivals — Cannes
Boat to the islands — Cannes → Île Sainte-Marguerite
12:00 — Boat to the Lérins Islands — Île Sainte-Marguerite
13:30 — Lunch on the island — Île Sainte-Marguerite
15:30 — Hike on Sainte-Marguerite island — Île Sainte-Marguerite
18:00 — Back to Cannes then Nice — Cannes → Nice

Day 14 — Hilltop villages & Departure

09:00 — Èze — medieval hilltop village — Èze
11:00 — Èze Exotic Garden — Mediterranean views — Èze
Drive to Antibes — Èze → Antibes
13:00 — Antibes — old town & Provençal market — Antibes
14:00 — Last lunch by the sea — Antibes
17:00 — Head to Nice airport — Nice
19:30 — Return flight — Aéroport de Nice