France·June 1 - 7 2024
Walk in the footsteps of a queen.
COMING SOON INQUIREA pioneering celebrity and fashionista, Marie-Antoinette created her own style that, despite her tragic fate, still influences the French art de vivre. Join us as we discover Marie-Antoinette’s France and walk in her footsteps through 18th century Paris and Versailles. On this historic adventure Marie-Antoinette will come alive for you. From our hotel in the fashionable Marais, we’ll discover restaurants, cafés and shops fit for a queen. We’ll visit museums specializing in art from the Age of Enlightenment and unique collections of furniture, porcelains and jewelry that reveal the luxuries so essential to life at court and in the city. We’ll visit breathtakingly beautiful gardens (Marie-Antoinette’s favorite flower was the rose). And of course, no Marie-Antoinette trip would be complete without a visit to Versailles. We’ll stay in pure luxury in a palace of our own at Versailles for 2 glorious nights. We’ll tour the public apartments at the chateau and then retreat to her private, exquisitely furnished getaway at the Petit Trianon. We’ll visit the gardens she designed, including her faux village, or Hameau, where she enjoyed the pleasures of motherhood and entertained her closest friends, dashing admirers and a secret lover. Our trip will conclude with a firework display dedicated to the queen! This is your moment to be a French queen … seize it!
Here's a day-by-day itinerary of the trip.
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The Hôtel de Joséphine Bonaparte, JoBo to those in the know, is a boutique 24 room hotel is Paris' Marais district. JoBo is an intimate and delightful escape after a long journey, a day of strolling, visiting museums, and fabulous shopping to be found in this multi-faceted part of old Paris.
The Trianon Palace is a 5-star hotel featuring majestic neoclassical architecture and opulent décor. With stunning views over Parc de Versailles and the hotel’s gardens, the Trianon is fit for a queen!
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Her influence lasts to this day
A pioneering celebrity and fashionista, Marie-Antoinette created her own style that, despite her tragic fate, still influences the French art de vivre. Join us as we discover Marie-Antoinette’s France and walk in her footsteps through 18th century Paris and Versailles.
All meals (unless otherwise specified) with wine at dinner
Fabulous hotels fit for a queen
Museum and other entry fees, including Marie-Antoinette's private chambers
Spa entry at the Trianon Palace Hotel, and "Secret of the Queen" treatment
All transportation in Paris and to/from Versailles (except airport transfers)
Roundtrip airfare to France, taxi to and from the airport
Any additional spa treatments desired beyond what is included
Any personal souvenirs or purchases
Additional wine, beer or spirits beyond what is offered at meals
Travel and Medical Insurance (required)
You are going to want to fly into the Charles De Gaulle Airport and hop in a taxi to your hotel.
The trip officially starts on the afternoon of June 12th, but if you are traveling across an ocean to get to France, you may want to consider arriving a day early so you have time to relax and get acclimated to the local time zone. If you do decide to arrive early, please let us know and we will take care of booking your room for you and make sure that you are kept in the same room as you will be in when the trip starts.
We will have a zoom call about 6 weeks before the trip starts to discuss all that information and give you a packing list. Here is a great website that we love that will help you with packing and travel trips.
June, the first month of the summer in Paris, is an agreeable month, with an average temperature varying between 21.6°C (70.9°F) and 12.5°C (54.5°F).
Susan Taylor-Leduc will be your trip leader. Leading you in the footsteps of Marie-Antoinette, will be the scholar, educator and nationally certified tour guide, Susan Taylor-Leduc, PhD. Susan has been teaching art history in Paris for over 25 years, specializing on Marie-Antoinette and the gardens at Versailles. But most importantly, she's an absolute delight to be with! You will love your time with her.