Paris city tour & cruise with Minivan

A stunning and complete half day sightseeing tour of Paris in minibus. Constructed 2000 thousand years ago and divided in 20 districts, each one is a village with its own history and centres of interest. After picking you up at your hotel with one of our 8 seated air conditioned Mercedes Van, our professional guide will drive you to discover the most famous one’s. There will be 3 stops* within the tour. You will see the Place de la Concorde with its Egyptian obelisk, some fountains, statues and columns, the Madeleine church looking like a Greek temple, then the Opéra Garnier gorgeous architecture from the 19th century, the rue de la Paix with its luxurious jewelleries, Place Vendome with its column comitioned by Napoleon. You will then take the Rivoli street before joining the Champs-Elysées Avenue. On the top is the Arc de Triomphe 50 meters high celebrating the Napoleon victories. After, you will go to see the Eiffel Tower* built for the Universal Exhibition in 1889. You will follow the Seine river bank where are located most of the major historical buildings of the city: Le Grand and le Petit Palais, the Louvre Museum with its glass pyramid, the Tuileries gardens, the Place des Vosges in the Marais district with its narrow medieval streets, the Bastille square and its columns celebrating the French revolution. You will cross the river Seine to join the left bank. You will stay 20 minutes to visit Notre-Dame Cathedral*(due to the incident, you will visit another monument in the area). You will continue with the Latin Quarter, Le Pantheon, the Luxembourg gardens, St Germain, St Sulpice churches, Les Invalides built in the 18th century where is Napoléon’s tomb. You will cross some of the most prestigious bridges during this trip : Alexandre III, Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge of the city. You will finish this visit with the "village" of Montmartre* where you will have another 20 minutes to stroll around the Sacré-Coeur Basilica and to the Place du Tertre where all the historical artists and painters used to show their works. After this astonished panorama of the city, you will be taken back to your hotel. During the excursion our guide will be at your disposal during the whole tour to tell you about the 2000 years history of the city.

You will go to see the Eiffel Tower built for the Universal Exhibition in 1889. This stop allowes you to walk several minutes on the Trocadero building to have a wonderful panorama including the monument and where you can take some pictures.

You will cross the river Seine to join the left bank. You will stay 20 minutes to walk around Notre-Dame Cathedral*(due to the incident, you will visit another monument in the area).

You will finish this visit with the "village" of Montmartre* where you will have another 20 minutes to stroll around the Sacré-Coeur Basilica and to the Place du Tertre where all the historical artists and painters used to show their works.

Afterwards, our guide will drive to the famous company: “Les Bateaux Parisiens” at the Tour Eiffel foot to board one of their boats for around 1 hour cruise with lively commentaries together with passages of music evocative of the places and periods on the route. You will discover most of these 38 bridges of which Le Pont Neuf the oldest of Paris built during the 16th Century, the last one’s le Pont Charles de Gaulle inaugurated in 1995 and many famous others : Pont Marie, Pont Alexandre III, Pont de L’Alma.. The tour will end at the cruise location which is close to the Eiffel Tower and walking distance to the Champ-Elysées as there is no return to the hotel.