Accompanying persons’ program

OPTIONAL TOURS

A specific optional tours programme has been taylormade for registered participants and accompanying persons. These visits will be an excellent opportunity to discover some of the most outstanding artistic and historic highlights of Paris and its surroundings.

Be guided through the intensity and richness of culture and taste the Parisian art-de-vivre!

Tours programme, description and conditions are indicated here below. To sign up for tours, please tick corresponding boxes on the registration form and send your payment.

  All tours will be conducted in English.
  Full day excursions include lunch.
  The organisers reserve the right to cancel tours with less than 10 participants.

HALF DAY TOURS

V1
PARIS CITY TOUR

Departure by coach for a sight-seeing tour of Paris: The Arc de Triomphe, Chaillot Palace, the Eiffel Tower,The Military Academy and the Invalides, the immense Place de la Concorde, the Louvre Museum, the Opera House and the famous Champs Elysées are the most marvelous monuments that one can admire.
Price per person: 39 €
Sunday, July 2, 2006 - 9:00 - 12:00
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress

V2
CRUISE ON THE SEINE & EIFFEL TOWER

After one hour cruise on the Seine, during which you will discover those of the monuments of Paris lined along the river, you will enter the hydraulic lift of the Eiffel Tower and stop at the 2nd floor to take a walk around the platform from which you can see the different sights and have a remarkable extensive view all over Paris and its outskirts.
Price per person: 59 €
Sunday, July 2, 2006 - 14:00 - 17:00
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress

V3
COOKING SCHOOL: “LE CORDON BLEU”

French cooking is world famous. Above and beyoung personal talents, many schools perpetuate the art of French cooking as the ECOLE CORDON BLEU one. A Chef prepares all the different courses of a menu and answers your questions. The full list of ingredients for the various recipes is provided and at the end of the demonstration, at last, you can taste the different dishes.
Price per person: 70 €
Monday, July 3, 2006 - 8:30 - 12.00
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress

V4
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL, CONCIERGERIE & SAINTE CHAPELLE

The towers of the Conciergerie, which can be seen from the banks of the Seine river, remind us that the Capetians built their first palace here. In the Middle Ages, the Palace renamed “la Conciergerie” was used as a prison and a courthouse. It contains remarkable medieval gothic vaulted rooms, some of which were the jail cells of Marie-Antoinette and Robespierre during the French Revolution. On the side of the Conciergerie, the 13th century church of Sainte Chapelle is a masterpiece of gothic art and its stained glass windows are outstanding. Our visit will end at Notre Dame, the greatest cathedral of France.
Price per person: 50 €
Monday, July 3, 2006 - 14:00 - 17:00
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress

V5
WALKING TOUR OF MONTMARTRE

A visit to the “village” of Paris. From the famous Place du Tertre, home of painters a walk through the narrow streets bordered by ancient houses to discover a vineyard, a windmill, a cabaret, a museum and on top of this village, the Sacred Heart Basilica. Up the winding stone stairs or using the Funicular (unique in Paris), from the top of the hill you will be able to discover a panorama of Paris and many of its monuments.
Price per person: 36 €
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 - 9:00 - 12:00
Meeting Point : Welcome Desk of the Congress

V6
VERSAILLES PALACE

At the time of Louis XIV, Versailles was not just the capital of France, for it was also a town, which was a great deal larger than it is today. The royal family and the Court resided here along with numerous traders and artisans, and it was during the period that the center of France revolved around its Sun King. It is for this reason that the château is so immense as it was necessary to provide accommodation for everyone, welcome them, support them and feed them. The visit to the Royal Apartments retraces this sumptuous period in the history of France. The Hall of Mirrors, famous for the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, was used for larger receptions during which Louis XIV would want to impress his guests. The visit of the château will end with a visit to Marie-Antoinette’s Bedroom.
Price per person: 67 €
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 - 14:00 - 17:00
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress

V7
LE MARAIS & CARNAVALET MUSEUM

Stroll in the Marais district and discover its recently renovated superb 16th, 17th and 18th centuries “hôtels particuliers” (private mansions). Stay a while in the heart of the Marais, at the “Place des Vosges”, with its outstanding arcades, where Victor Hugo lived. Visit of the Carnavalet Museum, which has become today the museum of the history of Paris from Henri the IV’s time until nowadays. The two musts are the revolution rooms as well as the ones recalling the 19th century period.
Price per person: 46 €
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 - 14:00 - 17:00
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress.

FULL DAY TOURS

F1
DISNEYLAND

The Euro-Disney Paris resort is located at 32 km east of Paris. Euro-Disneyland is like the other Disney parks familiar worldwide and will give the opportunity to discover 5 different lands and cultures. You will go to Fantasyland with three-dimensional animated figures living magical adventures. America is there, represented by a typical small town at the turn of the century. In Frontierland, the legends of the American Indians will come to life again. You will enter the magical world of "a thousand and one nights" as you explore an oriental bazaar and discover the mysteries of the Middle East. At Discoveryland, you will be travelling with Jules Verne and experience the most incredible Star Wars.
Price per person: Adults 55 €, children under 11 years 50 € (lunch not included)
Monday, July 3, 2006 - 8:30 - 20:30
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress

F2
IMPRESSIONISM DAY (Rouen and Giverny)

Departure in the morning for the Seine valley and after one hour driving you will reach Giverny, temple of the impressionist movement, where Claude Monet settled at the end of his life. You will visit his house restored with the furniture and bright colours of the time and see his collection of Japanese prints. As you stroll through the French and Japanese gardens both created by Monetwith impressionist colours, you will arrive to the lilypound that provided the inspiration for his last works of art. Our Tour continues onto Rouen, Capital of the Upper Normandy which Cathedral Notre Dame was immortalised by Claude Monet in his famous serie of the Glorious Gothic West front. After the visit of the cathedral, walking tour along the main pedestrian street of le Gros Horloge through the heart of the medieval quarter lined with Norman half-timbered buildings very nicely restored.
Price per person: 150 € (lunch included)
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 - 8:00 - 18:30
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress

F3
FONTAINEBLEAU & VAUX LE VICOMTE

In the morning visit to the former Autumn residence of the Kings of France. Besides great Kings such as Francis 1st (Renaissance), Louis XV (baroque style), Napoleon also lived in this Chateau and the south wing is today dedicated to the Napoleon period with rooms dedicated to his victories, his sons bedroom and the one of Marie Louise. After lunch journey through the forest to the Chateau de Vaux built in the Versailles style, and where the Minister of Finances Fouquet made King Louis XIV jealous with his unlimited expenditure. Vaux is now a private residence, but its magnificent decorations, unique furniture and its “French” gardens still play tribute to the French style of life in the XVII Century.

Price per person: 150 € (lunch included)
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 - 8:00 - 18:30
Meeting point: Welcome Desk of the Congress