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MCVTS ITINERARY PARIS, FRANCE 2019
DAY 1 Friday April 19, 2019 DEPARTURE All those attending the 2019 Paris, France International Trip must meet in the front parking lot of the East Brunswick Campus at 5:30PM to take the bus to JFK Airport in New York. The bus will leave promptly at 6:00PM from the parking lot. If you are not on the bus by the 6:00PM departure time form school the bus will depart without you! Departure from JFK with AIR FRANCE. Flight AF#009 leaves at 11:25PM. Check-in at AIR FRANCE counter terminal 1 at 9:00PM
DAY 2 Saturday, April 20, 2019 PARIS (D) Arrival Paris Charles de Gaulle airport at 12:55 PM. Assistance and transfer to your hotel. Check-in for 6 nights. Afternoon guided city tour, dinner at local restaurant and return to hotel by coach. Get your 5 day metro pass.
Day 3 Sunday, April 21, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Easter Sunday, many places will be closed. Take the subway to Notre Dame to start your guided walking tour. View the inside on your own as group entrance is restricted on Easter Sunday. See the facade and outside of Notre Dame. Walk around the old “LUTECE” which started on 2 islands: Ile Saint Louis and Ile de la Cite. View the steeple of the Sainte Chapelle, the Conciergerie, the Hotel Dieu, then go to Place Dauphine, see the Vert Galant, return to Fontaine Saint Michel, walk up the “Boul’ Mich” to the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pantheon, Place de la Contrescarpe, Saint Genevieve Church, Rue Mouffetard and finally visit the Arenes de Lutece. Dinner at local restaurant in the area and return to hotel by subway.
Day 4 Monday, April 22, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Easter Monday is still a public Holiday in France. Take the subway to go to the Louvre. Your museum guided tour begins with a brief history of the buildings. Visit will focus on the highlights of the collections. Afterwards walking tour in the surroundings: Palais Royal, Comedie Francaise, rue de Rivoli, rue de Castiglione, Place Vendôme, rue de la Paix and Madeleine Church. In the afternoon continue to the Cemetery of Le Pere La Chaise. Dinner at local restaurant in the area and return to hotel by subway.
Day 5 Tuesday, April 23, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Full day excursion to Versailles. Transfer by coach, with guide (½ day services). Stop at a local market to get fresh food for a picnic in the Gardens. Entrance, group reservation and guided tour of the Royal Apartments are included. In the afternoon enjoy the “Musical Gardens”, see the Grand and the Petit Trianon. Return to Paris with the RER train. Restaurant around the Champs Elysees for dinner. Return to your hotel by subway.
Day 6 Wednesday, April 24, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Subway to the Opera Garnier. Inside guided tour. Shopping time in the Grands Magasins: Printemps or Galeries Lafayette before going to Montmartre where you’ll enjoy the panoramic view over the city. Visit the the Sacre Coeur, the little Church of Saint Pierre de Montmartre, the cemetery, the Moulin de la Galette and Place du Tertre where artists are sketching, painting and drawing portraits. Dinner chez La Mere Catherine. Return to hotel by subway.
Day 7 Thursday, April 25, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Subway to Denfert Rochereau to visit the Paris Catacombs. Then, continue towards Montparnasse enjoying the food market of rue Daguerre. Proceed to Concorde square from where you will see the National Assembly, the Champs Elysees, Bridge Alexander III. Pass by the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais, the Arc of Triomphe and Place du Trocadero which is facing the Ecole Militaire, the Champs de Mars and the Eiffel Tower. You will also see the Dome of the Church of the Invalids where Napoleon is buried Tickets to climb to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower. River Cruise & farewell dinner By the Eiffel Tower. Return to hotel by subway.
Day 8 Friday, April 26, 2019 RETURN (B) This is your last day in Paris before going back to CDG airport. In the morning leave your luggage in storage as check-out time is at 11:00 AM. Return to Paris center for last minute souvenir shopping. 3:00 PM Coach leaves hotel for the airport. 4:30 PM check in at Air France counter, terminal 2E. 7:10 PM flight AF # 008 leaves Charles de Gaulle, 9:25 PM arrival JFK, Terminal 1.
DAY 2 Saturday, April 20, 2019 PARIS (D) Arrival Paris Charles de Gaulle airport at 12:55 PM. Assistance and transfer to your hotel. Check-in for 6 nights. Afternoon guided city tour, dinner at local restaurant and return to hotel by coach. Get your 5 day metro pass.
Day 3 Sunday, April 21, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Easter Sunday, many places will be closed. Take the subway to Notre Dame to start your guided walking tour. View the inside on your own as group entrance is restricted on Easter Sunday. See the facade and outside of Notre Dame. Walk around the old “LUTECE” which started on 2 islands: Ile Saint Louis and Ile de la Cite. View the steeple of the Sainte Chapelle, the Conciergerie, the Hotel Dieu, then go to Place Dauphine, see the Vert Galant, return to Fontaine Saint Michel, walk up the “Boul’ Mich” to the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pantheon, Place de la Contrescarpe, Saint Genevieve Church, Rue Mouffetard and finally visit the Arenes de Lutece. Dinner at local restaurant in the area and return to hotel by subway.
Day 4 Monday, April 22, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Easter Monday is still a public Holiday in France. Take the subway to go to the Louvre. Your museum guided tour begins with a brief history of the buildings. Visit will focus on the highlights of the collections. Afterwards walking tour in the surroundings: Palais Royal, Comedie Francaise, rue de Rivoli, rue de Castiglione, Place Vendôme, rue de la Paix and Madeleine Church. In the afternoon continue to the Cemetery of Le Pere La Chaise. Dinner at local restaurant in the area and return to hotel by subway.
Day 5 Tuesday, April 23, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Full day excursion to Versailles. Transfer by coach, with guide (½ day services). Stop at a local market to get fresh food for a picnic in the Gardens. Entrance, group reservation and guided tour of the Royal Apartments are included. In the afternoon enjoy the “Musical Gardens”, see the Grand and the Petit Trianon. Return to Paris with the RER train. Restaurant around the Champs Elysees for dinner. Return to your hotel by subway.
Day 6 Wednesday, April 24, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Subway to the Opera Garnier. Inside guided tour. Shopping time in the Grands Magasins: Printemps or Galeries Lafayette before going to Montmartre where you’ll enjoy the panoramic view over the city. Visit the the Sacre Coeur, the little Church of Saint Pierre de Montmartre, the cemetery, the Moulin de la Galette and Place du Tertre where artists are sketching, painting and drawing portraits. Dinner chez La Mere Catherine. Return to hotel by subway.
Day 7 Thursday, April 25, 2019 PARIS (B, D) Subway to Denfert Rochereau to visit the Paris Catacombs. Then, continue towards Montparnasse enjoying the food market of rue Daguerre. Proceed to Concorde square from where you will see the National Assembly, the Champs Elysees, Bridge Alexander III. Pass by the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais, the Arc of Triomphe and Place du Trocadero which is facing the Ecole Militaire, the Champs de Mars and the Eiffel Tower. You will also see the Dome of the Church of the Invalids where Napoleon is buried Tickets to climb to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower. River Cruise & farewell dinner By the Eiffel Tower. Return to hotel by subway.
Day 8 Friday, April 26, 2019 RETURN (B) This is your last day in Paris before going back to CDG airport. In the morning leave your luggage in storage as check-out time is at 11:00 AM. Return to Paris center for last minute souvenir shopping. 3:00 PM Coach leaves hotel for the airport. 4:30 PM check in at Air France counter, terminal 2E. 7:10 PM flight AF # 008 leaves Charles de Gaulle, 9:25 PM arrival JFK, Terminal 1.