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Tours in France

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French Riviera Vintage Jaguar MK2 Tour with Scenic Stops

Travel the French Riviera in a 1968 Jaguar MK2, stopping through Villefranche-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on a 2.5-hour private drive. Your host shares tales of old Hollywood and aristocratic life whilst you take in Mediterranean vistas from the passenger seat. The route adapts to what interests you—whether that's lingering for photos, exploring a village on foot, or simply savouring the coastline at a slower pace.

Discovery of the Basque Country by sidecar with private driver

Sidecar touring through the Basque Country's mountain terrain on a two-hour ride tailored to your pace. You'll navigate winding passes while spotting livestock roaming hillsides and absorbing the region's distinct character. Your driver stops whenever you spot a shot worth taking, whether it's a valley vista or a particular cultural detail. Helmets with integrated comms let you chat during the journey.

2-Hour Private Paris Champs-Élysées Walking Tour

Walk the length of Paris's grandest avenue with a private art historian who unpicks its lavish architecture and surprising origins. Over two hours, you'll trace how this tree-lined boulevard evolved from royal hunting ground to the city's most prestigious address, understanding why it remains central to French pageantry and political ceremony. The guide steers you past the ornate shopfronts and Belle Époque buildings, revealing the stories woven into its fabric.

share a traditional meal with licauw

Sit down with Licauw for a two-and-a-half-hour meal that doubles as a masterclass in Nice's food culture. You'll work through courses from aperitif to dessert while hearing stories about the city's culinary traditions, paired with local rosé and beer. The host brings genuine knowledge and anecdotes; the meal itself is the real education.

2 hours - Bordeaux Private tour with a native guide

A two-hour walking tour of Bordeaux led by a local guide fluent in English, Spanish, and French. You'll trace the city's layered past—from Roman foundations through medieval fortifications to the 18th-century neoclassical boulevards and mansions that define its character today. Your guide shares insider perspective on how each era shaped the streetscapes you're walking through, making connections between what you see and the city's evolving story.

Nantes Private Walking Tour With A Professional Guide

Walk through Nantes with a guide who knows the city's layered past—from Celtic settlement through to its current creative reinvention. Over 90 minutes, you'll trace how this Loire-side city shaped itself through the Duchy of Brittany, the Edict of Nantes, and its troubling role in the Atlantic slave trade, before witnessing its transformation into a contemporary hub. Your guide adjusts the route on the day to match your interests.

Food Tour with a Parisian Foodie

Discover Paris through the eyes of a local food lover on this three-hour walking tour of lesser-known neighbourhoods. You'll visit four or five favourite spots, sampling artisanal cheeses, pastries, handmade chocolates, and wines whilst hearing insider stories and restaurant tips. Small groups keep things intimate and relaxed, with all tastings included. Perfect for couples, friends, or families wanting to eat like a Parisian rather than a visitor.

3 hoursfrom AUD $251

Excursion CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES and GIVERNY in Limousine from Paris

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🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Excursion CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES and GIVERNY in Limousine from Paris

Spend a full day exploring two of France's most celebrated estates in a private Mercedes with dedicated driver. Travel from Paris to the opulent Palace of Versailles, then continue to Giverny, where Monet spent 43 years cultivating his flower gardens and water lilies—the very scenes that shaped Impressionist art. Your driver arranges restaurant reservations beforehand, allowing you to focus on the gardens and galleries without logistical stress.

8 hours – 12 hoursfrom AUD $2484

D-Day Discovery: American sectors, A 12 hour tour for 1-4 people

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🛕 Culture & History

France

D-Day Discovery: American sectors, A 12 hour tour for 1-4 people

Walk the American landing zones across Normandy's coast with Rodolphe Rutman, a historian who spent three decades researching the 1944 invasion and has interviewed over 200 witnesses, including veterans who stormed Omaha Beach. This 12-hour private tour (1–4 people) reconstructs the battles through eyewitness accounts and on-site storytelling, moving between memorial sites and beaches where US forces came ashore on 6 June.

12 hoursfrom AUD $1124

3-Course Organic Dinner in Garden with Views of French Riviera

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🍜 Food & Cooking

France

3-Course Organic Dinner in Garden with Views of French Riviera

Dine at Laurent's hillside home among olive groves with unobstructed views across Nice to the Mediterranean. This four-hour evening brings together seasonal, organically-grown ingredients prepared in the Niçois style—three courses shared family-style with other food-minded guests. Wine flows freely, though you're welcome to bring your own bottle. It's less dinner theatre and more genuine table conversation in a Riviera home.

Hot Air Balloon Flight in Loire Valley

Rise above the Loire Valley's most celebrated châteaux—Chenonceau, Amboise, and Chaumont—on a 3.5-hour hot air balloon flight. You'll help ready the balloon before launch, then drift across vineyards and Renaissance architecture from above. After landing, enjoy local tastings whilst your crew retrieves the basket. An experienced pilot guides the whole experience, with return transport included.

Transfers Private: Paris-Aéroports/Paris-Disneyland, France

Skip the metro queues and arrive refreshed. This private car service whisks you between Paris and Charles de Gaulle, Orly, or Le Bourget airports in a climate-controlled sedan driven by professional operators. Travel with luggage, WiFi, and door-to-door convenience. Journey takes 30 minutes to 90 minutes depending on traffic and your destination.

30 min – 1h 30mfrom AUD $166

Private Full Day Alsace Castles Villages and Wine Tasting

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🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Private Full Day Alsace Castles Villages and Wine Tasting

Eight hours exploring Alsace's wine country with a private driver and local guide. You'll visit hilltop castles, wander through half-timbered villages, and taste regional wines whilst rolling through vineyards in a comfortable air-conditioned van. The itinerary flexes to your interests—whether that's architecture, wine depth or village wandering. Strasbourg is your starting point.

8 hoursfrom AUD $1655

Private Champagne Tour Veuve Clicquot, Moet & Chandon from Reims

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🍜 Food & Cooking

France

Private Champagne Tour Veuve Clicquot, Moet & Chandon from Reims

Spend eight hours exploring the Champagne region's most prestigious cellars and landmarks with a local guide. You'll visit Veuve Clicquot and Moët & Chandon for tastings and behind-the-scenes access, tour Reims Cathedral (a UNESCO site), and discover Epernay's grand Avenue de Champagne. Private minivan transport and hotel pickup included.

8 hoursfrom AUD $1028

Impressionists River Cruise in Asnières-sur-Seine

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🛕 Culture & History

France

Impressionists River Cruise in Asnières-sur-Seine

Cruise the Seine from Asnières-sur-Seine aboard an electric boat, tracing the riverbanks that captivated Impressionist painters. Over 90 minutes, you'll float past the same vistas that drew Van Gogh, Seurat, and Signac to their easels, guided by expert commentary and twenty-plus artwork reproductions. This quiet, art-focused journey sits outside the Paris mainstream, pairing the river's gentle flow with the movement's radical vision of light and colour.

Sidecar Motorcycle tour in Paris with Driver

Tear through Paris in a vintage sidecar piloted by a seasoned local who knows every corner of the city. This 90-minute private spin hits the major monuments—Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Champs-Élysées, Trocadéro, Les Invalides—but from a perspective you won't get on foot or in a taxi. You'll stop to shoot photos and soak in the views, then fire back up and keep moving. It's intimate, exhilarating, and beats the coach-tour grind entirely.

1h 30mfrom AUD $141

Paris Photographer: Exclusive Photoshoot with Private Car

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🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Paris Photographer: Exclusive Photoshoot with Private Car

Get professional portraits around Paris with a dedicated photographer and private driver. This 2–3 hour session lets you pick your own landmarks—Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre-Dame, or anywhere else—and moves between locations in a comfortable minivan. You'll receive 200–400 high-resolution shots, with 18–25 of your choices professionally edited and delivered afterwards.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $1271

Private Guided Tour in Champagne from Paris, Veuve Clicquot visit

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🍜 Food & Cooking

France

Private Guided Tour in Champagne from Paris, Veuve Clicquot visit

A nine-to-eleven hour private excursion from Paris into the Champagne region with a WSET-certified wine specialist. You'll travel in a luxury Mercedes van to visit two contrasting producers: an established grand marque and a small family operation, both classified Grand Cru or Premier Cru. Your guide remains with you throughout, explaining terroir, production methods, and the region's economic story alongside tastings at each stop.

9 hours – 11 hoursfrom AUD $1438

Private wine trip to Saint-Emilion aboard vintage French presidential car

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🍜 Food & Cooking

France

Private wine trip to Saint-Emilion aboard vintage French presidential car

Tour the celebrated wine region between Bordeaux and Saint-Emilion in a restored 1973 Citroën DS convertible, guided by a local wine specialist. Choose between a 4-hour half-day or 8-hour full-day itinerary, customised to your preferences and palate. Stop at renowned estates like Angélus, Cheval Blanc, and Ausone, exploring the medieval village and its surrounding vineyards from an iconic French automobile that feels as much part of the experience as the wine itself.

4 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $476

Normandy Day Trip from Paris with Private Local Guide & Private Transportation

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🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Normandy Day Trip from Paris with Private Local Guide & Private Transportation

A 12-hour private tour from Paris to the Normandy beaches, tracing the sites of Operation Overlord with a local expert guide and dedicated transport. Walk the sand at Omaha Beach, examine the fortified positions at Pointe du Hoc, and pay respects at the American Cemetery. Your guide shares the tactical and human stories behind the 1944 landings as you move between locations in a comfortable air-conditioned van.

12 hoursfrom AUD $2005

Private Sidecar Tour of Paris at Night with drinks

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🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Private Sidecar Tour of Paris at Night with drinks

Climb into a sidecar and ride through Paris's nocturnal streetscape on a vintage motorcycle. This two-hour private tour navigates illuminated monuments and quiet back-lanes guided by experienced riders. You'll see the city from an unusual vantage point—intimate, moving fast enough to cover distance, slow enough to absorb details. A glass of wine or cider caps off the ride. Suits couples, solo explorers, or anyone wanting to experience the city's evening character beyond the usual walking routes.

Napoleon III's Paris city tour

This two-hour private tour examines the radical reshaping of Paris under Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann, when 70% of the medieval city was demolished and rebuilt in just 17 years. An art historian guides you through the boulevards, apartment blocks, and public spaces that replaced cramped medieval quarters, revealing how Paris transformed from a congested medieval town into a modern industrial capital. You'll see the urban planning choices that shaped contemporary city life, from consumerism to politics to how we inhabit urban space.

Visit DE Paris EN Segway - Bois DE Boulogne EN Segway Privatised

Glide through Paris's largest urban forest on a two-and-a-half-hour private Segway tour covering nine distinct zones within Bois de Boulogne. You'll navigate past Bagatelle's ornamental gardens, Mare Saint-James's waterside stretches, the serene lakes, Auteuil's historic racecourse, and the forest's dramatic Grande Cascade waterfall. Helmets, gloves, and rain gear supplied. Minimum group charge applies, calculated per person.

Private tour of old Lyon - 2 hours

A two-hour guided walk through Lyon's medieval core, a UNESCO-protected quarter that shaped Renaissance Europe. Your guide unpicks the layers of this densely built neighbourhood, tracing how silk merchants and religious orders carved out their territories. You'll navigate the warren of Renaissance facades and, crucially, slip through the traboules—those peculiar covered passageways that connect one street to another, still used by locals today.

Monet, Manet, Renoir a Montmartre tour with the impressionnists

Walk Montmartre's sloping streets through the life of Père Tanguy, the colour merchant who supplied Monet, Manet, Renoir and Cézanne. Over 1 hour 45 minutes, an actor-guide reconstructs the struggles and breakthroughs of these painters against 19th-century Paris, stopping at the very buildings where they lived and worked. Learn how a generation broke with academic tradition and redefined what paint could do.

1h 45mfrom AUD $117

Cassis, the Calanques & the Villages of Luberon in private tour.

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🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Cassis, the Calanques & the Villages of Luberon in private tour.

A seven to eight hour private tour through Provence's coastal and inland gems. Start with a boat journey through the dramatic limestone coves of Parc des Calanques, then explore the harbour town of Cassis. The route continues inland to several of Provence's most picturesque villages, weaving through varied terrain and local history. Your English-speaking driver customises the pace and stops to suit your interests, with all transport and refreshments included.

7 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $1336

Paris 4 hours Private Guided Trip with Indian Meal -Hotel pickup

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🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Paris 4 hours Private Guided Trip with Indian Meal -Hotel pickup

Squeeze Paris into four hours with a private guide who knows the shortcuts. You'll roll past the Louvre, Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower and the glittering Champs-Élysées without the queues, then sit down to Indian lunch or dinner depending on your schedule. Hotel pickup and drop-off included, so you just show up and let someone else navigate the chaos.

Bordeaux to Lascaux and Dordogne Valley Private Sightseeing Tour

Travel from Bordeaux through the Dordogne Valley to explore some of France's most significant prehistoric sites. Your private driver navigates you to Lascaux Cavern, where 17,000-year-old animal paintings blanket the stone surfaces, then onward to Rouffignac's mammoth-etched chambers accessed by underground train. The journey weaves through medieval cliff dwellings and a quiet riverside village, offering seven to nine hours of archaeological discovery with air-conditioned comfort and personal attention.

7 hours – 9 hoursfrom AUD $2123

private groupe explore hidden bars & speakeasies in Paris

★ 5.0 (4)

🍹 Nightlife

France

private groupe explore hidden bars & speakeasies in Paris

A 2-hour guided exploration of Paris's clandestine drinking scene, visiting two carefully selected bars with distinct personalities and histories. You'll slip through a hidden entrance at the first venue to sample craft cocktails, then move on to a second spot renowned for its relaxed atmosphere and inventive drinks. Your guide shares each bar's backstory and signature offerings whilst you enjoy complimentary cocktails and sharing plates.

Private Wine Tour to Burgundy Region from Paris

A 13-hour private tour from Paris into Burgundy's wine country, driven by a knowledgeable guide through rolling vineyards and medieval villages. You'll explore Beaune's architecture and its legendary hospital, then venture into the classified appellations—Chassagne-Montrachet, Volnay, Puligny-Montrachet—stopping at working estates like Château Pommard or Santenay. This is countryside wine culture on your own schedule, not a coach full of tourists.

13 hoursfrom AUD $2900

Private car with a driver in Paris 4-6 persons

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✈️ Transfers

France

Private car with a driver in Paris 4-6 persons

Skip the taxi queue shuffle and move through Paris on your own schedule with a private driver for up to six people. Whether you're juggling back-to-back meetings across the city or tackling a serious shopping expedition, your dedicated driver handles navigation whilst you focus on what matters. Five hours of transport flexibility beats hunting for cabs between appointments.

Private Sedan Transfer Charles de Gaulle Airport to Paris

Door-to-door sedan service from Charles de Gaulle Airport into central Paris, covering the 30–45 minute route in a hybrid vehicle with Wi-Fi, chilled water, and climate control. Your multilingual driver handles luggage efficiently, leaving you to settle in rather than navigate trains or shuttle queues. Straightforward, reliable transport that gets you to your hotel or address without fuss.

30 min – 45 minfrom AUD $125

Marseille | Signature Day with Meals | Calanques

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🐠 Water Activities

France

Marseille | Signature Day with Meals | Calanques

Spend eight hours sailing a catamaran through Calanques National Park, launching from Marseille's Old Port. You'll anchor twice in secluded coves for swimming and snorkelling amongst dramatic limestone cliffs and turquoise water. The crew serves a buffet lunch and aperitif on deck, all included. It's a straightforward way to see the Mediterranean coastline's most striking stretch without leaving the boat.

‍Paris Small Group French Christmas Cooking Class

Spend four hours in a Parisian kitchen cooking a traditional French Christmas menu alongside a professional chef. You'll work with seasonal market ingredients to prepare a festive meal, then sit down to enjoy what you've made paired with wine and a homemade Bûche de Noël. The class caps at eight people, giving you genuine one-on-one guidance. You'll leave with printed recipes to cook the same dishes at home.

Pinot Noir & Pinot Wine Tour to Baden-Württemberg

Explore Baden-Württemberg's Pinot Noir alongside Burgundy's benchmark expressions across three acclaimed producers in six hours. This wine tour traces the region's volcanic terroirs through tastings of Spätburgunder, Grauburgunder, Weißburgunder, Gutedel, Chardonnay and other varietals. Visit a world-class Pinot specialist whose wines rival Oregon and Burgundy, then a heritage family winery in Achkarren balancing traditional and modern winemaking, finishing among the terraced slopes of the dormant Kaiserstuhl volcano. Transport and all tastings included.

Vintage Motorcycle Rental in Paris

Rent a classic American motorcycle and explore Paris at your own pace over three hours to a full day. These heavyweight machines suit experienced riders keen on vintage marques. You'll get fuel included on short rentals, helmet and gloves provided, plus round-the-clock roadside support. Optional guided tours show you historic corners of the city from two wheels. Secure parking and concierge services keep your bike safe when you're not riding.

3 hours – 1 dayfrom AUD $418

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🍜 Food & Cooking

France

Wine Your Way Through the Marais

Explore the Marais through its wine heritage on this three-hour neighbourhood walk. Starting at Joseph Mignaret park, you'll uncover a hidden vineyard and trace the district's medieval roots alongside its aristocratic mansions. The route follows the ancient Roman thoroughfare connecting the Bastille to the Louvre, passes the largest surviving stretch of Philippe Auguste's wall, and reaches Charles V's former royal vineyard. You'll taste sparkling wine en route, then finish with blind tastings of natural and organic wines paired with artisanal bread and seasonal cheese in a local wine bar.

All about meringue: a pastry & culinary arts workshop in Paris

Master the techniques of French meringue-making in a hands-on three-hour workshop led by pastry professionals in a Paris apartment. You'll learn the methods used in professional kitchens, pick up insider tricks for recreating these delicate desserts at home, and explore the cultural stories woven through French pastry history. Groups stay small—no more than eight—so you get genuine feedback and space to practise. Walk away with your own creations and the confidence to make them again.

Paris Historic Private 3-hour Walking Tour with WWII Landmarks

A three-hour private walking tour tracing Paris's World War II history, from Nazi occupation through liberation. You'll walk the actual streets where resistance fighters operated, tanks rolled, and communities were torn apart by deportations. Your dedicated guide covers the invasion, underground movements, and the human cost of occupation, stopping at key sites where you can photograph and absorb the gravity of these events.

Mont-Saint-Michel Medieval escape from Le Havre

Travel from Le Havre to the iconic island monastery of Mont-Saint-Michel in your own private van with a dedicated driver. This 8–10 hour excursion lets you explore the medieval settlement at your own pace, with the flexibility to adjust timing and stops along the way. Your air-conditioned vehicle and professional driver handle the logistics so you can focus on the stunning Norman coastline and one of France's most distinctive landmarks.

8 hours – 10 hoursfrom AUD $1672

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