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Wine Tour in Roussillon: Picnic & Tasting Day

🍜 Food & Cooking

Wine Tour in Roussillon: Picnic & Tasting Day

Spend eight to nine hours exploring Roussillon's wine country with a retired cellar master who guides you through working vineyards and heritage-listed caves. You'll walk between rows of Catalan vines, taste wines in centuries-old cellars, then settle into a winery restaurant for a three-glass paired picnic overlooking both coastal plains and inland hills. The day balances physical exploration with leisurely tasting and eating, revealing how local winemakers have shaped this region's identity.

8 hours – 9 hoursfrom AUD $283

Private Photo Shoot at the Louvre

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Private Photo Shoot at the Louvre

A one-hour private photo session at the Louvre with a professional photographer who'll direct you through the museum's galleries, coaching posture and framing whilst capturing polished portraits against iconic backdrops. You'll receive edited, print-ready images within two days—a tangible record of your Paris visit that beats phone snapshots or relying on strangers behind the camera.

1 hourfrom AUD $82

Australian - Out in the Somme Day Tour - from Arras

🛕 Culture & History

Australian - Out in the Somme Day Tour - from Arras

Follow Australian military history across the Somme battlefield with a guide who knows the Diggers' story intimately. This 8–9 hour tour from Arras covers Villers-Bretonneux, Pozieres, and Le Hamel—sites where Australian forces fought during the First World War. Small groups mean you can linger at memorials, hear specific soldier accounts, and understand the landscape as those who served it did. Includes entry fees, water, and air-conditioned transport.

8 hours – 9 hoursfrom AUD $443

Treasure hunt in central Paris: from the Panthéon to the Louvre

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Treasure hunt in central Paris: from the Panthéon to the Louvre

Navigate central Paris on your own terms with a self-guided puzzle hunt spanning two hours between the Panthéon and Louvre. Solve fifteen riddles tied to landmarks, architectural details and hidden corners across the city's historic heart—the Sorbonne, Cluny Museum, Notre-Dame, Île de la Cité, Pont Neuf and beyond. You'll get a game booklet packed with clues, a map and historical snippets to deepen the experience. This works equally well for puzzle enthusiasts and history lovers keen to notice what they'd otherwise walk past.

2 hoursfrom AUD $50

Old Paris Walking Tour: Explore Saint-Germain and Saint-Michel

🛕 Culture & History

Old Paris Walking Tour: Explore Saint-Germain and Saint-Michel

A two-hour walking tour through Saint-Germain and Saint-Michel that moves beyond postcard Paris. Your guide reveals the neighbourhoods' layered history—medieval lanes, literary haunts, bohemian cafés—and steers you toward details most visitors miss. You'll navigate quiet courtyards and backstreets where locals actually spend time, getting a genuine feel for how the city works rather than just ticking off monuments.

2 hoursfrom AUD $55

Paris Latin Quarter Walking Tour: History & Culture - Small Group

🛕 Culture & History

Paris Latin Quarter Walking Tour: History & Culture - Small Group

This 2-hour guided walk through Paris's Latin Quarter takes you past Roman vestiges, grand institutional buildings, and the addresses of celebrated writers and thinkers. Capped at 8 people, you'll move through narrow medieval streets and leafy squares with a local who knows the neighbourhood's layered past. The route connects ancient ruins to Renaissance architecture, finishing in one of the city's most expansive green spaces. Ideal for anyone wanting substance over selfie stops.

2 hoursfrom AUD $92

Paris Occupation History WWII 2 Hour Walking Tour

🛕 Culture & History

Paris Occupation History WWII 2 Hour Walking Tour

Walk through central Paris and chart the geography of German occupation from 1940 to 1944. This two-hour tour positions you at the actual sites where wartime events occurred, revealing how the city functioned under Nazi control and how ordinary Parisians navigated daily life under foreign rule. Using archival photographs held against today's streetscape, you'll build a spatial understanding of occupied Paris that lingers well after the tour ends.

2h 15mfrom AUD $23

Jewish History Tour of Le Marais

🛕 Culture & History

Jewish History Tour of Le Marais

Walk through Le Marais with Karen, a guide who's spent 15 years revealing Paris's Jewish quarters beyond what maps show. This 4-hour tour threads past synagogues, historic shops, and neighbourhood corners where generations of Parisian Jews have lived, worked, and gathered. You'll hear stories locals know and visit L'As du Fallafel, the district's most storied falafel spot, where you can eat separately (around €15–€25).

4 hoursfrom AUD $134

Paris (Marais District) Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Paris (Marais District) Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

Navigate the Marais on foot using puzzle-based clues that direct you between landmark locations across two hours. Rather than following a guide, you'll work through riddles via smartphone app to uncover the district's architecture, history, and lesser-known corners. The route combines the logic of a treasure hunt with genuine sightseeing, letting you pause and explore whenever something catches your eye. Available in four languages.

2 hoursfrom AUD $16

Acrobatic Paragliding Tandem Flight over Chamonix

🏔 Adventure & Sports

Acrobatic Paragliding Tandem Flight over Chamonix

Launch into acrobatic paragliding above Chamonix's Alpine peaks on a tandem flight with certified French instructors. This adrenaline-focused experience takes you soaring over dramatic terrain for roughly an hour, with takeoff typically from Plan Praz (or Plan de L'Aiguille if conditions require). You'll be harnessed to a professional pilot who handles all the flying while you experience barrel rolls, spirals, and technical manoeuvres safely. Helmet and full insurance included.

1 hourfrom AUD $316

Petanque (boules) lesson in Provence

🏔 Adventure & Sports

Petanque (boules) lesson in Provence

Learn pétanque from locals in Provence over two hours, starting with the rules and history before moving straight into competitive play. You'll master the throwing technique, understand scoring, and settle disputes like a proper player—all while sipping rosé and soaking in Provençal countryside views. The afternoon wraps with a trophy presentation and an apéro featuring house-made pastis, local wines, and homemade regional spreads.

2 hoursfrom AUD $77

Full Day Private Vintage Land Rover Tour of Beaujolais & Burgundy

🍜 Food & Cooking

Full Day Private Vintage Land Rover Tour of Beaujolais & Burgundy

Explore Beaujolais and Southern Burgundy's quieter corners in a private Land Rover, stopping at 2–3 independent wineries handpicked for their character rather than fame. Your guide—a local with genuine ties to the region—shares stories and insider knowledge whilst you taste wines from small producers, many of whom still work vineyards their families have tended for generations. Lunch and regional cheese and charcuterie are included. Eight hours, entirely shaped around what interests you.

8 hoursfrom AUD $832

Wine and cheese tasting at Latin Quarter

🍜 Food & Cooking

Wine and cheese tasting at Latin Quarter

Spend ninety minutes in the Latin Quarter sampling French wines alongside artisanal cheeses curated by enthusiasts who favour straightforward conversation over pretence. Three modest pours and at least two cheese varieties form the backbone of this tasting, with alcohol-free fruit juices standing in for younger guests. The hosts welcome all skill levels and backgrounds, treating each session as a chance to swap stories and palates alike.

1h 30mfrom AUD $65

Private American D-Day Guided Tour from Cherbourg Cruise terminal

🛕 Culture & History

Private American D-Day Guided Tour from Cherbourg Cruise terminal

This private tour traces the American landings across Normandy's D-Day beaches, departing from Cherbourg and returning before your cruise ship sails. Visit Sainte Mère Église, where paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines, walk Utah and Omaha beaches where troops pushed inland, climb the 100-metre cliffs of Pointe du Hoc to see German fortifications still scarred by battle, then pay respects at the Normandy American Cemetery. Your guide navigates the sites whilst you travel in an air-conditioned vehicle with WiFi, and downtime at each stop lets you photograph the landscape.

4 hours – 5 hoursfrom AUD $1496

WW1 Belleau Wood and American Monument in Château-Thierry - Day trip from Paris

🛕 Culture & History

WW1 Belleau Wood and American Monument in Château-Thierry - Day trip from Paris

This 13–14 hour excursion traces American involvement in the First World War across northern France, starting from Paris. You'll walk the grounds of Belleau Wood where US Marines faced fierce German resistance, pay respects at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, stand beneath the imposing American Monument overlooking Château-Thierry, and explore thousands of artefacts at the Museum of the Great War in Meaux. An air-conditioned vehicle and knowledgeable driver guide accompany the entire journey.

13 hours – 14 hoursfrom AUD $393

Private Tour Perched Villages of Luberon & (LAVENDER JUNE/JULY)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Private Tour Perched Villages of Luberon & (LAVENDER JUNE/JULY)

Spend eight hours exploring the Luberon's hilltop settlements with a private guide, moving between villages like Gordes, Bonnieux, and Roussillon that cling to limestone ridges above the Provençal plains. Visit during lavender season (June–July) when purple fields blanket the valleys, or time your route to catch one of the weekly provençal markets—Thursday in Roussillon, Friday in Lourmarin, Tuesday in Gordes. Collected from your hotel, Aix-en-Provence tourism office, or Marseille cruise terminal in a climate-controlled van.

8 hoursfrom AUD $1714

Paris Shopping Experience with a Personal Shopper

🛍 Shopping & Markets

Paris Shopping Experience with a Personal Shopper

A three-hour guided shopping session with a stylist who tailors the experience to your taste, budget and needs. Your personal shopper navigates Parisian boutiques and departments with you, offering fashion and beauty guidance along the way. Works for shoppers of any age or style preference—just brief them on what you're after and they'll chart a route that feels right for you.

3 hoursfrom AUD $219

Electric Vintage Solex Tour – Canal Saint-Martin & Le Marais

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Electric Vintage Solex Tour – Canal Saint-Martin & Le Marais

Pedal through Paris on a restored electric Solex—the cult French motorised bicycle reimagined for modern riders. This three-hour guided tour weaves through Canal Saint-Martin's neighbourhood cafés and Le Marais' narrow lanes, steering clear of the usual circuits. You get your own machine, helmet and gloves; the guide handles navigation and local knowledge. It's a low-effort, quietly satisfying way to cover ground and catch the rhythm of working Paris.

3 hoursfrom AUD $65

Paris Multi-Day Custom Tour: A Unique Private Adventure

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Paris Multi-Day Custom Tour: A Unique Private Adventure

Build your own Paris itinerary with a private guide who knows the city inside out. Over however many days suit you, work together to plot a route through neighbourhoods, galleries, bistros, and backstreet finds that match what you actually want to see. Your guide handles restaurant bookings and logistics while you decide whether today is a Marais morning or a Left Bank afternoon. No fixed coach tours or group schedules—just you, a knowledgeable local, and the freedom to change your mind.

7 hours – 1 dayfrom AUD $736

Unusual wine tasting in DARWIN (Bordeaux)!

🍜 Food & Cooking

Unusual wine tasting in DARWIN (Bordeaux)!

Spend an hour in Bordeaux learning how barrel-ageing shapes wine character. You'll taste the same wine across six different wood treatments, then blend your own to discover what your palate actually prefers. Rather than lecture, this hands-on session puts you at the winemaker's bench, demystifying why one bottle costs twice another and what oak really contributes to a glass.

1 hourfrom AUD $47

Intimate Montmartre Art & Gourmet Stroll – Private Experience

🛕 Culture & History

Intimate Montmartre Art & Gourmet Stroll – Private Experience

Wander Montmartre's winding streets on a three-hour private tour, tracing the footsteps of Picasso and Van Gogh through the neighbourhood's artistic heritage. You'll visit Renoir's gardens at the museum, watch working painters at Place du Tertre, climb to Sacré-Cœur for sweeping city views, and pause for pastries and coffee in a local café. A guided exploration of bohemian Paris tailored to your pace.

3 hoursfrom AUD $828

Session of 30 minutes of Unique Sensations in Underwater Scooter

🐠 Water Activities

Session of 30 minutes of Unique Sensations in Underwater Scooter

Pilot an electric underwater scooter for 30 minutes of silent, effortless gliding through French waters. This once-exclusive activity is now accessible at a dedicated nautical base, letting you experience weightless propulsion without the yacht requirement or environmental footprint. The full session runs one hour including briefing and equipment setup. Snorkelling gear included.

1 hourfrom AUD $100

French Pastry and Dessert Walking Tour in Nancy with Local Guide

🍜 Food & Cooking

French Pastry and Dessert Walking Tour in Nancy with Local Guide

Walk through Nancy's Old Town and Place Stanislas sampling pastries at neighbourhood bakeries and pâtisseries chosen by locals, not guidebooks. A two-hour small-group tour with a resident guide who shares the stories behind each patisserie and regional Lorraine specialties. You'll taste your way through curated selections while learning how Nancy's architectural heritage shaped its culinary traditions—this isn't a rush-through tasting but a genuine introduction to how the city's people actually eat.

2 hoursfrom AUD $102

Paris Wine Tasting Experience in Montmartre

🍜 Food & Cooking

Paris Wine Tasting Experience in Montmartre

Taste five French wines—reds, whites, and a sparkling—in a working cellar steps from Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre. A sommelier guides you through regional styles, grape varieties, and production methods whilst you pair each pour with charcuterie and bread. Over 60 minutes, you'll develop a practical palate and learn how professional tasters evaluate wine. Walk away with a 10% discount on bottles and the option to ship purchases worldwide.

1 hourfrom AUD $216

Paris Top Sights Half Day Walking Tour + Wine Tasting Experience

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Paris Top Sights Half Day Walking Tour + Wine Tasting Experience

Cover Paris's essential landmarks and neighbourhood character in one half-day walk, starting in Montmartre before hitting Napoleon's Arc, the Champs-Élysées, and the Eiffel Tower. You'll learn how the city's layout works, sample pastries at a proper boulangerie, and follow the streets that inspired Monet, Van Gogh and Picasso. A separate wine tasting experience follows at a time that suits you.

6 hours – 7 hoursfrom AUD $230

Charm and Secrets of Paris Passages: Private Tour

🛕 Culture & History

Charm and Secrets of Paris Passages: Private Tour

Step into Paris's best-kept architectural secret on this guided walk through six surviving 19th-century passages—glassed-over arcades that predate modern shopping centres. Built when Baron Haussmann was reshaping the city, these elegant galleries showcase ornate ironwork, mosaic floors, and Belle Époque grandeur. Your private guide reveals the passages' role as gathering spots for writers and artists, threading through Passage des Panoramas and beyond. A two-hour journey through forgotten Paris, ideal when rain keeps you off the streets.

1 hour – 2 hoursfrom AUD $391

Louvre Treasures Private Experience – Languages Available

🛕 Culture & History

Louvre Treasures Private Experience – Languages Available

A two-hour guided tour of the Louvre with a licensed expert who navigates you through the museum's most celebrated works—the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo—alongside lesser-known pieces that reveal the breadth of the collection. Your guide provides context and stories that connect you to the art, rather than simply pointing out what to see. The tour includes your entrance ticket and leaves you free to explore independently afterwards.

2 hoursfrom AUD $1037

Food, wine & tragedies - The tour of Montmartre

🍜 Food & Cooking

Food, wine & tragedies - The tour of Montmartre

Walk through Montmartre's winding streets over three hours, stopping at neighbourhood spots to taste regional specialities whilst your guide recounts the district's colourful past. Starting at Anvers metro, you'll sample six dishes—from buttery pastries to savoury classics—as you climb toward Sacré-Cœur. This tour threads together the stories of artists and misfits who defined the quarter with the food that still defines it, offering a grounded sense of how Montmartre actually feels to those who know it.

2h 40m – 3h 10mfrom AUD $119

Pompidou Museum Paris Exterior 90 minutes Private Guided Tour

🛕 Culture & History

Pompidou Museum Paris Exterior 90 minutes Private Guided Tour

Spend 90 minutes examining the Pompidou Centre's audacious architecture with a specialist guide. This private tour circles the building's celebrated exterior—its exposed pipes, steel framework and glass facades—treating the structure itself as the main artwork. Until 2030, while the interior undergoes reconstruction, you'll explore the plaza sculptures and learn how this 1977 design challenged convention and redefined what a museum could be. No queues, no interior access needed.

1h 30mfrom AUD $376

Private Full-Day Tour on the French Riviera from Nice

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Private Full-Day Tour on the French Riviera from Nice

Spend eight hours exploring the French Riviera's most glamorous coastline with a private driver-guide who shapes the route around your interests. Depart Nice and venture towards Monaco, the Italian border, or Provence, stopping at medieval villages, famous beaches, and coastal towns. You'll navigate narrow streets in Antibes, walk the Cannes film festival steps, discover Saint-Paul-de-Vence's galleries and ramparts, and potentially reach Monaco's palace and casino. The pace and stops are entirely yours to decide.

8 hoursfrom AUD $1204

Excursion circus of Navacelles from Montpellier

🌿 Nature & Wildlife

Excursion circus of Navacelles from Montpellier

A seven-hour guided excursion from Montpellier to the Cirque de Navacelles, one of Hérault's most dramatic natural formations. Travelling in a small group with a local guide, you'll explore the amphitheatre-shaped canyon carved by the Vis River, taking in sweeping vistas across limestone cliffs and abandoned villages. The air-conditioned minibus handles transport while you focus on the landscape—raw, sculptural, and utterly unlike the Mediterranean coast.

7 hoursfrom AUD $125

Free Perfume Museum & Opera District Tour (Tip-Based)

🛕 Culture & History

Free Perfume Museum & Opera District Tour (Tip-Based)

A 2-hour 15-minute walking tour through Paris's 8th arrondissement, combining architecture and fragrance. You'll navigate from Place de la Concorde through Madeleine Church, Place Vendôme, and Opéra Garnier, tracing the city's luxury heritage and Haussmann's urban design. The route concludes at the Fragonard Perfume Museum, where a guide walks you through scent composition and production techniques with interactive sampling.

2h 15mfrom AUD $4

Transfer in Paris in Portuguese

✈️ Transfers

Transfer in Paris in Portuguese

Skip the airport queue and language barrier with a Portuguese-speaking driver waiting to whisk you through Paris. This private transfer pairs a climate-controlled vehicle with a bilingual professional who knows the city inside out—perfect for your first hour arriving or departing. You'll travel in comfort with bottled water on hand, while your driver fields questions about neighbourhoods, restaurants and local spots worth your time.

1 hourfrom AUD $318

Orangerie Museum Paris 1.5 Hour Private Guided Tour

🛕 Culture & History

Orangerie Museum Paris 1.5 Hour Private Guided Tour

Spend 90 minutes with an art historian exploring the Orangerie's remarkable collection of impressionist and post-impressionist works. This intimate Paris museum captures art history's most vital moment—the turn of the 20th century—when painters abandoned tradition for radical experiment. You'll encounter Monet's monumental canvases alongside pieces by the era's boldest innovators, from cubists to surrealists, all introduced through your guide's distinctive perspective. Skip-the-line access and private group status mean you move at your own pace through one of Paris's essential galleries.

1h 30mfrom AUD $376

Private Notre-Dame walking Tour w/ Optional Sainte-Chapelle Entry

🛕 Culture & History

Private Notre-Dame walking Tour w/ Optional Sainte-Chapelle Entry

Explore the Gothic masterpiece of Notre-Dame and the medieval streets of Île de la Cité with a private guide who knows Paris' layered history. This 2-hour walking tour keeps you outside the cathedral itself, letting you admire its exterior architecture, flying buttresses, and riverside setting at leisure. Opt to add entry to Sainte-Chapelle's stained glass or the Archaeological Crypt beneath the square. You'll also wander past the Seine's bouquinistes and Shakespeare & Company bookshop, seeing the city through a local's eyes.

2 hoursfrom AUD $416

Paris Christmas Lights & Stories with Tastings on Champs-Élysées

🍜 Food & Cooking

Paris Christmas Lights & Stories with Tastings on Champs-Élysées

A 90-minute walking tour down Paris's most glittering avenue, pairing seasonal sights with two carefully chosen tastings. Your local guide shares how Parisians mark Christmas as you move between landmarks—the Grand Palais, Pont Alexandre III, Les Invalides—stopping first at Fortwenger for spiced Alsatian gingerbread, then at Maison du Chocolat for silky hot chocolate and a macaron. Finish under the Arc de Triomphe's warm glow. The walk threads festive stories into the fabric of each street corner.

1h 30mfrom AUD $99

SharedTour to Discover the Pearls of the French Riviera Full Day

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

SharedTour to Discover the Pearls of the French Riviera Full Day

Spend eight hours tracing the Mediterranean's layered history along the French Riviera's most compelling stops. This tour avoids the traffic-bound trap of other shared excursions by building in genuine time at each location—Nice's historic quarters, Monaco's racing heritage, and Menton's pastel waterfront. A university-qualified guide unpacks how Greeks, Romans, Phoenicians and later powers shaped the coast's character, whilst scenic roads frame coastal views most visitors miss.

8 hoursfrom AUD $234

Day at Scandola and Calanques de Piana in a small group

🐠 Water Activities

Day at Scandola and Calanques de Piana in a small group

Explore Corsica's dramatic coastal reserve aboard a nimble semi-rigid boat with a family-run operator. This 5 hours 45 minute voyage takes you through the Scandola Reserve and past the rust-coloured pinnacles of Calanques de Piana, weaving between sea caves and rocky outcrops. You'll navigate waters few larger vessels can reach, then break at Girolata village where you can beach-side picnic or dine ashore. Groups stay intimate at 12 passengers maximum, with entry fees supporting the reserve's conservation.

5h 45mfrom AUD $159

Médoc : Food and Wine Day Tour

🍜 Food & Cooking

Médoc : Food and Wine Day Tour

Spend seven hours touring three Médoc estates renowned for their Cabernet Sauvignon blends. Your English-speaking guide navigates you through vineyard landscapes, château cellars, and tasting rooms across Bordeaux's most celebrated wine territory. The day pairs three structured tastings with locally sourced food, striking a rhythm between wine education and genuine appetite.

7 hoursfrom AUD $316

Half Day Private Tour in Paris with Pink Citroen 2CV

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Half Day Private Tour in Paris with Pink Citroen 2CV

Roll through Paris in a vintage pink Citroën 2CV for three hours with a private guide who shapes the route around what you want to see. You'll get the local's perspective on the capital's neighbourhoods, landmarks and hidden corners—the kind of knowledge that doesn't make it into guidebooks. The convertible top means you're part of the city rather than sealed away from it. All transport and guide fees included; bring your own appetite if you want to add a French picnic or champagne stop.

3 hoursfrom AUD $293

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