Day 3: Auvers-sur Oise

We start our day by going to Gare St Lazare and walk around Place de L’Europe. Here artists such as Manet, Caillebotte and Monet produced countless paintings.
We then travel by train to Auvers-sur-Oise, a semi rural 19th
Century village, about 28 Km north of Paris. We will have our
‘Dejeuner sur l’hebre’ – Luncheon on the grass, in the Van Gogh Park, followed by walks to the many of the sites around the township where Vincent used as motifs for his paintings.

We visit the Auberge Ravoux and visit Vincent’s room in the attic of the building. We also walk to Dr. Gachet’s house where he painted the famous ‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’ and the cemetery where Vincent and Theo are buried. This was also the town where Cezanne, Pissarro, Daubigny and Corot spent quite some time painting the rural scenes of Auvers-sur-Oise.
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/in_his_steps/auvers.html
http://www.auvers-sur- oise.com/

Day 2: St Michel & the Latin Quarters

We start our walk from St Michel and walk along the river Seine towards Ile de la Cite. We stop and visit the Shakespearean Bookshop and Notre-Dame Cathedral. This cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic Architecture.

We have lunch along the Seine. We then continue our walk through the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, passing by the famous Art Deco cafes and brasseries such as Cafe de Flore, Les Deux Magots and Brasserie Lipp. In the early years of the 20th Century many famous writers, politicians, musicians and artists frequented them. We complete our day’s journey by crossing two of the most famous bridges along the Seine – Pont Neuf and Pont des Arts.

Day 1: Montmartre District

We commence our tour with a stroll around Montmartre, looking at some of the key locations were artists such as Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Modigliani and Picasso worked, lived and frequented the many cafes & bars.

Highlights will be – Place du Tertre, Sacré Cœur Byzantine Church, Moulin Rouge, Bateaux Lavoir, Lapin Agile, Theo & Vincent Van Gogh’s apartment, Toulouse Lautrec’s early studio and where Renoir painted ‘Moulin de la Galette’.

Free afternoon

http://www.montmartreparisfrance.com/english/

Depart/Arrive

Depart from place of origin to arrive in Paris, in the picturesque area of Montmartre. We shall gather for our welcoming and debriefing session at the Adagio Montmartre Aparthotel as from 7pm in the courtyard.

Tour Itinerary

This tour is 12 days, 13 nights in Paris, commencing 13th July, 2020. During the tour, you may wish to do morning or night photography shoots, using stills, video or time-lapse imaging. Those from the Fine Art backgrounds will have the opportunity to do some painting and drawing. There will also be regular group sessions in the courtyard of our hotel to review planned activities. NB: Please note that itinerary may be altered depending on weather circumstances, new temporary exhibitions or closure of sections within the museum venues due to renovations.