Paris Explorer

Our tour of Paris through Trafalgar was excellent. Our tour guide, Jonathan, and our bus driver, Alan, were excellent. Jonathan is very knowledgeable, caring and detailed oriented. One of my relatives on this trip became ill and Jonathan arranged for a doctor to come to her room to provide care for her. The Paris Explorer itinerary is excellent. All of the included and optional experiences were great. We had a wonderful experience and we highly recommend this tour.

We thought that the itinerary was curated to perfection. The options for additional excursions were great! We felt like we saw everything that we wanted to see and more! Fabulous tour guide in Jonathan and the great driver, Alan.

This was an excellent tour package! Very well organized, planned out in every detail.

The whole itinerary for the Paris Explorer trip was well planned and carried out in a timely fashion. I can’t say enough great things about ****************, our guide and Alan, our driver. They always handled situations with courtesy and patience. I loved the hotel and the staff members were always helpful and friendly. This was the trip of a lifetime for me!!

It's time for Trafalgar to update the itinerary. Specifically, museum visits should be with ample time to see art and other note worthy items, questions and the ability to see items on your own time including the gift shop. No perfume making. Cooking class is fine. And we want to know what is current in the city we are visiting including price of housing, employment, and other items of interest.

5 out of the 11 outings for the week were " optional." Causing additional financial burden to the cost of the trip.

A lot of walking but got to see everything. Not a lot of free time.

Covers all the basics and I feel like I have a better appreciation of the history

The itinerary was great and our Travel Director was excellent. He made the entire experience an unforgettable one. He was knowledgeable, funny, kind and provided so much detail in every excursion that he brought everything to life.

The perfume making workshop was in a small hot room everyone had to stand Could not hear teacher who was soft spoken there were only 3 ingredients to create a scent with and they were not pleasant could eliminate this from the itinerary the workshop I took from fragonard in the grasse location was more in-depth and created a better smelling scent The gluten free bakery could be skipped to allow more time for visiting notre dame More time at Versailles to see gardens and hamlet The cooking school was very good Enjoyed the museum tours and moulin rouge very much Monet’s garden was a highlight Dinner the first night was bland mashed potatoes and chicken, which was not very good

This a wonderful well thought out trip with the opportunity to see just about everything! This is why we chose the “ Paris Explorer”. We also got to see Versailles, Normandy, and Monet’s garden in Giverny. Our tour guide was quite knowledgeable and witty and made this amazing trip a well rounded out experience. It included an outstanding lunch inside the Eiffel Tower as well as other delicious dinners in Paris. Loved it!

Yes. It was a good visit to Paris hi lights

The itinerary is okay. Have been on many tours, but not with Trafalgar. I’m not used to so much of the tour being optional, requiring additional fees, which seemed quite high.Normally when there is an optional tour there is still other activities suggested for those who choose not to participate. No suggestions were made. We were told to consult with the hotel concierge instead. We should’ve gone up the Eiffel Tower, not just to the restaurant level, where the meal was adequate, not great. You can scrap the perfume making activity as it was poorly explained, and of little value. It appeared to be just a selling op for smelly souvenirs. Time would’ve been better spent at nearby Norte Dame. I’m also not used to so few meals being included. Breakfasts were great at the chosen hotel. The farewell dinner was in a crowded restaurant with one bathroom for the whole place. My eggplant selection was mush. The guide was routinely late and seemed disorganized at times. Even with the Vox’s there were difficulties hearing and following the guide through winding crowded streets. Other guides in the area were seen with signs, banners, umbrellas, etc. to keep in view of the group, not ours. Often times he openly disparaged the guiding process, commenting that he really should retire. I began to agree with him. I appreciate sarcasm as much as the next person, but found him often very critical of other tourists labelled as the Shanghai delegation, the Canadian quadruplets, and French government in general. My experiences in England, Scotland, Italy and Portugal were different. The guides were passionate about their countries and wanted the group to appreciate their country as much as they did. On our last full day we booked a 4 hour tour with a local tour guide who took us off the beaten path and filled us with a great appreciation for all the places, sites and foods that she loved. I did go on the tour of Normandy and found the guide to be well informed and quite moving. I only wish the rest of the tour could’ve been like that. All in all I enjoyed my tour because of the camaraderie of those on board.

The itinerary was generally good. I would have preferred at least three hours at the Louvre as two hours really didn't give us much time. Also, instead of going to make perfume it would be nice to add a visit to Notre Dame instead. The Eiffel Tower, Versailles, cooking class, Seine River Cruise, Montmartre were all enjoyable excursions. It would have been nice to know a bit more in advance as to all the optional experiences as these were all extra costs which we hadn't planned on. The tour guide at the Louvre and the chef at the cooking class were excellent. Our travel director although knowledgeable was not what I've experienced with other guides. Possibly he has been doing these tours too long and has lost his passion.

This was an absolutely wonderful trip due to the itinerary and our Host/Guide .

Most of the itinerary was good, but the perfume experience was a joke and it would have been nice to go to the top of the Eiffel tower as lunch there was mediocre. The guide was aloof, disinterested, and a snob. All of the food was mediocre. Couldn’t even give us a pen and paper for the initial group welcome meeting!Will never do a Trafalgar trip again!

Get rid of the perfume outing. Add more meals. Make the river boat a private dinner ride. The one we went on was horrible...

It was a very complete tour of Paris and the tour guide(s) was wonderful. However the cooking class was a waste of time. Better spent going to Notre Dame. The perfume demonstration was difficult for those who do not do well with the aromas. More time could have been spent at the Eiffel Tower and Giverny. Also time at the Arc of Triumph. It was a well packed tour and the extra tours well worth the money.

It’s a great trip. Because of the length of the stay in Paris, we benefited from a true immersion experience. The tour guide was excellent! His knowledge and experience were so valuable.

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The itinerary was full of all the things someone would want to see on a trip to Paris. There were always things to see and places to go which was nice. The trips were full of exciting history l, great fun and good food. Not sure what I would have asked for in addition to

This was a truly beautiful experience. The tour was well-planned and expertly guided by a fantastic tour guide and bus driver. "I highly recommend it."

You exceeded our expectations! Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and very entertaining with his stories. We loved eating lunch at the Eiffel Tower. The hotel was lovely, comfortable, friendly staff and located in a good area accessible to restaurants. We appreciated going to the museums when it wasn't as crowded. We signed up for this tour because of the activities and your tour delivered!

The tour director and team and driver, all doing a very good job and professionally. 👍👍👍

Fantastic trip well worth it. our tour guide was brilliant we learnt so much history and he was lots of fun. our driver was exceptional. We felt safe at all times and he was great. Highly recommend this trip. Trafalgar looked after us so well. So much we have already booked another one next year.

The tour struck the perfect balance between guided sightseeing, optional activities, and free time to explore on my own. It was easy to personalize the experience and make the trip truly my own. Our tour guide, was incredibly knowledgeable, with a great sense of humor that made the entire journey both enjoyable and unforgettable.

The itinerary gave us an opportunity to see Paris’s most historical and amazing sites. , our guide was knowledgeable, friendly and approachable. We enjoyed cooking with a chief and making our own perfume. I will definitely recommend this tour to our friends and family. our driver was great.

I would not recommend this trip for anyone with food allergies. There are almost no accommodations whatsoever for severe allergy sufferers. Most places in Paris are not knowledgeable about allergies and cross contamination and our guide was not knowledgeable herself so could not really communicate the needs. Luckily I advocate for myself and have common sense because nuts were served several times when I made it very clear it is a very severe allergy. The trip and itinerary itself was good and the guided tours were good if you want to check items off of your list. I would have spent more time in places like Versaille, the Louvre, and Giverney if I were traveling on my own. The hotel was quite nice and the included breakfast was good and had allergen friendly options. In future, I would not book or recommend a guided trip for allergy sufferers based upon this experience.

This trip allowed for excursions (Normandy, Versailles, Giverny) and free time. Ideas and options for free time were given regularly. Lunch in the Eiffel Tower was fun. Hitting the Louvre late in the day til closing enabled us to see the primary sites with thin crowds. The history of France and the different areas was provided during the bus trips. We were fortunate in that we had some extra time at the end of our trip so that we could visit some areas in more depth. Would recommend this trip to a new visitor to Paris and also to a repeat visitor that would like to have the optional excursions arranged with tickets and transportation.