- Board your flight Depart Australia and begin your journey to France, a country full of culture, rich with history and filled with world-famous landmarks.
Language Immersion: Montpellier
Explore the sights of Paris and royal Versailles before travelling by train to Montpellier – France’s fastest-growing city, which is located in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Accelerate your French language skills while in Montpellier with a three-hour lesson per day.
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Language Immersion: Montpellier
Explore the sights of Paris and royal Versailles before travelling by train to Montpellier – France’s fastest-growing city, which is located in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Accelerate your French language skills while in Montpellier with a three-hour lesson per day.
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Destinations
ParisVersaillesMontpellier
Your Adventure
- Arrive in Paris Meet your tour director, board your coach and check into your hotel
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Paris city walk
Île de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral, Île St. Louis, Latin Quarter
Stroll grand boulevards with sweeping views of the city, pristine parks with trees planted in perfect rows, and narrow streets crowded with vendors selling flowers, pastries and cheese. Then head to the Île de la Cité, a small island in the Seine, to see Notre Dame Cathedral. - Dinner in the Latin Quarter
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Paris guided sightseeing tour
Arc de Triomphe, Champs Élysées, Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides, Opera House
What's that huge white arch at the end of the Champs-Élysées? The Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 after his victory at Austerlitz. Your licensed local guide will elaborate on this, and other Parisian landmarks. See some of the most famous sites, including the ornate 19th-century Opera, the Presidential residence and the Place de la Concorde, where in the center you’ll find the Obelisk of Luxor, a gift from Egypt in 1836. Spot chic locals (and tons of tourists) strolling the Champs-Élysées. Look up at the iron girders of the Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 World's Fair to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. See Les Invalides (a refuge for war wounded) and the École Militaire (Napoleon's alma mater). -
Optional activity - Versailles guided excursion
The ultimate palace, Versailles was built by Louis XIII, and housed the royal family and its groveling court from 1682, when Louis XIV the Sun King moved in, to the French Revolution. Your tour guide will lead you on a tour of the:
– State Apartments
– Hall of Mirrors
– Gardens of Versailles
- Louvre visit Home to the artworks of Michelangelo and Da Vinci, the Louvre is the largest art museum in the world.
- Seine River Cruise See the city from the water on an hour-long cruise along the River Seine. The Seine cuts right through Paris, dividing the city in half. See the Eiffel tower rising up on the Left Bank, the walls of the Louvre on the Right Bank. Your guide will point out other monuments and architectural marvels as you pass, many of which are illuminated by clear white light at night.
- Travel to Montpellier Board the fast train to Montpellier.
- Free time to explore Montpellier Upon arrival, you are free to explore the city and it’s elegant boulevards.
- First language lesson Join your classmates for your first morning of language lessons.
- Montpellier guided tour Enjoy a half-day guided tour of the city.
- Second language lesson Join your classmates for your second morning of language lessons.
- Nimes excursion Enjoy an excursion to Nimes. Rich with history, Nimes links back to the Roman empire.
- Third language lesson Join your classmates for your third morning of language lessons.
- An afternoon of French culture Gain further insight into French culture with an afternoon of French movies that will further enhance your language comprehension.
- Fourth language lesson Join your classmates for your fourth language lesson.
- Sete excursion After your lesson, enjoy an excursion to Sete, the largest fishing port on the French Mediterranean coast. Here you can experience Sete’s very strong cultural identity, traditions, cuisine and dialect.
- Final language lesson Join your classmates for your final language lesson.
- Free time for sightseeing Afterwards enjoy a free afternoon of sightseeing and activities.
- Travel back to Paris - Paris sightseeing Arrive back in Paris and enjoy an afternoon of organised sightseeing. Visit some of the city’s many museums or galleries, stroll along the Champs Elysees or take in the splendour of the Notre Dame.
- Final farewell Say au revoir to Paris as you board your flight back to Australia.
