The Power and the Glory: Versailles and Fontainebleau
Your guests wll start their tour visiting Fontainebleau - the largest castle in france - where they will discover the splendours of the School of Fontainebleau, the apartments of Marie-Antoinette and Josephine, as well as the newly restored apartments of the Pope Pius VII. Following lunch they will visit the recently restored Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, the State Apartments, the Domain of Marie-Antoinette, and even the King's Vegetable Garden!

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The Castle of Chantilly and the Living Horse Museum
Just 90 minutes away from Paris, your guests will discover one of the most splendid castles in France: the Chateau de Chantilly, known for its vast library of rare books and illuminated manuscripts and its painting gallery with masterpieces by Raphael, Ingres, Poussin and Delacroix. following lunch in the castle's Medieval kitchen, your guests will tour the Living Horse Museum, and attend live performances of dressage and other themed spectacles.

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The Charms of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Barbizon
If you ever wondered where Louis XIV got his inspiration for Versailles, you need look no further than Vaux-le-Vicomte, the splendid chateau in the Brie that changed the look of French castles forever. Not only is this sumptuous palace the largest privately owned property in France, but it was the first edifice built by Louis Le Vau and landscaped by Lenotre.
Your guests will discover how this castle came to be built by the king's finance minister, and how he was to learn the hard way to never upstage the boss! Following lunch at a charming local restaurant, your guests will head to Barbizon, a picturesque hamlet that was once the center of outdoor landscape painting practiced by Corot, Rousseau and Millet.
We will visit the Auberge Ganne where they lived and ate, and the enchanting studio and home of Millet, and wander through the town's picturesque streets and fine art galleries.

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Castles of the Loire Valley
The great French châteaux were first built during the Renaissance in the lush and fertile Loire Valley, the so-called the fruit and flower basket of France. Discover them with EVENTS & COMPANY, whether they be the splendid privately-held Château de Cheverny with its pack of hounds that still go to the hunt, the magnificent gardens of Villandry, or the vast Château of Chambord, brainchild of Francis I, or the Clos Lucé, final resting place of the famed Leonardo da Vinci.
Your guests can also spend a day at Blois, noted for its splendid architecture and Renaissance art museum, and follow it with a visit to Chenonceaux, shared by Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Médicis. Along the way you'll discover the region's gastronomic specialties, including its fine Anjou, Sancerre and Saumur wines.

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French Riviera
Gardens and Villas of the French Riviera
Discover the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, a magnificent Belle Epoque castle and garden designed to look like the Renaissance palaces of Tuscany, which took 40 architects seven years to build! The estate has seven different gardens, including a central one designed to look like the ship's deck of the Baroness's favorite boat, the Ile de France.
Stroll through the Spanish, Japanese, Florentine and cactus gardens until you get to the highest point: the temple of Love. After lunch in the charming tearoom overlooking the sea, we will visit the Villa Kérylos, a unique reconstruction of an ancient Greek dwelling built in 1902 for the scholar and archaeologist, Theodore Reinach. This stunning villa took 7 years to complete and it is a nearly perfect reproduction of an Athenian villa from the first and second centuries BC. Exquisitely furnished and decorated, this is Karl Lagerfeld's favorite villa in France.

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