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years-old with a rich history of war and peace, artistic
grandeur and tragic bloodshed, that is filled with a daunting
array of architectural styles, Paris remains a unique historical,
visual feast. Our expert guides and lecturers can take
to parts of Paris that you have never seen, and unravel
the mysteries and myths behind the most fabled monuments
and landmarks.
With EVENTS & COMPANY you
can discover Paris at any time of day as well as
night, allowing your guests
to enjoy the city in all its guises. And don't feel
you have to limit yourself to the programs described
here.
We love to hear from guests that have ideas of their
own. Furthermore, any of these programs can be modified
for a team-building interactive experience.
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Normandy Beaches
On June 6, 1944 to the great astonishment of the German enemy who
were prepared for an Allied landing to take place across
the Straits of Dover, five seaborne assaults, Omaha and Utah
beach at 6:30 A.M., Gold at 7:25 A.M., Sword at 7:30 A.M.
and Juno at 7:55 A.M. were the beginning of the biggest land
invasion of World War Two, bringing 150,000 troops and 20,000
vehicles ashore.
The Battle of Normandy, or what is commonly known as D-Day, which
would lead to the end of the war, had only just begun.
Our program relives those extraordinary and consequential hours,
as we drive along the historic Normandy coastline, stopping along
the way to view the recorded highlights of these events: the comprehensive
Caen Memorial for Peace, where participants experience both the
horrors leading to war, and the conditions needed for a lasting
peace; Arromanches, Cinema 360, where viewers can relive those
historic hours thanks to historic film footage fed through nine
synchronized movie projectors; as well as pay tribute to the fallen
heroes in the American, Canadian and British cemeteries dotted
along the coast.
Altogether an unforgettable day that gives a new dimension to Steven
Speilberg's movie Saving Private Ryan. Note: We can arrange tours
of the D-Day Beaches by private plane and helicopter.
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Team-Building Cycling Tour of Paris
and Beyond
Why visit Paris on a bus when
you can tour the city by bicycle?
EVENTS & COMPANY organizes
customizes cycling tours of Paris
that give your guests a chance
to see the City of Light and
its monuments from a new perspective.
Nor do they have to stop there.
We also organize cycling tours
to Versailles and Giverny, which
allow for a fun picnic and a
post-tour wine tasting...A great
option for a casual, fun-filled
outing.
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Paris Treasure Hunts and Quizzes
Does your team have a competitive
streak? EVENTS & COMPANY can
custmize a corporate treasure hunt
or quiz in a specific district
of Paris. Your guests will be fiduring
out where Picasso invented Cubism,
where Toulouse Lautrec made his
first posters, and where Renoir
painted Le Moulin de la Galette.
The lucky prize winners can be
given an award of your choice.
This is just one example of the
interactive tours that we can create
for a new twist on sportsmanship
and innovation.
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Photographers and Video-Makers Program
Are you a team of innovative, creative consultants? Then you may
enjoy organizing a private photographers or video-makers
walking tour of Paris. With EVENTS & COMPANY'S
expert guide you will discover the most scenic and surprising
parts
of the city, including ancient Roman and Medieval façades,
romantic parks and river banks, and colourful markets. This
tour is adaptable to your schedule, and can be arranged early
in the morning, at dusk, or even as part of an illuminations
tour in the city.
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Medical Pioneers and Practices of
the Past
Paris has been a leader in medicine for centuries,
and now EVENTS & COMPANY brings
that past closer to guests affiliated with the
medical and phamaceutical industried. Our visitors
can now discover the home and laboratory of Pasteur,
the Curie Museum, as well as the Museum of Medicine at the Medical School
of Paris. Among the exhibits your team will discover are the surgical instruments
used in the ancient Roman world and at the courts of the French kings,
Pasteur's lab equipment and experiments, and the instruments that Marie
curie used to discover radium.
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Day-Trips and Overnights to Provence
Ever thought you wanted to visit Provence but didn't know how you were
going to squeeze it in? Well, EVENTS & COMPANY has
created day-trips to Avignon and Aix-en-Provence that allow you to
visit these fabled
historic cities in a single day, provided you take a round-trip on
the high-speed train (TGV) and return by early evening. Our excellent
bilingual guides will meet you at the train station and take you
on walking tours of either city or will organize a château
and vineyard tour so you can sample those wonderful Côtes du
Rhone vintages. We also can arrange for overnight stays at hotels
so that your guests can enjoy several days in the South of France.
Just let us know how you want to discover Provence and EVENTS & COMPANY will
make it happen. We've recently organized a week-long trip with 12
guests in Provence that proved to be a smash success. Do ask us
for details, and we will be delighted to send you our program.
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Contemporary Art and Design
Today Paris is a major contender in contemporary art and design, and EVENTS & COMPANY takes
great pleasure in providing a program that covers cutting edge architecture
and design, whether it's at the Centre Pompidou, the newly opened Mac/Val
for avant-garde art, or Paris Photo, the world's leading photography art
fair. With our expert guides and cultural historians, you will discover
the new Bercy district and the conceptual art galleries of tomorrow on
the rue Louise Weiss, and have a chance to interact with leading architects
and designers on a first-hand basis. This specialist tour is ideal for
builders, real estate developers, as well as architects, urban planners
and interior designers. Please call us and ask us to design a customized
program just for you.
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Themed Museum Tours : The Louvre for Gourmets, the Naughty Orsay, Women in Art
For those visitors who want something different, French Links Tours now offers
themed tours of the Louvre and the Orsay Museum that explore such diverse topics
as Food in Art, Women in Art, and Sex in Art. Our guides have developed unique
tours that change the way you visit museums. "Edutainment" is now a specialty
that has gained such fans as Eurogroup, which once a month organizes a different
themed tour for its executives followed by a glass of wine.
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Discovering French Decorative Arts
For those who wish to learn more about the history of French decorative arts, we
can arrange visits to two of the most stunning museums in Paris: the Carnavalet
in the Marais district, and the Museum of Decorative Arts on the Rue de Rivoli.
In both museums you will discover handsome furnished rooms, French porcelains,
fine crystal, and paintings that reveal the taste of Parisian residents from the
Middle Ages to the 20th century. Some of the highlights on this tour: the
original furniture that furnished the cell of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI,
the bathroom of Jeanne Lanvin, the bed of the most famous courtesan in Paris,
who inspired Zola's novel Nana.
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Tours for the Disabled
These tours, which we have offered since 1996, are geared to those persons with
impaired mobility. Not only does EVENTS & COMPANY arrange for special
access to the Louvre, the Orsay Museum, and the Eiffel Tower, as well as such
sights as Fontainebleau, Giverny and Versailles, we also make hotel
recommendations for the physically disabled. In addition, we arrange for
wheelchair hire and special minivans that accommodate special disabilities. We
do all of this at no extra cost, because we believe that no one should feel left
out when they visit France.
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| The programs described here can
be done in private vehicles including air-conditioned minivans
and buses holding up to 45 people, as well as using the
Paris metro system, when it's a budget tour.
In every case, they can be adapted to your touring
schedule. We offer 2.5 hour, half-day and full-day
programs.
All admissions to these properties are
pre-purchased by EVENTS & COMPANY,
and each guest receives a detailed program before going
on the tour.
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