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2019 · 9 stops · France
  1. Bistro lunch with colouring books
    1Paris
    France's capital on the Seine, and the base for every stop on this trip.
    Paris je t'aime (official tourist office) ↗
  2. Star jump at the Louvre pyramid
    2Musée du Louvre1er arrondissement
    Former royal palace turned art museum, entered through the glass pyramid.
    Musée du Louvre ↗
  3. Under the Eiffel Tower
    3Seine cruise & Eiffel Tower7e arrondissement
    Gustave Eiffel's iron tower on the Champ de Mars, reached by boat along the Seine.
    Eiffel Tower ↗
  4. Drawing her own water lilies at the Orangerie
    4Musée de l'Orangerie1er arrondissement
    Museum in the Tuileries built around Monet's Water Lilies, shown in two oval rooms.
    Musée de l'Orangerie ↗
  5. Evening light down the Tuileries
    5Jardin des Tuileries1er arrondissement
    Formal gardens between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde, with cafés under the trees.
    Tuileries Garden (Louvre) ↗
  6. By the pond in the Musée Rodin garden
    6Musée Rodin7e arrondissement
    Rodin's sculptures in the Hôtel Biron and its garden, including The Thinker.
    Musée Rodin ↗
  7. Smoke from the Notre-Dame fire over the Seine
    7Notre-Dame de ParisÎle de la Cité
    Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité; the 2019 fire destroyed its spire and roof.
    Notre-Dame de Paris ↗
  8. Dancing by a fountain at Versailles
    8Château de Versailles — Grandes Eaux
    Louis XIV's palace and gardens; on show days the fountains run to music.
    Château de Versailles ↗
  9. Running down a path in the Luxembourg Garden
    9Jardin du Luxembourg6e arrondissement
    Garden of the Luxembourg Palace, home of the French Senate, with a pond and playground.
    Luxembourg Garden (Sénat) ↗
2014 · 11 stops · Italy, Spain
  1. 1MilanLombardy
    Duomo, Galleria, The Last Supper.
  2. 2VicenzaVeneto
    Palladio's city — Teatro Olimpico and the Basilica Palladiana.
    Vicenza →
  3. 3VeniceVeneto
  4. 4VicenzaVeneto
  5. 5MilanLombardy
  6. 6Madrid
  7. 7El Retiro Park
    Madrid's central park — Crystal Palace and the boating lake.
  8. 8Museo del Prado
    Spain's national gallery — Velázquez, Goya, Bosch.
    Museo del Prado →
  9. 9Museo Reina Sofía
    20th-century art; Picasso's Guernica.
    Museo Reina Sofía →
  10. 10Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
    Private collection spanning old masters to pop art.
    Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza →
  11. 11Royal Palace & Sabatini Gardens
    Largest royal palace in Western Europe, with formal gardens.
2009 · 7 stops · France
  1. 1Paris
  2. 2Bayeux Tapestry Museum
    70-metre embroidered account of the Norman conquest of 1066.
    Bayeux Tapestry Museum →
  3. 3Pointe du HocCricqueville-en-Bessin
    Cliff-top German battery scaled by US Rangers on D-Day; craters still visible.
    Pointe du Hoc →
  4. 4Omaha Beach & Normandy American CemeteryColleville-sur-Mer
    D-Day landing beach and the American cemetery above it.
    Omaha Beach & Normandy American Cemetery →
  5. 5BurgundyBeaune
    Wine capital of Burgundy; Hospices de Beaune.
  6. 6Loire ValleyAmboise
    Château country along the Loire.
  7. 7Paris
    Return.