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| true pleasures: the art of paris
(2nd - 15th September 2006) |
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Irresistible Paris…a special itinerary art tour that takes you into the world of art through legendary artists and writers who established so much of what is wonderful and inspiring in art today. This tour will lead you through the backstreets and show you where Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude Stein and may others lived and worked, and then introduce you to their work first hand in some of the most innovative and beautiful museums in the world.
The tour leader Majena Mafe will help you to understand the techniques and ideas that the masters were working with. As well as Paris’s art you will visit Palais Royal, Notre-Dame, tour Mont St Michel, and spend a day in the historic Chateaux Country feasting your eyes of spectacular gothic castles and chateaus. To top the trip off you will enjoy an amazing meal under the stars at the Eiffel Tower…
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Tour Dates and Itinerary
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Outbound Flights
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| Saturday 02 SEPTEMBER 2006 |
Depart BRISBANE |
1.55pm |
QF 51 |
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Arrive SINGAPORE |
7.50pm |
Qantas Airways |
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Depart SINGAPORE |
11.20pm |
QF 3977 |
| Sunday 03 SEPTEMBER 2006 |
Arrive PARIS |
6.30am |
Qantas Airways |
- Transfers provided on arrival to your hotel
- Accommodation for 10 nights, 03/13 September at the CITADINES ST GERMAIN DES PRES Hotel
- Free day…to settle in and relax after your flight…or get out and look around
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Monday 04
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Walking tour of the Left Bank, passing places where Matisse, Picasso, Brancusi and Gertrude Stein lived and worked. Then to the magnificent gothic Cathedral Notre-Dame. In the late afternoon we will take in the Palais Royal’s beautiful arcades. |
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| Tuesday 05 |
A day spent at the LOUVRE |
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| Wednesday 06 |
am: Visit the amazing Rodin Museum |
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pm: free |
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| Thursday 07 |
Today you will enjoy your day at CHATEAUX COUNTRY NB. Lunch Included |
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| Friday 08 |
Today you will take a tour to MONT ST MICHEL |
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| Saturday 09 |
am: Pompidou Centre, home of the Muse National D’art Modern |
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pm: free |
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| Sunday 10 |
Free day to shop and sightsee |
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| Monday 11 |
am: Musee d’Orsay |
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pm: free |
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Tonight you will enjoy dinner at THE EIFFEL TOWER package includes dinner and show |
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| Tuesday 12 |
Free day shopping sightseeing |
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| Wednesday 13 |
Transfers provided on departure to the airport |
Inbound Flights |
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| Wednesday 13 SEPTEMBER |
Depart PARIS |
11.15pm |
QF 3978 |
| Thursday 14 SEPTEMBER |
Arrive SINGAPORE |
5.45pm |
Qantas Airways |
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Depart SINGAPORE |
9.20pm |
QF 52 |
| Friday 15 SEPTEMBER |
Arrive BRISBANE |
6.35am |
Qantas Airways |
- Total cost per person - $6950.00
- Single Supplement - $1516.00
- Based on minimum of 10 Adults
- Tours are subject to change without notice and costs may vary with the fluctuation of the Australian dollar
- Single Supplement - $1516.00
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How much does the tour cost?
The tour has been priced with a minimum of 10 people in the group. The cost of the tour is $6950.00 per person for economy class travel and share twin-bedded room. A $1500.00 deposit is required at time of booking. This price is based on what it would cost to do this itinerary this year. There is the chance of discount air fares coming available each December and these will be sort, and the savings transferred to the participants. After a deposit is paid, if you prefer, the tour can be paid off as a lay-by system through the Blue Heeler Travel Centre. See details below. No visas are required if you have an Australian passport.
What is included in the tour cost?
- Return economy airfare (Brisbane – Paris) transfers between hotel and airport
- All accommodation in Paris provided
- Dinner and show at the Eiffel tower
- Tour of Mont St Michel
- Tour of Chateaux Country
- Art lectures and information at all significant museums and sights. Evening discussions of art and how to apply what you are seeing to your understanding of art in general and your own work if you are a practicing artist
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What is not included in the tour cost?
- Transport on the metro and taxis within Paris
- Travel insurance
- Departure taxes
- Tips to guides, drivers and individual services
- Meals that is breakfast lunch and dinners on the tour except
- Dinner at the Eiffel Tower
- Personal expenses, such as laundry, phone, fax bills and
- room service.
- Entrance fees for galleries and museums
- Optional extras and sightseeing not mentioned in the itinerary.
Tour Guide and Leader
Majena Mafe (BAVArts with Hons & MFA VArt MPhil CWriting) is a respected visual artist and teacher. She is a lecturer in Creative Industries Visual Art at QUT, the BIA and is an artist mentor and art therapist. She is also a published writer. With over twenty years of experience, exhibiting and teaching art, her interest and talent focuses on developing individual’s passionate interest in art and their creativity.
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additional Information
- What kind of people go on Art Study Tours?
The single feature which distinguishes this study tour group is the participants wish to become well informed about the art they see in the places they visit. The interests of the group will be wide-ranging, such painting and art, history, fine arts, music, architecture, gastronomy and literature. Some of the members of the group will be experienced artists; others will be beginning out on their journey in art. A few members of the group will be novices. All are welcome.
- What will the weather be like?
Beautiful autumn weather, bring a light jacket but temperatures should be mild and pleasant averaging around 20 degrees.
- For further information or to book a place on the tour…
Contact us to be sent further details, registration forms and terms and conditions.
A completed registration form and a deposit of $1,500 is required to secure a place on this tour. This deposit is due at time of booking.
travel agent
Blue Heeler Travel Centre
If you wish to extend your tour travel within Europe after of before the tour or otherwise extend this tour please contact Rosina at Blue Heeler Travel Centre
Ph: 07 38614499, email: rosina@blueheelertours.com.au. She will be only too happy to assist you with information on extensions you might wish to make on top of the above tour.
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