Paris

Welcome to Paris, the capital of France and a city that has served as the heartbeat of Western civilization for centuries. As you arrive from the high-altitude serenity of Chamonix, the contrast could not be more striking. …

The Paris you see today, with its uniform limestone facades and wide, tree-lined boulevards, is largely the result of a massive urban renewal project directed by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann in the mid-nineteenth century. Under…

The Rive Gauche, or Left Bank, of the Seine has long been the intellectual and artistic soul of Paris. Centered around the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, this area has hosted the University of Paris since the twelfth…

As your journey from Chamonix to Paris concludes, we look back on the remarkable traverse you have made across the heart of France. You have traveled over six hundred kilometers, moving from the highest elevations of the Alps to…