Sunday, July 21, 2013 - Saturday, July 27, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - Saturday, August 10, 2013
BOTH JULY AND AUGUST TRIPS ARE SOLD OUT!
Please let us know if you would like a spot on the waitlist. Please note the itineraries are the same for both trips. Please email Susan Coll at scoll@politics-prose.com and continue to check our website for updates.
Politics & Prose invites you to join us and a small group of like-minded book-loving travelers for an exclusive and affordable week in Paris. This is not group travel as you know it; there will be no clambering onto busses or jamming en masse into touristy restaurants. Instead, you will be introduced to some of the small gems of Paris—the lesser known museums, the spectacular parks, the off the beaten track cafés.
Whether or not you’ve been to Paris before, you’ll get to know the city in a more intimate way. Each morning, you’ll choose where you’d like to go that day. Donna Morris and Sheila Campbell of Best Friend in Paris will lead us in small groups, via metro or city buses, moving about the city like Parisians. Participants can spend as much, or as little, time with the group as they like.
Our trip leaders will help you choose the things you’re most interested in, and will tell you the best way to get there. They will function as both guides and as friends on the ground, depending on your needs. They will make reservations, procure tickets, and generally point you in the right direction depending on your interests. They’ll tell you about the city’s most enticing patisseries, confiseries, salons du thé, and the very best Paris-Brest pastry or pastel-colored macarons.
Our boutique hotel is located in the Paris neighborhood depicted so movingly in The Hare with the Amber Eyes, in the 8th arrondissement. We will meet in a hotel salon each evening with Politics & Prose’s senior book buyer, Mark Laframboise (in July) or Politics & Prose's floor manager and book buyer Andrew Getman (in August), to sample French wines and discuss the days’ events, with perhaps a bit of book talk thrown into the mix. For dinner, we will break into small groups, depending on participants’ desires; our guides will help with reservations. No one will ever dine alone—unless he or she prefers solitude!
RECOMMENDED READING (The titles listed below are 20% off for trip participants.)
These are just a few of the books selected by Mark LaFramboise, Politics & Prose’s senior book buyer, meant to enhance your travel experience. Although there may be some discussion of books in our evening salons, this is not required reading. All books are available at Politics & Prose Bookstore. Click here for additional suggested reading.
