Description

Come to the glittering city of Paris, sharpen your French skills and take in the best of French culture! There is no better way to improve your ability to communicate in a second language than to immerse yourself in it, and here you will do just that, as you spend your mornings taking French lessons and your afternoons and evenings traversing Paris' legendary quarters and seeing the best the city has to offer! Our experienced bilingual staff will accompany the group at all times.

DAY 1: NEWARK (FOR THOSE WHO OPT TO TAKE THE GROUP FLIGHT)
As the group flight takes off, the trip officially begins!

DAYS 2 -9: PARIS
Your week-long French course will be held in the morning at the Perl Language School of Paris, and in the afternoon you will have the chance to put your classroom learning to the test as you wander the city and interact with Parisians. Don't worry if you're beginner or you don't think you speak well this language experience is designed to benefit any and all skill levels and the important thing is to do your best and learn from one another. We stay at a lovely Parisian hotel in the Marais, one of the most exciting and culturally and historically rich districts of the city. Here, you'll be just minutes from Paris' most sought after attractions. We'll take you from the heights of the Eiffel Tower to the depths of the city's creepy catacombs. You'll shop in posh boutiques along the Champs-Elysees and scour the flea markets for bargains. And all along, you'll get to hone your French skills as you talk your way through the City of Lights. Before you leave Paris, you will have the exciting options of taking excursions to Normandy and London. After your week of intensive language classes, the remainder of the trip will be spent exploring the south of France with Nice as your base.

DAYS 9 -13: PROVENCE
We travel via the fastest train in Europe, the TG V, to Nice-still in France but oh so different from Paris. A day in glamorous Monte Carlo, dinner overlooking the famous casino, crescent beaches framed by fringes of trees, outdoor markets and the rich, sultry atmosphere of Nice create such special memories.

There is a day in St. Paul de Vence or Eze to connect participants with the villages of Provence, sources of artistic inspiration for centuries. The final dinner is at an elegant restaurant right on the beach beside the Mediterranean, gentle breezes wafting, while candles and music give a fitting end to a trip that encompasses much of the best that French culture has to offer.

Highlights

- See the key monuments of Paris - the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre and the Champs Elysees
- Attend French language class in the mornings and practice your French in practical settings in the afternoons
- Enjoy a picnic on the Seine, master the metro, stroll the gardens where royalty once walked
- Eat in fabulous restaurants, watch the world go by from a café, explore palaces
- Experience both Southern & Northern French cultures
- Bike the alleys and courtyards of historic Paris
- Go behind the scenes of the fashion industry
- Take French cooking lessons
- Go nightclubbing
- Visit the D-Day landing beaches of Normandy (optional excursion)

Type of Programs

• Cultural Exploration
• Language Immersion

Languages

• English
• French

Cost in US$:

4,185 USD plus airfare

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Physical Exam/Health Records

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Travel For Teens's Mission Statement

Travel for Teens believes that teen travel should be both fun and enriching. Our programs feature choice in what you do, see, and experience, a dynamic that sets us apart from superficial tours that herd large groups from one site to another. We visit the best of the mainstream attractions while offering the opportunity to explore the culture from a less touristy perspective. We interact with our host cultures, taking cooking and dance lessons, performing valuable service work to help local communities, and conversing with the people who have spent their lives living in the places we journey to. We have crafted our unique programs to engender love for travel, hunger for learning, curiosity about differences, appreciation of similarities across cultures, and an understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

Year Founded

2003