On our first day we will have a walking tour of Paris describe like this by Explorica: “This city was made for walking. Stroll grand boulevards with sweeping views of the city, pristine parks with trees planted in perfect rows, and narrow streets crowded with vendors selling flowers, pastries and cheese. Your Tour Director will show you some of the most famous sites, including the ornate, 19th-century Opera, the Presidential residence, the ultra-chic shops of the Rue du Faubourg St-Honoré, and the gardens of the Tuileries. You’ll pass the Place de la Concorde (that pointy thing in the middle is the Obelisk of Luxor, a gift from Egypt in 1836), and the Place Vendôme, a huge square surrounded by 17th-century buildings.”