The Paris Table

From the Marché d'Aligre at dawn to a two-star kitchen between services, a Burgundy cellar and the city's best sommelier as your guide through the wine that Paris drinks when it is not performing for tourists. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Paris, France, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,500 per traveler.

France rewards those who slow down, moving from grand boulevards to vineyard cellars and coastal villas with effortless grace.

When to go

May through early October, when the Riviera warms, Provence blooms and Paris settles into long, golden evenings. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.

The experiences

A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:

• A private dawn tour of Marché d'Aligre with a former brigade chef, followed by an unscripted cooking session using what you actually found at the stalls.
• A behind-the-scenes stage at a two-star Left Bank kitchen between its lunch and dinner services, where the chef walks you through menu philosophy at the pass.
• A vertical tasting of premier and grand cru Burgundies in a négociant's cave in Beaune, guided by one of Paris's most respected sommeliers who shapes the city's restaurant lists.
• A curated evening moving through three natural-wine caves in the 11th arrondissement, ending at a counter dinner where the winemaker is often in the room.

A sense of the rhythm

Mornings belong to markets, kitchens and cellars — the hours when Paris feeds itself rather than its visitors. Afternoons open for galleries, long lunches at Le Grand Véfour or a slow walk through the Palais-Royal arcades. Evenings are reserved for tables you cannot book without an introduction.

Seven days in Paris versus adding a Burgundy extension

Seven focused days in Paris let you go genuinely deep — into the 11th's wine bars, into working kitchens, into the conversations that only open on a third visit to the same cave. A Burgundy extension to Beaune or Gevrey-Chambertin adds two or three nights and transforms the cellar tasting into a producer journey with domaine visits and a vineyard lunch. We recommend the extension for travelers whose primary passion is wine over cuisine, and we build the Beaune day trip into every Paris itinerary regardless so you can decide on the ground.

How to do it well

The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:

• Book the kitchen stage at least three months ahead — two-star brigades schedule outside visitors around their own Michelin inspection calendar, and September and October slots fill first.
• The Marché d'Aligre runs Tuesday through Sunday; we build your cooking morning around Thursday or Friday when the covered Beauvau hall has its widest seasonal selection.
• Paris's top sommeliers accept private evening commissions but rarely more than four guests — confirm your group size by the time you book flights so we can match the right guide.
• If your dates fall in late January, we align the Beaune visit with the Paulée de Meursault, an invitation-only winemakers' lunch that we can access through our Burgundy contacts for an additional arrangement.

What only your advisor can open

The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.

Who it's for

Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.

Estimated investment

From US$12,500 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.

Designed entirely around you

Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.

Your Virtuoso privileges

As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.

Continue exploring Paris

Part of our Paris travel guide. Related private journeys:

• The Paris Honeymoon
• Art & Culture in Paris
• Spring in Paris

Begin the conversation

Tell a Forest Travel advisor how you like to travel and they will design The Paris Table around you — privately, every Virtuoso privilege included. Request your private consultation →