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.
- Ideal length: 7 Days · 6 Nights
- Best time: From May to June and from September to October, the best window for Paris.
- Private guiding, access and transfers throughout
- From US$12,500 per traveler — a starting point, tailored to you
- Designed one-to-one by a Forest Travel advisor
- Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels
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
From May to June and from September to October is the best window for Paris. 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 private 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.
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:
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Questions, answered.
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.
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 stage itself takes place in a Left Bank kitchen between the lunch and dinner services, when the chef walks you through menu philosophy at the pass. Booking early gives your advisor the best chance of securing it on your dates.
Thursday or Friday. The Marché d'Aligre runs Tuesday through Sunday, but the cooking morning is built around Thursday or Friday, when the covered Beauvau hall has its widest seasonal selection. You tour the market privately at dawn with a former brigade chef, then cook in an unscripted session using what you actually found at the stalls.
Yes, if your dates fall in late January. The Beaune visit can be aligned with the Paulée de Meursault, an invitation-only winemakers' lunch that Forest Travel can access through its Burgundy contacts as an additional arrangement. For the private sommelier evenings, note that Paris's top sommeliers rarely take more than four guests, so confirm your group size by the time you book flights.
The Paris Table is designed as 7 Days · 6 Nights. Mornings belong to markets, kitchens and cellars: a dawn tour of the Marché d'Aligre, a stage at a two-star Left Bank kitchen, and a day trip to Beaune for a vertical Burgundy tasting, built into every Paris itinerary. Afternoons stay open for galleries, long lunches at Le Grand Véfour or a walk through the Palais-Royal arcades, and evenings are reserved for tables you cannot book without an introduction. Travelers whose primary passion is wine can add a Burgundy extension of two or three nights.
As a private, tailored journey it starts from roughly US$12,500 per traveler (double occupancy) and scales with your dates, party and level of privacy — a starting point, never a fixed package price. Your advisor confirms the figure once the itinerary is tailored.
May through early October, when Paris settles into long, golden evenings, ideal for the private walk through three natural-wine caves in the 11th arrondissement and introduction-only dinners. If you want the two-star kitchen stage in September or October, book at least three months ahead, as those slots fill first. For wine lovers, late January offers a different draw: the Beaune visit can be aligned with the invitation-only Paulée de Meursault. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your calendar.
The natural-wine evening on The Paris Table is a private walk through three natural-wine caves in Paris's 11th arrondissement, ending at a counter dinner where the winemaker is often in the room. It sits within the journey's evenings, which are reserved for tables you cannot book without an introduction, and it shows the wine that Paris drinks when it is not performing for tourists.
The Burgundy tasting in Beaune is guided by one of Paris's most respected sommeliers, who shapes the city's restaurant lists. It is a vertical tasting of premier and grand cru Burgundies held in a négociant's cave in Beaune. The Beaune day trip is built into every Paris itinerary of The Paris Table, so travelers can decide on the ground whether to add a longer Burgundy extension.
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