The Louvre privately, a suite over the rooftops and the city's tables held for you.
The Louvre privately, a suite over the rooftops and the city's tables held for you. Here is Paris, arranged privately — browse it by the occasion you're marking, by what moves you, or by the season that suits you best.
What an advisor can open that an algorithm cannot. Each of these is staged on your terms — the access, the timing, the people.
A private walk after the doors close with a curator who knows the provenance of every brushstroke in the collection — the Grande Galerie empty, the Leonardo portraits unmediated, an evening that cannot be purchased through any public channel.
The Hall of Mirrors opened privately before the first guided tour — the gold and the gilded light at morning, the gardens yours to walk before the fountains start, the palace read as a residence rather than a monument.
Eight guests. One table. A chef who was trained at a three-star house and now cooks only for people introduced by former guests — a menu determined that morning by what arrived from the market, a wine selection without a printed list.
Not a package — a starting point. Each is a journey we have designed and refined; your advisor reshapes it for the version only you would recognise.
A suite above the Tuileries, a private Louvre walk at the hour the gallery empties, dinner in a chef's apartment in Saint-Germain — Paris as the poets wrote it, not as the travel guides illustrate it.
The Louvre's Denon Wing by torchlight, Versailles before the coaches, the Rodin museum garden at eight in the morning, and the ateliers behind the Palais-Royal that no guidebook has found.
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.
Blossom in the Luxembourg gardens, the Rodin's garden in the early morning, a Montmartre breakfast before the street artists set up, and the Marché de la Création walked with an art dealer who knows which painter sells and which one matters.
Each a starting point — our advisors weave them into a single, seamless journey.
Late May through June and September into early October offer mild weather, long daylight, and a full calendar before and after the summer lull. Many of the finest restaurants and ateliers close for several weeks in August when Parisians leave the city, so we generally steer clients toward shoulder season. Forest Travel can also time a visit around Paris Fashion Week or the autumn art and antiques fairs if those interest you.
Yes. Private before- or after-hours access to the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay, and the Orangerie can be arranged with an art historian guiding you through the collections without crowds. We can also organize private viewings at smaller institutions such as the Musee Rodin or the Picasso Museum in the Marais, or curator-led visits to ateliers and private foundations. These require advance lead time, so the earlier we begin planning the better.
Most discerning travelers base in the 1st around the Place Vendome and Tuileries, the 8th near the Golden Triangle off the Champs-Elysees, or the 6th and 7th in Saint-Germain-des-Pres for a quieter, residential feel. The Marais suits those who prefer galleries, design boutiques, and a younger energy. Four to five nights allows the major landmarks, a day in the museums, and time for the markets and dining without rushing.
Paris pairs naturally with a day trip or overnight to the Champagne houses around Reims and Epernay, roughly 45 minutes by high-speed train. Many clients continue south to Burgundy or the Loire Valley chateaux, or board the TGV for the two-and-a-quarter-hour run to Provence and the French Riviera. A private excursion to Versailles or Giverny also extends the stay without leaving the region.
A private car and English-speaking driver on call is the standard arrangement, with a dedicated guide for sightseeing days. Central Paris is compact and walkable, so many of the best moments happen on foot through Saint-Germain or along the Seine. Restaurant reservations at the most sought-after tables should be secured weeks ahead, which your advisor will handle alongside your transfers and timed museum entries.
Every journey here is a starting point a private advisor reshapes entirely around you — your pace, your people, the Paris only you would recognise.
