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XAVIER DANET 
Xavier DANET
FRANCE   
About the guide
Activities
Cultural tour guide
Driver-guide
Speaking languages
English, French, Spanish
Activity started in
1988
Car
Mercedes Classe S 320 limousine
Air conditioned : YES
Baby seat : YES
Interests centers
History, art, architecture, specialist in baroque music and cinema, geopolitics, economy, astrophysics, travels, trekking.

I play tennis regularly, I am an excellent guitar player
Diploma, references, agreements
Degree in Literature and philosophy at Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly
Linguistics and history, Paris X
Degree in Marketing at the Institute of Technology, Créteil

First Aid worker degree, Croix Rouge

Professional driving licence Nr 39321

20 years experience with the best palaces in Paris, such as the Bristol, the Ritz, the Four Seasons ...
Services
Tailor-made tours Car Family / Children Culture Unusual Gastronomy 
Tailor-made tours, Car, Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy
Contact
Contact - Get a quote
Web site : xavierprestigetour.com
Address : 7 rue Raffaelli 75016 Paris FRANCE
Mobile : 0642667070
Tours

Guided tour #1: Paris, city of lights

Duration : 1 day
4 hours
Discover Paris and its history through its streets, its gardens, its monuments. Understand how the city was built, and its evolution through the centuries. A whiff of history at the heart of political events explaining the creation of Paris. Montmartre, Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, The Arch of Triumph, the Opera House...

Paris, architecture : 4 hours
An invitation to discorver Paris, its history and its architecture. An open visit that will lead you from the Middle Ages up to the present day.Arenes de Lutèce, Musée de Cluny, Hôtel de Sens, rue Mallet-Stevens, la Défense ...

Paris, unsual : 4 hours
An unsual journey, to discover strange places in the heart of Paris, districts or unknown streets.

Activities, services on this tour:
Tailor-made tours Car Family / Children Culture Unusual Gastronomy
Tailor-made tours, Car, Family / Children, Culture, Unusual, Gastronomy

Guided tour #2: Castle of Versailles

Duration : 1 day
5 hours
On the way to Versailles, about 40 mn from Paris, I'll tell you about Louis XIV's personality, the history of the castle, and how the most reknowned artists such as Le Nôtre, Le Vau and Le Brun will take part in its building.
Visit of the castle.
Guided visit of the park, the two Trianons and the Hamlet of Queen Marie Antoinette.

Activities, services on this tour:
Tailor-made tours Car Family / Children Culture Gastronomy
Tailor-made tours, Car, Family / Children, Culture, Gastronomy

Guided tour #3: Castles of Fontainebleau and Vaux le Vicomte

Duration : 1 day
Located an hour away from Paris, we'll visit the castle and its gardens.

Then, I'll drive you to the charming village of Barbizon, where Theodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet, two famous painters, chose to live.
You can have lunch in Barbizon, where there are very good restaurants.
6 hours

Either we go back to Paris, or we can go on towards the castle of Vaux le Vicomte. I'll tell you about Nicolas Fouquet's life.
9 hours

Activities, services on this tour:
Tailor-made tours Car Culture Gastronomy
Tailor-made tours, Car, Culture, Gastronomy

Guided tour #4: Giverny & Monet

Duration : 1 day
Level : easy Easy
Located one hour away from Paris, the village of Giverny is the place where the painter Claude Monet chose to settle in 1883.
In front of the house, Monet built a magnificent garden called “ Le Clos Normand ”, in which orchids, rose arbours and exotic plants from the Far East mix freely.
Admiring the lush garden, one understands better why Monet considered it as an inexhaustible source on inspiration

Activities, services on this tour:
Tailor-made tours Car Culture Gastronomy
Tailor-made tours, Car, Culture, Gastronomy

Guided tour #5: castles of the Loire Valley

Duration : 1 day
Level : medium Medium
42 castles are settled along the river Loire. They represent the French “Renaissance”, which started in the reign of François I . The Italian inspiration is evident and reminds us of great artists such as Leonardo da Vinci who came to France to take part in the building of Amboise and Chambord.
Activities, services on this tour:
Tailor-made tours Car Culture Gastronomy
Tailor-made tours, Car, Culture, Gastronomy

Guided tour #6: Chartres cathedral

Duration : 1 day
Level : easy Easy
This cathedral, completely dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is also a place of pilgrimage. Built between 1134 and 1220, just before Notre Dame of Paris,
it illustrates the high gothic period perfectly.


Activities, services on this tour:
Tailor-made tours Car Culture
Tailor-made tours, Car, Culture
Location
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Review
Audrey DEBAISIEUX - FRANCE  Review 2011-01-17 20:38 - 5
Si vous souhaitez découvrir Paris dans des conditions exceptionnelles, alors n'hésitez pas à faire appel à Xavier Danet.
C'est un homme passionné d'Histoire, un guide brillant qui vous permettra de découvrir la capitale sous ses multiples facettes! Monuments et anecdotes sur l'Histoire de France, shopping et sorties nocturnes!
Le temps passé en sa compagnie a été un moment d'échanges en toute s... Read more...