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personridingonthesamescooter).TheyalsodoanighttourofParis(€150foroneperson,
€50 extra for passenger, tel. 06 78 12 04 24,
www.leftbankscooters.com
)
.
Andy Steves (Rick's son) runs
Weekend Student Adventures
, offering active and ex-
periential three-day weekend tours designed for American students (from €199, see
www.wsaeurope.com
for details on tours of Paris and other great European cities).
Most of the local guides listed earlier will do excursion tours from Paris using your rental
car. Or consider the following companies, which provide transportation.
Paris Webservices,
a reliable outfit, offers many services, including day trips with
English-speaking chauffeur-guides in cushy minivans for private groups to several of the
destinationscoveredinthisbook,includingVersailles,Giverny,Burgundy,Normandy,and
the Loire (price depends on tour, use promo code “PWS52K13” and show current edition
of this topic for discounts of 5-10 percent—discount not valid on services they book for
you through other companies; tel. 09 52 06 02 59,
www.pariswebservices.com
)
.
Many companies offer bus tours to regional sights, including all of the day trips
described in the next chapter.
City Vision
runs uninspired minivan and bus tours to
several popular regional destinations, including the Loire Valley, Champagne region, D-
Day beaches, and Mont St-Michel (tel. 01 42 60 30 01,
www.pariscityvision.com
)
. Their
minivan tours are pricier, but more personal and given in English, and most offer con-
venientpickupatyourhotel(half-daytourabout€80/person,daytourabout€190/person).
Theirfull-size bustoursaremultilingual, mass-marketed, andmediocre atbest,butcheap-
er than the minivan tours—worthwhile for some travelers simply for the ease of transport-
ation to the sights (about €80-170, destinations include Versailles, Giverny, and more).
