Best 28 Days in France — Summer

Ride the elevator to the summit of the world's most visited monument for 360° views over Paris

Descend into the ossuary beneath Montparnasse holding six million remains — now with a new immersive audio experience

Walk the Pletzl — Paris's historic Jewish quarter — and the Mémorial de la Shoah documenting France's role in the Holocaust

Find Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Édith Piaf, and Chopin in Paris's oldest and most atmospheric cemetery

Explore three centuries of immigration to France at the Palais de la Porte Dorée — 600 objects spanning Armenian, Polish, Italian, and North African arrivals.

Walk the Marais sites of Protestant Huguenot history — the Reformed churches and plaques mark where 200,000 ancestors fled to England, Prussia, and South Africa.

View original documents spanning seven centuries of French history — and access free genealogy records in the reading rooms of this magnificent Marais palace.

Visit Claude Monet's legendary lily pond and water garden that inspired his most famous paintings

Cycle past the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, and the Louvre with a local guide in under 4 hours

Float past the illuminated Eiffel Tower and restored Notre-Dame on an evening Seine dinner cruise

Zip around Paris's iconic sights in a restored vintage motorcycle sidecar with a local guide

Taste croissants, aged cheese, éclairs, and wine across Montmartre's best artisan stops

Visit the château gardens that inspired Versailles, then the royal forest palace of Fontainebleau

Stand inside floor-to-ceiling projections of Renaissance masters at Paris's most innovative art space

Pipe, fill, and assemble French macarons using the Italian meringue method with a pastry chef

Master the laminated dough technique for authentic croissants and pain au chocolat with a pastry chef

Watch the legendary Féerie cabaret with 100 dancers, acrobats, and dazzling costumes at the Moulin Rouge

Shop at a Paris market then cook Coq au Vin or Boeuf Bourguignon with an expert chef

French Jewish art and history from the Middle Ages to Modigliani, housed in a 17th-century Marais mansion

Retrace Paris during Nazi occupation: Jewish Quarter, Holocaust Memorial, and Deportation sites

Hike red porphyry rock cliffs above turquoise coves in the Esterel Massif west of Cannes

Take the train to Antibes to see the Picasso Museum, wander the old port, and relax on Plage de la Salis

Stroll the peninsula between two rivers: Place Bellecour, the Opera, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts