Broaden Horizons Private Tours Paris - Orléans Loire Valley

01/12/2022

Eglise Saint Matthieu à Perpignan, achevé en 1677, son décor date du 19e siècle. La chapelle des Saintes-Épines, dont la Confrérie existe toujours, conserve 4 épines de la couronne du Christ. Acquise par Saint-Louis, cette relique passa ensuite à son fils Philippe le Hardi, mort à Perpignan en 1285. Egalement le lieu du 1er mariage du futur maréchal Lannes avec Pauline Méric, fille d'un riche banquier de Perpignan.

26/11/2022

Retrospective George Daniel de Monfreid in Perpignan. This Neo-impressionist painter was a close friend of Gauguin (he became his executor and continues to devote himself to the memory of his friend after his death). The famous "Cheval Blanc" by Gaugin was in his private collection (now in Orsay). Photo "Cheval Blanc" GNU Free Documentation License - English document about exhibition: https://en.tcmagazi.com/post/monfreid-and-gauguin

25/11/2022

Visiting Perpignan Museum of Fine Arts. A museum named after Hyacinthe Rigaud, one of the most famous French Baroque painters. He was born in Perpignan, then part of the Crown of Aragon, 3 months before Spain ceded the city to France (Treaty of the Pyrenees, November 1659). Rigault has painted the most famous portraits of Louis XIV. The museum of Perpignan has a nice collection of Rigault paintings, among them his most famous self-portrait (see photo). Rigault is also part of our Louvre 17th-century French painting tour. https://broaden-horizons.fr/en/paris-visit/private-tour-le-louvre-17th-century-french-paintings

24/11/2022

Sunny Perpignan at the end of November, some Broaden Horizons tours are from time to time organized there.

23/11/2022

November, It is low season now for tourism but working hard to improve Broaden Horizons offer and website UX for 2023! See you soon In Paris, Orléans, in the Loire Valley, or elsewhere in France.

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23/11/2022

Tour training in the Luxembourg Gardens with Guid'z guides association. Serious professional tourist guides use the winter to improve their skills. Built in 1625 by Salomon de Brosse for Queen Marie of Médicis, the Palais du Luxembourg is now the French Senate. The famous gardens of the palace which are open to the public are directly managed by the Senate administration. There are 80 gardeners working for the Senate. Some of the Senate's Orange trees are +/ 300 years old.

23/11/2022

The hôtel de Beauharnais is also visible from the Seine River (Quai Anatole France).

22/11/2022

Working on Napoleon tours. The hôtel de Beauharnais in rue de Lille, is nowadays the German embassy. Purchase by Eugène de Beauharnais in 1803, he was mainly decorated by his mother Joséphine. Strong link with la Malmaison, the castle of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais first wife of the Emperor, and subject of our next Napoleon tour!