A Family Trip Through Paris and the French Riviera
This immersive Paris and French Riviera family trip allows ample time to soak up the experiences. Your family-friendly France itinerary begins in Paris with bespoke, hands-on experiences at museums and galleries Lean the secrets of impressionist art and chocolate-making before spending four unforgettable days on the French Riviera. Explore ethereal hilltop villages famed for artisan crafts, cruise with a personal skipper and hop between burnished gold, sandy beaches.
- Be guided through the Musée de l’Orangerie by your personal art teacher
- Make – and eat – a bespoke artisan chocolate bar
- Cruise the Côte d'Azur on a private boat with your own skipper
- Relax on Saint-Raphaël’s family-friendly beaches
- Ride between the mountains and the sea on horseback
- Take a tailored tour around hilltop villages Biot and Opio
Our bespoke trips include
We design one-of-a-kind journeys incorporating luxury in all its forms. Our bespoke trips include:
- Luxury accommodation throughout
- Privately guided tours
- Private transfers
- Meticulously selected experiences
- Expertise and support from your Jacada Concierge
Days 1–4
Make Paris your playground
Paris captures the imaginations – and hearts – of all ages. Art, history and culture can be found everywhere in France’s beguiling capital city. Stroll down the tree-lined avenues of the Grands Boulevards to see landmarks like the Palais Garnier opera house. Browse boutiques in Passage des Panoramas, Paris’ oldest covered passageway, and witness instantly recognisable monuments like the Notre-Dame Cathedral and Eiffel Tower up close.
Over several days in the City of Lights, you’ll get to know its art galleries and museums on a deeper level. An immersive tour and treasure hunt at the Louvre will get the whole family, including kids, engaged in the art and architectural details. Channel your inner impressionist with a private workshop with an art teacher at Musée de l’Orangerie, giving everyone a chance to learn Monet’s beloved style.
Where you could stay
Shangri-La Paris
Get creative
Louvre family tour
Impressionist workshop
Chocolate making
A treasure hunt through the Louvre
All ages can truly engage with the Louvre’s art works and architecture on a treasure hunt and bespoke personal tour. With a guide, travel through French, Renaissance Italian, Ancient Greek and Roman collections, asking questions along the way. Follow clues leading to an educational prize, hidden somewhere beneath the Louvre’s glass pyramid skylight.
Visit Musée de l’Orangerie with a personal art teacher
The Musée de l’Orangerie houses Claude Monet’s Water Lilies along with pieces by Picasso, Matisse and Renoir. On an engaging and entertaining visit with a private art teacher, you’ll learn about impressionist traditions and techniques. Spend time in the oval rooms designed to showcase Monet’s paintings, then take a painting workshop to try out the techniques yourself.
A hands-on chocolate workshop
The Parisians are famed for their food, and sampling Parisian confectionery is a delicious way to discover it for yourself. During this bespoke workshop, you’ll delve in the world of the chocolatier. Craft chocolate bears and multi-coloured lollipops using fèves (flat discs or buttons) from renowned chocolatier, Valrhona, then create a customised family chocolate bar you can keep (and eat).
Days 4–8
Explore the villages and beaches of the French Riviera
Few can be immune to the charms of the French Riviera, or Côte d’Azur. This golden coastline joins up seaside resorts with captivating towns and villages that perch on hilltops and cling to cliffsides.
Over four days, you and your family can delve into communes like Biot, a fortified medieval village whose cobbled lanes house art, pottery and glass studios. Take a sensory journey through the sights and scents of Opio, surrounded by heather and pine, olive and cork oak trees. The vertiginous village has a microclimate that helps it to grow jasmine and roses for the perfume industry.
Combine days of exploring with time relaxing on soft sand and strolling around seaside towns. Cannes’ palm-lined Boulevard de la Croisette links together sandy beaches, boutiques and fine-dining restaurants. Saint-Raphaël, backed by red cliffs and mountains thick with forest, combines a history-filled old town and harbour with kid-friendly beaches with shallow entryways.
Where you could stay
By the seaside
Saint-Raphaël
Côte d'Azur cruise
Explore the seaside resort of Saint-Raphaël
Tucked between Saint-Tropez and Cannes, the resort town of Saint-Raphaël lies at the foot Massif des Maures. The forest-clad mountains create a dramatic backdrop to the string of sandy beaches and rocky coves along its coastline. With a day to explore, you and your family can enjoy a stroll around the old town and harbour and take in views from the 13th-century watchtower.
A private boat trip along the French Riviera
Soak up the glamour of the Côte d’Azur’s coves, harbours and beaches from the water. You and your family will cruise out on a private tour aboard a state-of-the-art boat helmed by a knowledgeable skipper. Learn about the passing scenery from the top deck, or relax in the chic, comfortable interior spaces as your crew for the day prepares lunch.
Discover more
Hilltop villages
Horseback ride
Explore the historic villages of Biot and Opio
The French Riviera’s hilltop villages rival its beaches for beauty. On a guided tour, visit medieval Biot, perched above hills with olive trees and mimosa blooms. Take a deep dive into traditional artisanal crafts, visiting pottery and glass studios, and look for sundials as you stroll the cobbled streets. In Opio, learn about roses and jasmine prized by perfumiers, and visit Grande Bastide olive grove for an oil tasting.
A horseback ride through the countryside
The village of Fayence perches between the southern Alps and the red rocks of the Esterel massif. On this exclusive adventure, ride on horseback into the surrounding countryside. Journeying at a relaxed pace to suit riders of all confidence levels, you’ll be immersed in the natural landscapes. Take in views across the plains to the Mediterranean and see vertiginous villages from a different perspective.
We had the most amazing trip to France. Luisa and Rita planned and organized everything with great detail. Each day was better than the last. Ours guides were very knowledgable and all of the people we interacted with were wonderful. We will definitely be booking our next trip with Jacada.
Why book with Jacada
Personalised design
We’ll plan your trip around your personal interests, tastes and preferences, providing honest advice based on first-hand knowledge.
Authentic experiences
Our expert guides and brilliant Concierges are hand-picked for their ability to bring your destination to life with care and passion.
Positive Impact
We seek out unforgettable experiences that benefit both local communities and the environment.
