AT HOME IN MONTMARTRE TOURS 2010
APRIL 11 - 17, May 9 - 15 and SEPTEMBER 5 - 11

Sunday and Monday: Depart Chicago on Sunday early evening; arrive Monday morning. Your own transport to Hotel des Arts 5 rue Tholozé. Lunch* and afternoon free to explore picturesque Montmartre on your own. Early evening rendez-vous in the intimate sitting room at Hotel des Arts. Welcoming dinner at a intimate bistro nearby.

Tuesday: 9:00 AM visit to food shops along rue Lepic to select ingredients for lunch. 10:00 AM to noon: interactive cooking class in Madelaine’s kitchen at 59, rue du Mont Cenis. Remainder of afternoon and evening* are open.

Wednesday: Depart hotel at 9:00 AM. Private visit to Arnaud Delmontel’s boulangerie on rue des Martyrs where he bakes his “Renaissance” loaf voted Best Baguette in Paris in 2007. Continue traveling by Metro to Les Halles for a walking tour of cooking equipment stores on rue Montmartre: Dehillerin, and A. Simon ending with the Libraire Gourmande which boasts cookbooks in both French and English. Lunch* in a charming 19th century covered passageway restaurant*. 7:30PM dinner at a new gastronomic restaurant La Table d’Eugene two blocks from Madelaine’s apartment.

Thursday: Depart 9AM for the excellent rue de Poteau market street near Madelaine’s apartment to shop for ingredients. 10:00 AM - noon interactive class followed by lunch. 3:30 PM depart from Place des Abbesses on a walking tour of ‘The Village of Montmartre’ to discover the vineyard, artists’ studios, quiet gardens, renown cabarets, place-du-Tertre and Sacre Coeur. The evening* is open.

Friday: Departure at 9:00 AM to visit Poilâne Bakery and La Grande Epicerie at Bon Marche. We pay our respects at the Alliance Francaise de Paris on rue de Raspail before lunch at Le Souffle. Early afternoon visits to chocolate makers on rue St. Honore. Dinner* is open.

Saturday: 9AM departure for Paris’s only organic (the French say ‘bio’) market on Blvd Batignolles followed by an interactive cooking class and lunch at Madelaine’s apartment. Introductory visit in the afternoon to the amazing Marche aux Puces. 7:30 PM departure on foot for a farewell dinner at the nearby La Miroir restaurant on rue des Martyrs.

Sunday : Departure for Chicago

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* Meals not included in the cost of the tour