PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Thursday 23 September Half Day Tour (09:00 – 14:00) 41 € per person
Grasse & its International Perfume Museum
This rate includes: 1 professional private guide, private coach disposal, visits, entrance fees,
Minimum number of participants per bus: 40 persons; Maximum number of participants per bus: 50 persons
Grasse
Ideally located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Alps Massif, Grasse has always been famous for its
mild climate. Classified as a City of Arts, Grasse offers a mix of Genovese and Provencal inspiration, making
it a unique medieval site: narrow streets, small places with Scents and Flavours markets, churches and
Cathedral….
In Grasse, the World Capital of Perfumes, are cultivated the most refined raw material like the "Centifolia"
Rose and the Jasmine of Grasse. Those who come to Grasse discover with amazement its perfumed
streets….
International Museum of Perfume
Created in 1989, this museum is unique in the world, situated in the heart of Grasse, the capital of luxury
perfume. This museum is an interactive site. The specialised guide will show you through the museum and
makes you discover all fragrances and curiosities in the museum. The museum offers a perspective through
the history of the perfume: raw materials, fabrication, industry, innovation, negotiation, design, customs and
use: objet d’art, decorative art, textile, unique objects…
After the museum visit, a visit of the old city will be organized and free time for lunch.
Perfumer’s Country House
The Perfumer’s Country House is a conservatory for perfume plants, which are traditionally cultivated in
Grasse. This botanic garden of 2 hectares offers an olfactory discovery of the centifolia rose fields, jasmine,
orange blossom, violets…Between the old canal and the stone lake, you will also visit some contemporary
art.
Friday 24 September Full Day Tour (09:30 – 18:00) 60 € per person
Menton & Monaco
This rate includes: 1 professional private guide, the round trip transfer by private coach, visit of Menton, lunch including
beverage, and visit of Monaco
Minimum number of participants per bus: 40 persons; Maximum number of participants per bus: 50 persons
Menton
Its privileged location between sea and mountains and its mild climate earned the most Italian of our cities to
be known as the Pearl of France in the 19th century. The particularity of the city is to have a microclimate
that allowed from the 15th century developing the cultivation of olive trees and citrus. These two activities
have grown to constitute the backbone of the economy of the city until the 19th century; Menton became the
city of Lemon. Now, Menton cultivates flowers for shipment to the perfume factories in Grasse. But it is the
beautiful gardens created in the 19th century, famous for their tropical plants, which constitute the most
original heritage of Menton.
After the visit, have a lunch at the restaurant la “Chaumière” with a good location overlooking the city of
Monaco and the Mediterranean Sea.
Then, go discover the Principality of Monaco, so mythical and worldwide renowned city for its casino built in
the 19th century.
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