3-Hour Paris Medieval Art & Architectural Highlights Tour

Louvre Museum In Paris, France

Highlights

Louvre Pyramid, Greek Gallery, Louvre Palace & Medieval Castle

Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Apollo Gallery

Paris

art, historical, museums

Private Tour

3 Hours

Easy

English, French

Description

Explore Paris' medieval highlights as you skip the long lines with fast-track entry and explore its art treasures and royal apartments. Discover masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Apollo Gallery, Napoleon's apartment. Know some secrets of the magnificent place on this 3-hour tour. Visit the Louvre Pyramid, Greek Gallery, Louvre Palace, Medieval Castle and much more.

Itinerary

Paris Art & Architectural Highlights Tour
- Pick up from the hotel by your tour guide.
- Begin the tour by visiting the Louvre Pyramid, a large glass and metal pyramid designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei. The place is surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris.
- Find the Medieval history of Paris XIIth century Medieval Castle; see its huge chapels, spacious gardens, museums, art galleries and its theatre.
- See the 16th-century Renaissance wing - Caryuatides room of Pierre Lescot and admire the Classical Greek Art that belongs to the 5th-4th centuries BC.
- Walk into the Greek Gallery (Venus di milo) to see an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture.
- Admire the marble Hellenistic sculpture of Nike (the Greek goddess of victory), created in the 2nd century BC in Victory of Samothrace.
- Marvel at the half-length portrait painting of Mona Lisa by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited in the world. This follows many other famous paintings which have given reputed Paris as the world’s capital of art.
- Walk past the Royal and Imperial Apartments (Apollo Gallery included) and see their architecture.