Louvre Masterpieces and Medieval Paris Highlights
Pick up from your hotel by your tour guide.
Begin the tour with a visit to the Louvre Pyramid, a large glass and metal pyramid designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei. It is surrounded by three smaller pyramids in the main courtyard, the Cour Napoléon, of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris.
Discover the medieval history of Paris at the 12th-century Medieval Castle, and see its huge chapels, spacious gardens, museums, art galleries, and theatre.
See the 16th-century Renaissance wing, including the Caryatids Room by Pierre Lescot, and admire Classical Greek art dating from the 5th and 4th centuries BC.
Walk into the Greek Gallery to see the Venus de Milo, 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, in the Victory of Samothrace, created in the 2nd century BC.
Marvel at the half-length portrait painting of the Mona Lisa by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, described as one of the best-known and most visited works in the world. This is followed by many other famous paintings that have helped give Paris its reputation as the world's capital of art.
Walk past the Royal and Imperial Apartments, including the Apollo Gallery, and admire their architecture.
