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Yvonne was a great driver and guide. Spoke excellent English and provided interesting dialogue during the drive to Versailles and Giverny. She was also our tour guide at the Palace.

The tour was great and we loved that it was a small group. Our guide was lovely but his English wasn't fabulous and he was hard to understand. The restaurant that we had lunch at was great and in a beautiful spot.

We really enjoyed the tour our guide was just wonderful we loved Monet's gardens although the water lily's were not out it was still amazing to see there were plenty of flowers to look at and smell. Versailles was fabulous we loved the whole day.

The guide was excellent with very clear English and concerned for the welfare of us all. The morning at Monet's Garden was excellent with enough time to enjoy the garden and house. The lunch was very nice but as I am gluten and dairy free I was not able to enjoy all of the food available. The Palace was extremely crowded and so moving through it and hearing our guide was a bit of a challenge. But I think she did the best that was possible.
So it was a very good tour but very expensive compared to other tours that we have done with City Discovery.

Tolle Reise, es hat uns sehr gut gefallen. Auch der Reiseleiter war sehr gut, hat viele Informationen gegeben. Für meine kleine Tochter wäre Führung auf Deutsch besser gewesen, so musste ich alles vom Englischen ins Deutsche übersetzen. Dennoch, geben wir gerne 5 Sterne.
Vielen Dank

A very full and busy day with a nice lunch as part of it. Both the attractions are excellent and so vey well presented. In high season the crowds might be something of an issue.

Sophia is pretty knowledgeable about the places that we went as she gave good commentary. The only qualm is that there is not sufficient to relax and enjoy the places as these are beautiful and deserve more time to appreciate.

We had a wonderful time. The tour guide was friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. The meal was lovley and the function centre was in a beautiful country setting.
Giverny was as good as I had hoped, relaxed, interesting and we had adequate time.
However, I feel combining the two tours did not leave enough time for Versailles, considering travel and parking time as well as accomodating time for lunch.
We only had 2.5 hours for Versailles which was adequate for the Palace, but meant that there was little time to explore the gardens and surroundings.
A wonderful day and a professional company.

We were a family group from Australia, and thoroughly enjoyed this tour - Especially Monet's Garden. Laura, our delightful driver and guide was terrific, and great company. The efforts of the Mill Restaurant to cater for vegetarians (not always easy in France) was appreciated.

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and accommodating - the trip was exactly what we wanted (apart from the rain in the afternoon which spoilt our walk through the gardens of the Versailles palace). We were picked up on time and the guide took a little time coming back to show us some of the sights in Paris. The only downside was lunch; beautiful riverside restaurant with all the tours stuck in a 'garage' type building at the back. Indifferent food; even more indifferent service. I would rather have paid more and eaten better. Recommend Monet's garden - it was amazing seeing the monument and then revisiting it in his paintings at the Museum.

The mini-bus was very comfortable and the our driver/guide, Aymeric, was really fantastic, with an excellent command of English, the ability to inform us about the history of the destinations and the people involved and, for a Frenchman, an extremely prudent driving st<x>yle. Everything was on time but we felt that perhaps too much time was allowed for the Giverny visit and not enough for Versailles which could possibly benefit from being scheduled in the morning. The one major negative, though, was the lunch, which was awful, served at a ridiculously fast tempo and of a quality that would be unacceptable just about anywhere, with very cheap wine and undrinkable coffee. To summarise, we liked it and recommend it but with the above provisos.

Very good day out with an excellent tour operator driving our small mini bus. (Shared Tour of 8)
Monet's Garden first with a very nice stop for lunch before visiting the Palace of Versailles.

Our Tour Guide was excellent and made the day. Not enough time in Versailles to see everything---probably due to the crowds.

Giverny was great. Versailles choked with people. Do not go there on Sunday. Driver and transport were excellent.

I first did this tour back in 2006 and found it very enjoyable. This year, my husband was with me experiencing his first trip to France. We both enjoyed the trip, however were disappointed with the lunch provided. The driver was personable...much better than on our City Discovery Tour.

Loved Giverny. A gardeners paradise.
The Versailles palace should probably have been visited in a whole day tour as the palace was packed to the point of claustrophobia in the afternoon, and there was not enough time to visit the grounds as well as the palace.

My friends and I loved the tour, but were disappointed that we were not on the same tour even though we let City Discovery know when we booked it that we were traveling together and wanted to be on the same tour. We were staying in different hotels, and ended up on different tours.

All 5 of us had fun (amidst the uncertainty of strikes in Paris).

The flowers and museum at Giverny was fabulous. Versailles was very crowded on that Sunday.

Giverny was fabulous; the restaurant and food were great, the guide, Diane, was a sweetheart and excellent driver. My sister and I didn't care for Versailles - too gaudy, but that is just our personal opinion.

Plenty of time to see the attractions and the guide was very good