Art and Architecture Travel Study
From medieval Romanesque and Gothic architecture to the twentieth century paintings of the Impressionists, France offers an ideal location for travel study tours in art and architecture. In Paris students can visit major sites such as the Palace at Versailles, the Louvre art museum, and Notre Dame Cathedral. The rest of the country offers a variety of itinerary options such as the Roman Temple of Janus in Autun, the medieval Cluny Abbey, Gothic and Romanesque cathedrals in Rouen, Rheims and Chartres, or the prehistoric Caves of Lascaux. View Photos
Cultural Travel Study
For much of modern history, France, and Paris in particular, has been a major center of cultural influence throughout the western world. From haute-couture to haute-cuisine, French culture embodies refinement. A cultural travel study tour of France could encompass practical activities such as winery tours and cookery classes, as a well as visits to museums, art galleries and architectural sites. Paris, home to the Louvre and the French fashion industry, would make an obvious base but excursions to other parts of the country would expose students to the rich diversity of regions such as Normandy and Brittany in the North and Aquitane and Cote d’Azur in the south. View Photos
Political and Historical Travel Study
France’s many layers of history, from the Celts and Romans to the Normans and the Franks to the monarchies and republics of the modern era, offer students in history and politics a rich canvas to explore. In Paris students can take a French Revolution walking tour of the Latin Quarter and visit the Palace at Versailles where “the Sun King” Louis XIV once resided and where the famous treaty ending World War I was signed. Outside Paris possible sites might include the beaches of Normandy and sites commemorating the D-Day invasion of World War II, Roman sites such as the Pont du Gard in Nimes, memorials in the cities Rouen and Orleans commemorating the life of Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years War, or “the Palace of the Popes” in the one-time papal capital Avignon. View Photos
