Activities

Excursions will vary each semester, but past excursions have included: 

• A day excursion to the Châteaux de Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-Vicomte or the villages of Giverny and Auvers-sur-Oise associated with the artistic life of the nineteenth century.
• A weekend in the Loire Valley or in Normandy and Brittany.
• Historical and architectural walking tours of Parisian neighborhoods.
• Attend an opera or ballet at the Palais Garnier or Opéra Bastille.

Cultural activities vary, of course, from one semester to another because of the rich but always changing programming of museums, concert halls, and theaters.

Students are encouraged to plan most of their short trips in France during the semester and to travel around Europe after the end of the program. Paris is ideally located in the center of Western Europe.

The unique high speed trains railway network combined with the extensive European low cost airplane companies make Paris the perfect place to travel to and from all the main French and European cities.

France is so much more than only Paris! In a few hours of train, students can visit and spend weekends in Normandy, Brittany, the Basque country, the French Riviera, the Alps and much more.

These trips are an amazing opportunity to practice French and discover the diversity of French culture. During orientation, information is presented to students in order to help them plan their trips in France and get the best fares.