Two cities. Seven days.

London pulls you into a side street and lets you figure out the rest. Meanwhile, Paris pours you a glass and waits for you to sit down. Both cities have been loved by millions and understood by very few, and neither one cares whether you're ready for what they'll do to you.

This is not a tour of landmarks. We won't queue for the things you're supposed to see. Instead, we'll find our way into the neighborhoods where the city drops its guard: a candlelit Georgian house in Spitalfields where the silk weavers seem to have only just left the room, a piano bar in Soho where the jazz runs past midnight, a perfume apothecary on rue Bonaparte where a calligrapher writes your name in ink that hasn't changed since 1803. We'll eat slowly. We'll walk without urgency. We'll let the cities come to us.

This is a tale of two cities woven from art, aroma, and memory.. a journey that asks not just where you are going, rather how you want to feel when you get there.

Both cities are iconic, yet they cater to different souls. A moveable feast awaits you. 

Arrival Airport: London (LHR) 

Departure Airport: London (LHR)

• Three nights in Central London’s character-filled neighborhood of Holborn 
• Three nights in the heart of Paris’s Marais district
• Travel to Paris aboard the Eurostar, Premium Standard Class, for a seamless and scenic journey under the English Channel
• Experience a candlelit, immersive visit to Dennis Severs’ House, a time-traveling art installation through 18th- and 19th-century London
• Discover East London’s dynamic spirit with a guided history and culture walking tour through Shoreditch and Brick Lane
• Sharpen your eye with a street photography photo walk through the vibrant streets of Soho, learning to capture movement and everyday beauty
• Indulge in Parisian delights with a private chocolate and pastry walking tour, including iconic patisseries and gourmet tastings
• Enjoy evenings of live music, with a piano bar night in London and jazz night in Paris
• Linger in independent bookshops, artisan stationery stores, and atmospheric cafés in both cities
• Savor curated dining experiences, including a welcome dinner in London and a farewell feast in Paris
• Ample free time in both cities to explore local neighborhoods, markets, and museums, or simply get delightfully lost on your own terms
• A few surprises along the way, thoughtfully designed to make your journey personal and unforgettable

Kyle, a seasoned travel guide with over two decades of industry experience, has dedicated her life to creating enriching and inspiring travel experiences for diverse groups. With a repertoire of leading thousands of travelers (yes thousands!), she possesses an intimate understanding of the transformative power of travel. Her journeys span across the picturesque locales of Europe and the US, underlining her vast travel experience and knowledge. Yet, with every tour, Kyle's heart for her guests remains the same: to ensure every individual returns home with a revitalized spirit, a broadened worldview, and cherished memories of newfound friendships.

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DAY ONE FEB 19TH (Arrival Day) Welcome, traveler. You've arrived not in a city, but in a living novel. Your hotel sits in central London's heartbeat of Holborn, a neighborhood of Georgian terraces and red buses. After settling in, we'll meet for an introductory stroll through the surrounding streets, then gather at a corner bar for welcome drinks to get to know each other before making our way to dinner together. It's our first shared table, a chance to connect, share stories, and toast to the journey ahead.

• Afternoon walk through Central London

• Drinks at a local bar

• Welcome feast

Light walking: 2–3 miles throughout the afternoon.  ·  Sleep in London.

DAY TWO FEB 20TH East London | Shoreditch
Today, we leave behind polished central London for the creative pulse of East London with grit and brilliance in its bones. We begin with a proper English breakfast at a longtime local establishment, then join a local storyteller who is known as writer, biographer of this neighborhood, a chronicler of ordinary lives lived extraordinarily for a walking tour through two thousand years of Spitalfields. Huguenots, Jewish silk weavers, Irish and Bengali settlers, the story of how modern Britain was made, told street by street, door by door, in the company of someone who actually knows the people behind them. The tour concludes in the drawing room of a three-hundred-year-old house, with tea and freshly baked cakes. Free time follows in Spitalfields Market and along Brick Lane, where traders once sold silk and now offer artisan goods and handmade wares. Wander as you please. In the evening, step into Dennis Severs' House on Folgate Street, a candlelit Georgian house that isn't toured but experienced, room by room, decade by decade, hushed and haunted by the silk weavers who crossed a border centuries ago carrying everything they knew. Afterward, dinner at a neighborhood trattoria, and for those who want to continue the night, a piano bar in Soho for live jazz.

• Proper English breakfast

• Guided storytelling tour of Spitalfields with The Gentle Author

• Tea and cakes in a 300-year-old drawing room

• Free time: Spitalfields Market & Brick Lane

• Silent Night at Dennis Severs' House

• Dinner at a neighborhood trattoria

• Piano bar in Soho (optional)

LIGHT WALKING: 3- 5 MILES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SLEEP IN LONDON.

DAY THREE FEB 21ST  Central London | Soho
Today is yours. Sleep in or rise early: this morning belongs to whatever London calls to you. We reunite in Bloomsbury, the city's literary cradle, for a stroll that combines pages, pens, and pastries, including a stop at the London Review Bookshop on Bury Place, where twenty thousand titles live on two floors and the attached cake shop feels like someone's well-read living room. Later, join me for a casual photo walk through Soho's cinematic streets where you’ll learning to frame movement, light, and city rhythm, to capture intimate moments in public spaces. This is all about presence. The art of seeing. Dinner and drinks together in the evening.

• Free time: all morning through lunch

• Bookshops, cafés, and stationery shops in Bloomsbury

• Photo walk in Soho: capturing city street scenes

• Dinner together

MODERATE WALKING: 3- 5 MILES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SLEEP IN LONDON

DAY FOUR FEB 22ND | London to Paris This day holds a certain magic, the kind that only comes from crossing borders not just of geography, but of language and culture. Today, we trade London’s pulse for Paris’ sigh. I am convinced the best entrance to Paris is by train. For this reason, we will depart London late morning and travel to Paris via Eurostar. Once we arrive, we will transfer to our charming boutique in the heart of Paris. The kind of place with wrought iron balconies and windows that open to old stone and street violins. Take a moment to settle in. Then… we step out into the rhythm of Paris by foot. We will begin our flâneur along the Seine, catch our first glimpse of Notre Dame and pause for a crêpe from a street cart … maybe citron-sucre or Nutella-banane—and eat it slowly, as Parisians do. This is not a tour. It’s a wandering. A soft landing into the spirit of the city. Pre-dinner, we will linger in a wine bar as we absorb the Parisian scenes. Dinner in the evening. 

• Eurostar to Paris

• Leisure walking tour 

• Wine bar in the evening

• Free Time: Dinner on your own 

MODERATE WALKING: 3-5 MILES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EUROSTAR TRAIN 2 1/2 HRS. SLEEP IN PARIS.

DAY FIVE FEB 23RD | Today is your love letter to Parisian indulgence. We begin with a private chocolate and pastry walking tour through the hidden pâtisseries and chocolateries, led by a local guide who tells the city's story through ganache and mille-feuille. Lunch together at one of my favorite spots for French onion soup, the kind served under a lid of bubbling Gruyère.

The afternoon is a flânerie through Saint-Germain: the Officine Universelle Buly on rue Bonaparte a perfume apothecary where a master calligrapher hand-letters your purchases and the air smells of verbena and old wood, then bookshops, cafés, and specialty stores visited at the pace of conversation, not a schedule.

For drinks, we make our way to a cocktail bar tucked behind a monumental wooden door in the Marais, with lime plaster walls, velvet armchairs, and egg-themed cocktails that are considerably better than they sound. It is theatrical, intimate, and a little eccentric. In other words, exactly right. After dinner, we linger in the late hours over live jazz.

• Private chocolate and pastry tour

• Lunch together

• Officine Universelle Buly, bookshops, cafés, and specialty stores

• Jazz bar in the evening

MODERATE WALKING: 4-6 MILES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SLEEP IN PARIS

DAY SIX FEB 24TH | Paris This morning is for you. Savor the freedom to explore at your own pace. A few invitations, not instructions: the Palais Royal gardens before the shops open, when the arcades are empty and the fountains are yours. The Musée de la Vie Romantique in the 9th, where George Sand's jewelry sits in a glass case and the garden café serves rose tea. The covered passages of the 2nd arrondissement, where the gaslight era left its fingerprints on the glass.

We won't meet until early evening, when our farewell feast promises to be a crescendo to an unforgettable week. The wine is flowing. But mostly, there will be that glowing feeling the one that only comes from having truly been somewhere, with people who now live in your memory.

• Free time: most of the day to experience on your own

• Farewell feast

MODERATE WALKING: 4-6 MILES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SLEEP IN PARIS

DAY SEVEN FEB 25TH (Departure Day) Our tour concludes. As you depart, carry the moments made along this tale of two cities.