Your French Language trip to PARIS
Improve your French and soak up the culture in the French capital
Do you need a plan for your group in Paris?
For mixed groups:
- Children aged 13 and over
- Adults… no age limit
- Minimum group size: 10
Flexible trip designed for children and young adults
- Departures available all year round
- Half-board accommodation: home stay, youth hostel etc.
- Including public transport and transfers
A 100% tailor-made stay
With or without French lessons
Length of stay to suit flights and budget
Activities and trips to suit you: culture, sport, games etc.
«Vacances Actives Linguistiques has been a dependable organization for more than four years that we’ve collaborated with and we can say without any sort of doubt that they’re capable and competent. They have been so exceptional in handling our excursions and tours to Paris excellently.»
Chester, CEBEJAR NIGERIA LIMITED
4 reasons to study French language and culture in Paris
1. Paris is a legendary capital
An unmissable destination for anyone learning the mother tongue of Molière, François Truffaut and Marion Cotillard. A magnet for travellers in search of culture, heritage and artistic diversity.
2. Paris is a cultural melting pot
Show-stopping tours, legendary icons and monuments, immersive experiences and unique encounters: Vacances Actives Linguistiques will make all your dreams come true in Paris!
3. Paris is a cosmopolitan and vibrant city
…where people from all walks of life come together! It’s a great place to meet other foreign students and make friends from around the world.
4. Paris is easy to reach
It has 3 international airports and an extensive public transport network. It’s a great place to walk, cycle or use public transport to make group travel a breeze.
Our language trip options:
indulge your inner culture in Paris
Our language stay programmes and details
With French lessons
The perfect balance between French lessons and cultural activities to EXPERIENCE French language and CULTURE on an immersive break in Paris.
- Tailor-made 5-15 day stay.
- 2 hours of French lessons every weekday, usually in the morning.
- Cultural and recreational afternoon trips: guided tours of museums, monuments or historical landmarks, market trips, tastings, cookery classes, photo challenges, food tours, perfume making workshops and more.
- Half-board: Including 2 group meals per day (host family and/or travel group), 1 meal at your leisure per day.
- Accommodation in a host family (2/3 students per family), residence or hotel (multiple rooms).
Without French lessons
A programme entirely devoted to French CULTURE: tours, excursions and experiences on an immersive language break in Paris.
- Tailor-made 5-15 day stay.
- Cultural and recreational trips: guided tours of museums, monuments or historical landmarks, market trips, tastings, cookery classes, photo challenges, food tours, perfume making workshops and more.
- Free time to soak up the city.
- Half-board: Including 2 group meals per day (host family and/or travel group), 1 meal at your leisure per day.
- Accommodation in a host family (2/3 students per family), residence or hotel (multiple rooms).
“Immersive language learning (language immersion) means an intensive course where all activities in and outside school are in the target language.”
Dictionnaire de didactique du français (2003)
Transport and accommodation
Transport and transfers
All our stays include airport transfers (Charles de Gaulle or Orly) and public transport tickets for all travellers (valid from Monday morning to Sunday night)
Vacances Actives Linguistiques provides a free place for 1 group leader per 15 students (same bed and board basis as students with free tours and activities).
Accommodation
We provide the following half-board accommodation options:
- Host family (the best for a real immersive experience), 2-3 students per family
- 2 or 3* hotels, apartment hotels or youth hostels (multiple rooms)
Our tailor-made tours and activities
Our trips, workshops and themed walks
(sample list)
Museums
- Musée du Louvre
- Musée d’Orsay
- Centre Pompidou
- Musée Rodin
- Musée Picasso
- Le Petit Palais
- Le Grand Palais
- Musée des Arts Forains
- Musée de l’Orangerie
Monuments
- Arc de Triomphe
- Sainte Chapelle
- Conciergerie
- Les Invalides and Napoleon’s tomb
- Opéra Garnier
- Panthéon
Fun-filled workshops and classes
- Pâtisserie/baking workshop
- “Etiquette” workshop
- Perfume workshop or make your own perfume class
- Cook like a chef (with a chef!)
Unique experiences and museums
- Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysées
- Musée Yves Saint Laurent and Musée Galliera (fashion museum)
- Eiffel Tower
- Grands magasins (department stores)
- Passages couverts (Covered walkways) and the Grands Boulevards
- Musée des Arts Premiers (Quai Branly- Jacques Chirac)
- Musée des Arts Forains
- Catacombs
- Bike ride (weather permitting)
- Paris Sewer Museum
- Canal Saint Martin cruise
- Musée Grévin
- Le Grand Rex cinema tour
- Paris Story
- 56th floor of Montparnasse Tower
- Opera guided tour
Guided tours
- Île de la Cité
- Tuileries Garden
- Marais
- Quartier Latin
- Montmartre
- Passges couverts (Covered walkways)
- Paris bridges
- Around the Eiffel Tower
- Nouvelle Athènes
- Batignolles
- Promenade Plantée
- Père Lachaise cemetery
- Boat cruise on the Seine
Themed tours
- Paris and the French Revolution
- Paris and Molière
- The Secrets of Old Paris
- Paris and Fashion
- Street art in Paris
- Cinema tour
- Literature tour
Our day trips in and around Paris
(inc. admission and transport, 10 hr day trip subject to destination)
- Loire Châteaux (Chambord and Blois)
- Fontainebleau and Blandy les Tours
- Chartres and the cathedral
- Giverny and Claude Monet’s gardens (Normandy)
- Auvers sur Oise and Van Gogh’s last home
- Château de Chantilly and the royal stables
- Reims (cathedral and champagne cellars)
- D-Day beaches
- Seaside day out (Trouville, Honfleur)
- “France Miniature” and Rouen
- Bois le Roi leisure centre
- Château de Breteuil (Perrault’s fairytales)
- Disneyland Paris
- Parc Astérix
French schools and courses
Our French teachers in Paris and our partner guides
Vacances Actives Linguistiques has built strong relationships with French language schools in Paris famous for their consistency and high standard teaching. Our qualified and experienced French teachers give students a warm welcome in a comfortable set-up to boost their self-esteem. We select our partnership language schools for their modern learning environment, communication-based teaching and location in central Paris, near cultural activities and public transport.
All our guides and chauffeurs are certified to teach French as a foreign language and adapt their speech to suit all abilities. They’ve always got a smile on their faces and love to share their knowledge!
French lessons at our partner schools in Paris
Learn at your own pace and ability!
Students take a French level test at the start of the stay and decide how many lessons they want to take. French lessons are optional (check out our “cultural breaks”) and tend to be in the morning. Outings and activities take place in the afternoons.
Students receive their own course certificate stating their class attendance and the level they’ve achieved at the end of their course.
Your questions about language trips
1.How long should I study abroad in Paris to get the most out of the experience?
Vacances Actives Linguistiques recommends a minimum of ten days to get the most out of a language stay in Paris.
That gives learners enough time to adapt to the local culture and feel comfortable communicating in French. After 10-15 days, the group begins to bond with other students and they feel even more at ease speaking in French. Obviously, the longer they stay, the more learners improve their fluency, comprehension and cultural understanding. If you’re looking for complete immersion, spending at least a month in a host family is a golden opportunity to experience real life in Paris, visit the local monuments, soak up the culture and have time to explore, unearth hidden gems and see another side to the city!
What’s the best time of year for a study abroad experience in Paris?
Paris is always fascinating, no matter the time of year, but some periods are particularly good for a language stay. Springtime (March-June) brings warmer weather and longer days, ideal for exploring the city and spending time outdoors. Summer may be a prime time for tourists but it has a buzzing atmosphere with countless festivals and cultural events, which are perfect for practising your French in a range of situations. Autumn (September-November) is a great time too. There are fewer tourists, it’s still warm and gives learners a slice of real-life culture. Despite the cold, winter in Paris is a unique experience with the Christmas markets and local festivities. Every season has something to offer!
How do I get a good dose of culture during a language stay in Paris?
Paris is jam-packed full of cultural and heritage sites, covering every art form and historical period whether you’re into the Renaissance, Middle Ages, photography, sculpture or painting. There’s something for everyone, both outside and inside the city’s beautiful buildings. To get the most out of the capital’s culture, you must plan ahead and book your tours, especially if there’s a large group of you. You need to book over a month in advance for some museums, monuments and performances (plays, operas etc.): you can’t just turn up!
