2 Days in Paris with a Private Chauffeur

Two days is enough to fall for Paris, provided you spend them in the city rather than in transit. A private chauffeur turns a weekend, a long layover or the two free days after a business trip into two full days: door to door between the sights, no parking, luggage safe in the boot, and a straight run to the airport when it is time to leave. If you have a third day, our three-day itinerary picks up where this one ends.

Plan your two days ↗

Day 1 — Iconic Paris in two half-days

Morning: the Right Bank

Your chauffeur collects you at the hotel at 9:00 and heads for the Arc de Triomphe. You are set down at the top of the Champs-Élysées, climb the monument if you wish, and the car is waiting on the far side when you come down. The drive down the avenue to the Place de la Concorde takes five minutes and is one of the best views in the city from a back seat. Then the Louvre: your chauffeur drops you on the rue de Rivoli, two minutes from the Pyramid, and you walk straight to your timed entry. Two hours is a fair allowance for a first visit; the Tuileries are at the door when you come out, and lunch around the Palais-Royal is a short walk.

What the car adds here: no metro, no half-hour walk between the Arc and the Louvre, and no hunting for a parking space in the 1st arrondissement, which does not exist in any useful form.

Afternoon: the Left Bank

Across the river, choose one museum rather than two. The Musée d'Orsay for the Impressionists, or the Musée Rodin for the garden and a gentler pace if the weather is fine. Your chauffeur drops you at the entrance, waits, and then takes you the short hop to Saint-Germain-des-Prés for an hour of bookshops, galleries and a café on the boulevard. Shopping bags go in the boot as you buy, not over your shoulder for the rest of the day.

Evening: the Eiffel Tower and the Seine

Aim to be at the Trocadéro half an hour before sunset for the view, then cross to the tower itself with a timed ticket. From there the car takes you the few hundred metres to the quays for a dinner cruise, or to a restaurant on the Left Bank. Your chauffeur is at the door when the meal ends, and you are back at the hotel without waiting in a taxi queue on a dark quay.

Day 2 — Two ways to spend it

Option A: Montmartre, the Marais and straight to the airport

Check out after breakfast and let your luggage go in the boot; you will not see the hotel again. Montmartre first, while it is quiet: the car takes the hill for you and sets you down a few steps from the Sacré-Cœur, so there is no funicular and no staircase. Place du Tertre, the view over the city, and a walk down through the rue des Abbesses while your chauffeur repositions at the bottom.

Then the Marais for the afternoon: the Place des Vosges, the Musée Picasso, the boutiques of the rue des Francs-Bourgeois, a late lunch in the Jewish quarter. When it is time, you step into the car and go directly to Charles de Gaulle, Orly or the Gare du Nord for the Eurostar, bags already aboard. This is the single biggest time saving of the two days: no trip back across Paris to collect suitcases.

Option B: a half-day or full-day excursion

If you would rather see something beyond the city, day 2 is the moment. Versailles is 40 minutes by road; our excursion takes about 5 hours door to door, which leaves the late afternoon free in Paris or gets you to the airport in good time. For a full day, Giverny and Monet's garden take about 6 hours and have you back by mid-afternoon, and a Champagne day in Reims or Épernay fills the day entirely. In every case the car waits while you visit, and the return can be to your hotel or straight to your terminal.

What it costs

A sightseeing day in Paris is booked by the hour: 79 €/hour in Business Class, 109 €/hour in a Business Van (up to 7 passengers) and 150 €/hour in First Class, with a 2-hour minimum and 25 km included per hour. A day is simply the hourly rate times the hours: nine hours of day 1 in Business Class, from the 9:00 pickup to the end of dinner, comes to 711 €, fuel, waiting and tolls included.

Excursions are fixed per vehicle, not per person: Versailles from 479 € (up to 3 passengers), 599 € in a Van (up to 7) and 661 € in First Class; Giverny from 569 €, 715 € in a Van and 785 € in First Class. Champagne days and airport transfers are quoted at a fixed fare before you confirm, so there is nothing to work out on the day.

Layover or weekend: the 24-hour and 36-hour versions

A long layover at CDG or Orly works the same way in miniature. Your chauffeur meets you at arrivals with a name board, your bags stay in the car for the whole visit, and you do the Eiffel Tower, a cruise and lunch in Saint-Germain before being back at your terminal three hours before departure. Count on seven to eight hours of hourly hire for a comfortable version, including the two airport runs.

For a weekend, arrive on Friday evening and leave on Sunday evening: day 1 is Saturday, day 2 is Sunday, and the Sunday departure goes straight from the Marais, Montmartre or Versailles to the airport or the Gare du Nord with the luggage already aboard. Tell us your flight or train number when you book and we adjust the day's timing to it.

Frequently asked questions

Is two days enough to see Paris?

Enough to see the essentials properly, yes, provided you do not lose two or three hours a day in transit. With a chauffeur linking the sights door to door, two days cover the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Orsay or Rodin, Saint-Germain, a Seine cruise and either Montmartre and the Marais or a half-day at Versailles.

Should I book by the hour or as separate transfers?

For a sightseeing day, book by the hour: the car and chauffeur stay with you, wait at each stop and keep your bags, from 79 €/hour with a 2-hour minimum. Separate transfers make sense for a single airport run or a dinner drop-off when you do not need the car in between.

Can the chauffeur keep our luggage while we visit?

Yes. On a departure day you check out in the morning, your luggage goes in the boot, and it stays with the car until you are dropped at the airport or station. You never return to the hotel and never carry a suitcase through a museum or a metro station.

Can we fit Versailles into a two-day trip?

Yes. Versailles is 40 minutes by road from central Paris, and our excursion takes about 5 hours door to door, from 479 € per vehicle for up to 3 passengers. Leave early on day 2 and you are back in Paris by mid-afternoon, or dropped straight at the airport with your luggage.

How much does a chauffeur cost for two days in Paris?

Hourly hire is 79 €/hour in Business Class, 109 €/hour in a Business Van and 150 €/hour in First Class, 2-hour minimum, 25 km included per hour, and a day is simply the hourly rate times the hours. Day trips are fixed per vehicle: Versailles from 479 €, Giverny from 569 €. Airport transfers are quoted separately at a fixed fare.

Make two days feel like four

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