01 · 22 kilometres · 35 mins
Versailles
The shortest and most regal: up the Avenue de Paris to the palace gates, lunch at the Trianon, and home through the woods of Meudon.
- Half a day, on a Saturday morning
- Our choice: Rolls-Royce Ghost
Journeys
Five roads from Paris.
Day trips and weekend escapes, tried and tested by our team. Distances and times from Place de la Concorde, traffic permitting.
Road distances from Place de la Concorde
A weekend, roof down
The Normandy motorway to the Planches boardwalk, the parasols, Honfleur harbour at sunset. The Parisian classic.
Our choice: Bentley Continental GTCView the car
02 · 70 kilometres · 1h05
Forest of Fontainebleau
Winding forest roads among sandstone boulders, the château of François I, then Barbizon and its painters' studios.
- An autumn day
- Our choice: Lamborghini Huracán EVO Spyder
03 · 145 kilometres · 1h50
Reims and Champagne
The A4 eastbound in one stretch, then the Champagne tourist route between Hautvillers and Épernay, from one vine-covered hillside to the next.
- A day, with a cellar visit booked
- Our choice: Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet
04 · 200 kilometres · 2h15
Deauville and Honfleur
The Normandy motorway to the Planches boardwalk, the parasols, Honfleur harbour at sunset. The Parisian classic.
- A weekend, roof down
- Our choice: Bentley Continental GTC
05 · 185 kilometres · 2h30
Loire châteaux
Chambord, Cheverny and Chenonceau in a single day, along the back roads of the Sologne: grand touring in its original sense.
- Two days, a night in a château
- Our choice: Rolls-Royce Cullinan