Public rates

Group tour : 13,50 €/ppl
1 tour guide for 15/20 ppl.

Fixed departure (individuals) : 15,50 €/ppl
1 tour guide for 1/20 ppl.

Private tour (individuals) : 215,00 €/gp + 15,50 €/ppl
1 dedicated tour guide.

** NOTE FROM THE PIERRE BERGE – YVES SAINT LAURENT FONDATION : « The library will be closed for renovation from 23rd April until 25th May 2012. » **

A guide will welcome you in the luxurious salons of the Foundation. You will start your tour by the exhibition "Kabuki" dedicated to japonese costume theatre. As a true privilege, you will enter the studio of the great designer, where each collection was born. Your guide will narrate 1001 anecdotes while presenting several original sketches on which you would be able to read the annotations of Mr. Saint Laurent destined for the workshop. Emblematic haute couture prototypes will also be unveiled for you. Finally, it is in the rich library before the bibles of the YSL collection, that you will understand the functioning of such a fashion house..

Yves Saint Laurent sensed, better than any other designer, the movements of society. If Chanel gave liberty to women, Saint Laurent gave them power. By making use of masculine codes, he brought women security and audacity whilst accentuating their feminity.
40 years after opening their haute couture fashion house, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge decided to create a foundation to « transform these memories into projects ». The Foundation set itself 3 objectives : The conservation of 5000 haute couture garments and 15000 accessories, sketches…, the organisation of exhibitions on fashion, paintings, photographs… and the support of cultural and educational projects.

New Exhibition : Kabuki - Japanese Theatre Costumes, from 07/03/12 to 15/07/12.

Guided tours of Yves Saint Laurent's studio and library also available during off exhibition periods.
See tour page "Yves Saint Laurent: between couture and culture (off-exhibition period)"

More information on the Pierre Berge – Yves Saint Laurent Foundation available on www.fondation-pb-ysl.net

Informations Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation

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  Yves Saint Laurent: between couture and culture (off-exhibition period)

  Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent - Paris

  ** NOTE FROM THE PIERRE BERGE – YVES SAINT LAURENT FONDATION : « The library will be closed for renovation from 23rd April until 25th May 2012. » ** A guide will welcome you in the luxurious salons of the Foundation. As a true privilege, you will enter the studio of the great designer, where each collection was born. Your guide will narrate 1001 anecdotes while presenting several original sketches on which you would be able to read the annotations of Mr. Saint Laurent destined for the workshop. Emblematic haute couture prototypes will also be unveiled for you. Finally, it is in the rich library before the bibles of the YSL collection, that you will understand the functioning of such a fashion house. Yves Saint Laurent sensed, better than any other designer, the movements of society. If Chanel gave liberty to women, Saint Laurent gave them power. By making use of masculine codes, he brought women security and audacity whilst accentuating their feminity. 40 years after opening their haute couture fashion house, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge decided to create a foundation to « transform these memories into projects ». The Foundation set itself 3 objectives : The conservation of 5000 haute couture garments and 15000 accessories, sketches…, the organisation of exhibitions on fashion, paintings, photographs… and the support of cultural and educational projects. More information on the Pierre Berge – Yves Saint Laurent Foundation available on www.fondation-pb-ysl.net

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  The Saint-Denis Basilica: A royal cathedral

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  The tour will lead to the discovery of this unique royal necropolis and its collection of more than 70 carved effigies and tombs. Dagobert was the first king to have been buried there, the tomb of Queen Aregund, who died around 565 AD, is the oldest identified and the bodies of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were transferred there after the fall of the First Empire. You will be guided in the crypt of the Abbot Suger, under magnificent capitals dating from the XIIth century. The light from the XIIth and XIXth century stained glass windows mark the central place of light of the religious architecture. St. Denis, or Denis of Paris, was the first bishop of Lutetia (Paris), around 270 AD. The royal basilica of Saint Denis, a few kilometers from the French capital, was built over his grave, around the year 630 by King Dagobert I. As a result of the work commissioned by the influential Abbot Suger it was transformed into one of the masterpieces of Gothic art in the XIIth and XIIIth centuries. The basilica then became a sanctuary of tombs for the kings, queens, princes and princesses of France. The church became a cathedral in 1966.

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  The Pantheon

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  The tour of the crypt will allow you to meet 75 illustrious personalities who were buried here between the French Revolution and the Fifth Republic. Among them Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Andre Malraux and Pierre and Marie Curie. It is in homage to these great men that a dozen famous artists contributed to the interior of the monument, whose architecture is inspired by ancient Greek art. You will not fail to admire the famous Foucault’s pendulum, dating to 1851, which proves the rotation of the earth. To finish the tour, access to the dome of the Pantheon will offer a magnificent panoramic view of the City of Lights. In the heart of the Latin Quarter, on the Sainte Genevieve hill, at the beginning of the Rue Soufflot which ends at the Jardin du Luxembourg, the Pantheon was built on the remains of the church of Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of the French capital . In 1755, Louis XV commissioned the architect Soufflot to design a prestigious building, rivalling St. Peter's in Rome and St. Paul's in London. However, the building rapidly lost its religious vocation to become the symbol of the French nation and honour the memory of great men who marked the history of France.

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  Private apartments

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  Behind the walls of the State Apartments and the splendour of the Court, penetrate the intimate world of Louis XV and Louis XVI. Your guide will explain how Louis XV, judged uncomfortable the bedroom of his great grandfather, and decided to occupy instead the private apartments that in the past housed the collections of the Sun King. You will hence discover a series of more private rooms including the King's Bedchamber, the Clock Room where stands an extraordinary astronomical clock but also the lavish corner office with its roll-top desk, considered as one of the most famous pieces of furniture in the world. Finally, your tour will finish with the discovery of the royal Chapel or of the Opera, the most beautiful royal theatre. Classified since 30 years as part of the World Heritage of Humanity, the Palace of Versailles is the embodiment of French classical art. A veritable symbol of royal power, Versailles was the residence of the most important monarchs, notably that of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. The Palace is spread over 63000 sq meters divided into 2300 rooms including the Grand Apartments of the King and the Queen, the sumptuous Hall of Mirrors, the Private Apartments, the Opera, the Chapel… The park of the Palace of Versailles in turn, extends over more than 800 hectares, including 90 hectares of gardens, the Trianon Palaces and Marie-Antoinette’s Estate, a haven of peace and nature with French and Anglo-Chinese gardens and Marie-Antoinette’s farm. You will discover with your guide (non-exhaustive list) • The Bedchamber of Louis XV • The Clock Room • The Cabinet des Chiens • The Dining Room or « after the hunt » • The King’s Interior Cabinet • The Cabinet des Depeches • The Gold-Plate Room • The Library of Louis XVI • The Porcelain Dining Room • The Games Room of Louis XVI • The Chapel or the Opera… Please note: It is possible for you to visit the Grand Apartments (unguided tour) after the guided tour of the Private Apartments.

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