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

Others «Guided tour» that may interest you

• 

  The Gallery of Paleontology

  Galeries de Paléontologie - Paris

  Amidst the perpetual motion of Paris, enjoy a trip back in time with a visit to the Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy in the National Museum of Natural History. In the shadow of the magnificent Botanical Gardens (Jardin des Plantes), this beautiful building in the industrial architecture style typical of the early XXth century houses thousands of skeletons, organs and other shells dating back 600 million years. Enter and let it reveal to you ist secrets: those of the mysteries of life and ist evolution. Get ready for an emotional journey! On arrival in the Galleries of Comparative Anatomy, you will be greeted by a wonderful collection of animal skeletons, including that of a 20 metre long whale. Your guide, while highlighting the similarities and the differences, will allow you to absorb the history of life. Having barely recovered from these emotions, you will be onboard for a trip back in time to the middle of an ancient jungle on the discovery of giant Diplodocus, Allosaurus, or Triceratops skeletons, terrifying witnesses of these worlds forever extinct. From dinosaur to mammoth... you're back in the XXIst century ... End of your journey!

  read more
• 

  The mysteries of the Opera Garnier

  Opera Garnier - Paris

  After hours tour of the Opera house's public areas (after the Opera shuts to the general public) Who has not dreamt of being locked up in this Palace of a thousand secrets, such as the famous Phantom… of the Opera? Meandering through the artistic treasure that is the Opera Garnier, this is the unique feeling that will be offered to you by our guide. Loose yourself in its silent corridors, be amazed by its rich architecture and the abundant decor. The disconcerting Pythonisse will greet you before you take the majestic “Grand Escalier”, bringing you to the auditorium, the lounges and the foyers. A timeless classic guided tour. In 1860, a contest was launched for the construction of a new opera house in Paris. It was young architect Charles Garnier's project which was unanimously adopted for its exuberant mix of ostentatious and eclectic baroque architecture. Today, the Palais Garnier undoubtedly embodies the architecture that best represents the art of the Second Empire, and stands as a symbol of the luxury and pleasures of the French capital. 73 sculptors and 14 painters worked on it until its inauguration in January 1875. Measuring 172m in length and 124m in breadth, the Opera Garnier is the largest opera house in Europe, with the capacity to welcome more than 2000 people. The Palais Garnier, being a show site, for technical or artistic reasons, we cannot guarantee systematic access to the Auditorium. Please present yourself before the doors shut to the public at 16:45. This tour does not include a backstage tour of the Opera Garnier (premium offer proposed by the Opera Garnier itself).

  read more
• 

  The covered passages of Paris

  Passages couverts

  From the Palais Royal, your guide will take you along to Galerie Vero Dodat for its beautiful art bookshops and onwards to the Galerie Vivienne, one of the most majestic passages, with Italian mosaics on the floor and a glass roof. The Galerie Vivienne will lead you to the Galerie Colbert, where exhibitions are regularly organized. Philatelists will appreciate the Passage des Panoramas, which leads to the Grands Boulevards made famous by Yves Montand’s songs. Very popular in the 19th century as an access way to the Grands Boulevards from the Palais Royal, the thirty remaining roofed passageways (formerly 140) enable you to plunge into a ”time warp”, cut off from street bustle. Today, one can find all kinds of shops here, as well as some cafes and especially, the remnants of a recent past where strolling and parading oneself was an essential activity of daily life. Starting in the sumptuous Palais Royal garden, you will then be transported through these nearly secret passageways, in the heart of Paris.

  read more
• 

  Le narval, quel animal étrange !

  Grande Galerie de l'Évolution - Paris

  read more
• 

  Private apartments

  Château de Versailles - Versailles

  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.

  read more
• 

  Les Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes

  Jardin des plantes - les serres - Paris

  read more