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Paris Marathon
Nights
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Date
April 13, 2025
If you have questions regarding Marathon Tours & Travel’s Paris Marathon Packages please: EMAIL OUR TRIP DESIGNER or CALL 617-242-7845
The Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris offers a unique opportunity to run through historic landmarks of Paris. The race will take you through some of the capital’s most famous avenues and plazas. It starts on the Champs Elysees and takes you by the Louvre, Place de la Bastille, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, and you’ll finish near the Arc de Triomphe. This iconic race now draws more than 50,000 runners, including over 23,000 international runners from around the world.
Join us in “The City of Love” for a remarkable experience featuring 4 or 5 nights at one of our exclusive hotels, The Chateau Frontenac (4* property) or La Demeure Montaigne (5* property), both located within walking distance from the start/finish area. Trusted by event organizers as a Diamond Tour Operator for the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris, we are pleased to offer guaranteed entry. To celebrate your marathon finish, we highly recommend joining the Champagne Tour on Monday, April 14. This full-day excursion will take you to the renowned Champagne region to sample some of the world’s best bubbly!
NEW: No medical certificate will be required in 2025 for foreign participants.
Travelling from afar? Run two races in one trip with us. The Generali Berlin Half Marathon is the weekend before Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris
Meals Included
Daily continental breakfast
Accommodation
4 or 5 nights hotel accommodation included
Entry
Guaranteed entry (in addition to the package price)
Excursions
Excellent sightseeing tours and experiences
A Helping Hand
Support of Marathon Tours & Travel staff
Medal Bling
Finisher Medal
Travel Package Information
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Itinerary
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Thursday, April 10
Arrive in Paris and transfer on your own to the hotel. Join us this evening to meet other Marathon Tours & Travel runners and supporters for a welcome reception at the Chateau Frontenac.
Friday, April 11
Following breakfast, we will depart for a day tour highlighting the historical landmarks of Paris; the tour will include a stop at the “Salon du Running” Marathon Expo. The evening is yours to explore Paris. (Breakfast included)
Saturday, April 12
Enjoy a free day to explore Paris on your own – get a bird’s eye view of the city from the top of the Eiffel Tower, admire the impressive art collection in the Louvre, or stroll the Seine with a croissant in hand! In the evening, join your MTT team for a pre-race pasta dinner at a local restaurant. (Breakfast and dinner included)
Sunday, April 13
Race Day! Your hotel is conveniently located just a short walking distance to the start/finish area. Your MTT hosts will be on hand to provide directions and offer final words of encouragement. Enjoy the afternoon on your own and join us in the bar at the Chateau Frontenac this evening for a celebratory drink! (Breakfast included)
Monday, April 14
There’s no better way to celebrate your marathon finish than with the highly recommended Full Day Tour to Champagne (see “Extensions” for more info). Upon our return, enjoy your final evening in Paris and be sure to catch the Eiffel Tower light show after sundown before heading home. (Breakfast and lunch included)
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Thursday, April 10
Arrive in Paris and transfer on your own to the hotel. Join us this evening to meet other Marathon Tours & Travel runners and supporters for a welcome reception at the Chateau Frontenac.
Friday, April 11
Following breakfast, we will depart for a day tour highlighting the historical landmarks of Paris; the tour will include a stop at the “Salon du Running” Marathon Expo. The evening is yours to explore Paris. (Breakfast included)
Saturday, April 12
Enjoy a free day to explore Paris on your own – get a bird’s eye view of the city from the top of the Eiffel Tower, admire the impressive art collection in the Louvre, or stroll the Seine with a croissant in hand! In the evening, join your MTT team for a pre-race pasta dinner at a local restaurant. (Breakfast and dinner included)
Sunday, April 13
Race Day! Your hotel is conveniently located just a short walking distance to the start/finish area. Your MTT hosts will be on hand to provide directions and offer final words of encouragement. Enjoy the afternoon on your own and join us in the bar at the Chateau Frontenac this evening for a celebratory drink! (Breakfast included)
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Extensions
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OPTIONAL FULL DAY TOUR TO CHAMPAGNE
Monday, April 14, 2025
Join us for a full day tour of the Champagne region to finish your Paris Marathon trip with a pop!
Our day will begin in Aÿ-Champagne with a visit to the Pressoria Interactive Museum where your senses will be taken on a journey through the history of the region. You can watch, touch, smell, listen, and taste the wine of Kings on this immersive tour.
Next stop is a local vineyard in a Premier Cru village near Epernay, where several prestigious Champagne Houses settled during the 19th century. You will be treated to a guided tour and brasero lunch before heading into town for a stroll of the iconic Avenue de Champagne. With its Champagne Houses and private mansions, this straight road of more than a kilometer is lined with buildings mainly dating back to the end of the 19th century; many call it “the most expensive street of the world”, as millions of champagne bottles sleep underneath the buildings.
After admiring the private mansions and large trading houses, we will visit the Pommery Champagne House, a magnificent Elizabethan complex built by the widow Pommery in the middle of the 19th century. We will raise our glasses to a magnificent day in the Champagne region before heading back to Paris. (Lunch included)
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Packages & Rates
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Paris Marathon with Champagne Tour | Five-Night Package: April 10 – 15, 2025
Features:
- Five nights’ hotel accommodations
- Continental breakfast daily
- All hotel taxes
- Welcome Reception
- Paris City Tour with a stop at the Marathon Expo
- Pre-race dinner at a local restaurant
- Full Day Tour to the Champagne region including tastings and lunch
- Services of Marathon Tours & Travel Staff
Paris Marathon Tour | Four-Night Package: April 10 – 14, 2025
Features:
- Four nights’ hotel accommodations
- Daily continental breakfast
- All hotel taxes
- Welcome Reception
- Paris City Tour with a stop at the Marathon Expo
- Pre-race pasta dinner at a local restaurant
- Services of Marathon Tours & Travel Staff
Not Included:
- $170 Guaranteed race entry is in addition to the package price
- All activities listed as optional
- Gratuities and tips, unless otherwise noted
- Incidentals
- Travel Insurance
- Visa (if applicable)
Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance for U.S. Residents
Travel Insurance for Canadian Residents2025 Rates (all prices are per person and in US dollars)
Additional nights available upon request
Five-Night Package Double Occupancy Single Occupancy Chateau Frontenac – Privilege Room $1990 per person $2890 Chateau Frontenac – Deluxe Room $2120 per person $3145 Demeure Montaigne - Privilege Courtyard Room $2705 per person $4250 Demeure Montaigne - Privilege Street View Room $2810 per person $4470 Demeure Montaigne - Deluxe Courtyard Room $2885 per person $4615 Four-Night Package Double Occupancy Single Occuplancy Chateau Frontenac – Privilege Room $1355 per person $2075 Chateau Frontenac – Deluxe Room $1460 per person $2285 Demeure Montaigne - Privilege Courtyard Room $1925 per person $3160 Demeure Montaigne - Privilege Street View Room $2010 per person $3335 Demeure Montaigne - Deluxe Courtyard Room $2065 per person $3450
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Hotels
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Paris, FranceChateau Frontenac
Located just a few steps from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, the 4* Château Frontenac hotel offers a prestigious and elegant Parisian setting. Here, the spirit of a palace replicates the ambiance of a charming residence in 104 rooms and suites. Located within the “Golden Triangle”, the location is perfectly suited for those wanting to be close to shopping as well as sightseeing. The Chateau Frontenac is only 100 meters from the start and about 2/3 mile from the finish.
La Demeure MontaigneLocated just a few steps from Avenue Montaigne, the 5* La Demeure Montaigne spa hotel combines the excellence of the French hotel industry with the charm of a private mansion where Parisian spirit and contemporary luxury are combined. With the intimacy it exudes, La Demeure Montaigne is an unclassifiable and intimate place, which welcomes epicureans and lovers of Paris. Featuring a state-of-the-art wellness area with a year-round heated pool and jacuzzi, La Demeure Montaigne is the perfect place to call home during your stay. La Demeure Montaigne is only 100 meters from the start and about 2/3 mile from the finish.
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Event Information
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Race Date: Sunday, April 13, 2025
Start Times: From 08:15am to 10:50am (TBC)
Course: Runners will run through many of the city’s famous avenues and plazas, from the foot of the Arc de Triomphe, where the race starts, towards the Place de la Concorde. From the Rue de Rivoli runners will sweep through the Place de la Bastille. After a glimpse of greenery in the Bois de Vincennes, views of Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower come into view. For complete course details, please visit the official race website HERE.
Temperature: Average temperatures range between 50F and 63F.
Entry Fee: As a Diamond Tour Operator, MTT has a special guaranteed race entry fee of $170.00. Entry only is not available.
Starting Times and Bib Numbers: Closer to the event, we will send you a link which will allow you to complete the registration process for the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris 2025. Once you have finalized the registration process, the race organizers will allocate you a starting time and bib based on the information provided. MTT has no influence over the allocation of starting times and bib numbers.
Eligibility: All runners must be at least 21 years of age.
NEW: No medical certificate will be required in 2025 for foreign participants. The medical certificate is replaced by the PPS, to obtain a PPS participants must complete the HPC (Health Prevention Course) which is a form that the runner completes online within 3 months of the race date. The resulting PPS must be uploaded by the participant to their registration account within the guidelines specified. This is mandatory in order to collect your race number.
Time Limit: The course time limit is six hours from the last participant crossing the start line.
Number Pickup: You will need to pick-up your race bib at the Salon du Running (Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles) from Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12. Learn more here. More than 200 exhibitors will be at the Expo and the times are HERE .
Awards: Every runner receives a commemorative finisher t-shirt and upon finishing receives a finisher’s medal and refreshments.
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
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Registration & Booking
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Rates: All prices are based on current exchange rates and may change due to currency fluctuations. Pricing is listed per person. Airfares are constantly changing and we can quote you by phone the best available rates and most convenient flights for these packages.
Reservations and Payments: A completed tour application together with an initial deposit of $500 per person must be received before confirming your reservations. Final payment is due on or before February 1, 2025. Final payments received after February 1 will be charged a $50 late payment fee.
Cancellations: All payments, including your deposit, are non-refundable and non-transferrable. Non-transferrable includes applying your balance to another person, another year or another trip. Should you cancel for any reason, you will forfeit your trip investment. Therefore, travel insurance for every trip is highly recommended. All cancellations must be received in writing.
Not included in price: All items not specifically listed under package features. Entry fee is additional.
Insurance: For your protection, trip cancellation, baggage, health and accident insurance is highly recommended for all participants. However, no representation or description of the insurance made by our staff constitutes a binding assurance or promise about the insurance.
Travel Insurance for U.S. Residents
Travel Insurance for Canadian ResidentsSecurity Policy: Marathon Tours & Travel’s security policy requires that anyone staying in our room block must be registered as part of our package. If a registered client attempts to house a non-registered guest and /or invite them to attend any of our scheduled activities, the registered guest’s tour package will be forfeited and parties may be denied access to future tours. Please note that no exceptions will be made as this policy will be strictly enforced.
Responsibility: These tours are operated by Marathon Tours, Inc. of Chelsea, MA who acts only as an agent for the passenger to the companies offering such services and assumes no liability for injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity caused by any reason whatsoever by any party offering such services. All terms and conditions offered are governed by the laws of Massachusetts. The right is reserved to cancel the tour prior to departure with a refund, less applicable credit card and processing fees, made as full settlement to the passenger. The right is reserved by Marathon Tours, Inc. to deny acceptance of a booking application by any person. Marathon Tours, Inc. may make any changes or alterations in the itinerary as it deems necessary for the proper handling of the tour. The sole responsibility of any airline used is limited to that set out in the passenger contract evidenced by the ticket. The airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during the time that the passengers are not on board their aircraft.
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Testimonials
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"This is the perfect package..." - 2024
This is the perfect package: enjoy the calm and beauty of Paris and run a marathon as beautiful and well organized as any major, but less stressing.
"I’ve been traveling with Marathon Tours & Travel for 26 years..." - 2024I’ve been traveling with Marathon Tours & Travel for 26 years. I find that their service is second to none. I find that everyone who works at MTT is helpful, knowledgeable, encouraging, and welcoming.
"MTT does a great job handling all the details..." - 2024MTT does a great job handling all the details, so I don’t have to worry about the logistics of having a good race experience.
"I love the feeling of being supported..." - 2024I love the feeling of being supported in all details during the travel. Just need to run and enjoy the city.
"The Paris Marathon was the most beautiful marathon..." - 2023The Paris Marathon was the most beautiful marathon of the 15 that I have run – loved it!
"Having a group like MT&T organize events..." - 2023Having a group like MT&T organize events and facilitate getting to the expo and start line eliminates some of the stress associated with traveling to a foreign country to run a marathon.
"I’ve visited Paris many times..." - 2023I’ve visited Paris many times but this trip was one of the friendliest that I’ve experienced, from Hannah’s smiling face to the hotel staff and to the incredible marathon supporters all along the course.
"I expect a high level of service..." - 2023I expect a high level of service from a group tour experience, particularly when it comes to marathoning, because I do not like surprises. I want the who, what, where, when, how and why of a vacation itinerary so I can not only make my own choices but know what to expect. Marathon Tours & Travel delivered.
"Loved the Chateau Frontenac..." - 2022Loved the Chateau Frontenac – excellent location and loved Paris! Had fun & enjoyed meeting new friends.
"C'est magnifique!!" - 2022C’est magnifique!!
"Nicole and Ann are outstanding..." - 2022Nicole and Ann are outstanding. Very customer focused and both made the extra effort to ensure everybody is taken care of. from pre-planning to making sure we could get our COVID tests coming home. They were involved and on top of making sure we had a great trip.
"Ann and Nicole are outstanding..." - 2022Ann and Nicole are outstanding. Runners are generally a collegial group but both Ann and Nicole take the time to make everybody feel part of the family. I’ve done 4 races with Marathon Tours and will join Ann in Dublin in the fall and know in advance it will be a wonderful experience.
"Really enjoyed this course!" - 2022Really enjoyed this course! There is a lot to look at and very flat.
"It was very well organized, well run, well priced..." - 2019It was very well organized, well run, well priced. Scott and Jacqui brought a human-touch to the experience that could have easily been treated more transactional and less personal. They looked out for my interests. I tell everyone this. I will be back.
"Five stars..." - 2019***** – five stars. Jacqui was extremely attentive to all clients and their unique needs. Jacqui had a very visible presence and made herself available. Her style and experience are so valuable to travelers and runners. Jacqui’s presence added to the enjoyable experience.
"There are not enough words..." - 2019There are not enough words to describe how running the Paris Marathon on my 50th Birthday was truly the most epic most amazing and wonderful experience and trip ever!!! Thank you so much Marathon Tours for all your part in helping this dream happen!!
"A wonderful, well-planned and executed trip..." - 2019A wonderful, well-planned and executed trip to run a worry-free marathon in one of Europe’s finest cities.
"Hotel was great!" - 2019Hotel was great! English speaking helped tremendously. The included wifi was fast and easy to connect to. The rooms were clean and in good condition. The included breakfast buffet was awesome – it saves so much “stress” to not be concerned about where to eat the day’s first meal.
"Nothing short of OUTSTANDING..." - 2018Nothing short of OUTSTANDING. Ms. Haebler is a professional in every sense of the word – knowledgeable, friendly, thoughtful, and polite.
"This is my third trip with Marathon Tours..." - 2018This is my third trip with Marathon Tours, and each one has been great. I plan on using Marathon Tours for future marathon trips.
"I would do it all over again with Marathon Tours..." - 2018My experience in the Paris Marathon was outstanding – I would do it all over again with Marathon Tours.
"Ann and Jaquie made the trip..." - 2018Ann and Jaquie made the trip better than imagined or expected.
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Meet the Reps
MaryKate Riordan
Trip Designer
MaryKate Riordan
Trip Designer
MaryKate joined the Marathon Tours & Travel team after receiving her B.A. in Sport Leadership & Administration from UMass Boston. Prior to completing her degree, MaryKate spent five years as a stewardess in the private yachting industry where she developed strong skills in customer service, travel logistics, and cultural immersion while exploring the world on the high seas. These remarkable years fueled her passion for travel and led her to a new hobby: marathon running. MaryKate has completed multiple marathons including Boston (2022) and Chicago (2023) as well as a variety of ultramarathons including the Comrades Marathon (Back to Back finisher 2018-2019). She also enjoys playing tennis, skiing, swimming, and searching for the best cup of coffee in town. She is excited to bring the knowledge she has gained from these experiences to the team where she will assist in cultivating many unforgettable trips.
