Twenty-four Hours of Le Mans
Not until you have been here can you comprehend the sheer enormity and magnificence of this event. Enjoy the unrivaled spectacle as the greatest sports car marques on earth, headlights blazing, scream into the night at speeds topping 230 mph. Live through the triumphs and setbacks that culminate in the exciting finish, 24 hard-fought hours later. This is no ordinary race hospitality tour – this is a truly exhilarating “behind-the-scenes” opportunity to be involved in the heart of the action with Le Mans veteran race drivers as your hosts – in the paddock, around the circuit and in the pits. The tour includes airport transfers (Paris to Le Mans and back), superb accommodations in a Château, all meals (at the track, the Château and in town), pre-race welcome party and post-race celebration, downtown “Grand Drivers Parade” viewing and hospitality, private Radio Le Mans “Star Party” with celebrity guests, executive shuttle service throughout your stay, “Inner circle” pre-race grid walk with the drivers, press and celebrities, Special Race Team Paddock enclosure & Pit garage “Super-Passes”, privileged “team only” pit access before, during and after the race, the best-covered seats in the house on the Start line, Mulsanne Straight close-up viewing (15 feet from you), AND a spectacular VIP Helicopter flight over the circuit during the race and a stunning night time VIP track tour. If you’ve always dreamed of experiencing the thrill of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, this is an unforgettable way to do it!
Sunday, June 8 – Monday, June 16
Deposit – $5,000 per person
$24,998 (per person, based on double occupancy)
What’s Included
- Charles de Gaulle Airport pick up and return
- VIP Transfer to Le Mans – Luxury Motor Coach, or First Class Train with Guide
- Exclusive “Heart of the Action” VIP Hospitality overlooking the 65 car grid
- With 5 Star panoramic viewing of the start line, the pits and the dramatic first corner
- Hosted by former 14 x Le Mans and Porsche Driver: Robin Donovan
- Celebrity Guest – 5 x Le Mans winner and Porsche legend: Derek Bell MBE
- Multi-lingual guides and drivers to escort you throughout your stay
- Superb private Château Manor House accommodations – close to the circuit – a key element!
- All VIP meals fully inclusive – at the track, Château and “downtown”
- Normandy D-Day Beaches and Bayeux visit (option)
- Loire Valley wine caves, tasting and 500-year-old Renaissance chateau tour
- Welcome day dinner & post-race celebration BBQ
- Friday downtown “Grand Drivers Parade” start line viewing & hospitality
- Pre-Race evening Gastronomic Experience
- Executive crew bus shuttle service throughout your stay
- Inner circle pre-race grid-walk with the drivers, press and celebrities
- Special Race Team Paddock enclosure & Pit garage “Super-Passes”
- Privileged “team only” pit access visits during the race
- Spectacular VIP Helicopter over-flights of the circuit during the race
- Stunning night-time VIP shuttle bus track tour
- Awesome Mulsanne Straight close-up viewing – 230 mph 15 feet from you!
PLUS:
- Welcome Le Mans 24 Hours goody bag on arrival
- Team Le Mans shirts, flight bags and caps
Itinerary
DAY 1 - Depart from Home
Sunday, June 8 –Depart from your home for your overnight flight to Paris CDG airport France
DAY 2 - Let the Adventure Begin
Monday, June 9
- Enjoy high speed TGV train service from Paris to Le Mans or VIP road transfer.
- Chateau champagne reception on arrival.
- Transfers to Le Mans town center.
- Welcome dinner in Le Mans town center.
- Transfers back to chateau.
DAY 3 - History & Discovery Day
Tuesday, June 10
- Breakfast at the chateau
- Robin Donovan Le Mans driver commented lap of the 10km road part of the circuit
- Le Mans Museum tour finishing with a visit to official ACO shop for souvenirs
- Lunch at the renowned ‘Hotel de France’ in Chartre-sur-le-Loire
- A favorite hangout for many famous teams and drivers and celebrities for decades from Steve McQueen to Stirling Moss, Mario Andretti to Jackie Stewart, Jackie Onasis to Bobby Kennedy.
- Circuit familiarisation afternoon – pit walk, driver autograph sessions, view pit-stop challenge competition
- Robin Donovan Le Mans driver commented lap of the 10km road part of the circuit.
- Dinner at ‘Le Baraque a Boeuf’ restaurant in the picturesque 14th century Le Mans ‘old quarter’
- Transfers back to chateau
DAY 4 - D-Day Beaches & Bayeaux Tour (Option 1)
Wednesday, June 11
- Breakfast at Chateau after guests have equipped themselves with an overnight bag
- Early morning transfer to Normandy (journey time 2.5 – 3 hours).
- D-Day sites to include Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach and Dog Green.
- We then visit the U.S. Cemetery at Coleville (shown at the end of the Saving Private Ryan movie).
- Lunch will be in the celebrated Hotel Le Lion D’Or.
- Illustrious guests here have included Steven Spielberg & Tom, Dwight Eisenhower & Charles de Gaulle, Ernest Hemmingway and even Prince (now King) Charles III.
- Afterwards we tour the Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum in Bayeaux and/or the Bayeaux Tapestry.
- We stay for one night (only) at the Chateau de Bellefontaine hotel.
- We dine either dine in their fine restaurant or in the center of the medieval quarter of Bayeaux.
- After breakfast the following day we leave the hotel promptly in time for our busy Thursday activities
DAY 4 - Le Mans City visit & First Qualifying (Option 2)
Wednesday, June 11
- Breakfast at Chateau
- Transfer to Le Mans and tour the 14th centenary Plantagenet old quarter.
- Enjoy cocktails and lunch in the center of Le Mans at La Liberta.
- Visit the city’s famous 600-year-old landmark – the Cathedral of Saint Julian.
- Return to the circuit for the final evening qualifying session.
- Dinner at your VIP Panoramic hospitality base.
- Transfers back to chateau.
DAY 5 - Loire Valley & Final Qualifying
Thursday, June 12
- Breakfast at Chateau or hotel.
- Transfer first to Hotel de France for coffee stop and to meet the other guests.
- From Bayeaux – 2.5 hours. From Le Mans Chateau – 1 hour.
- We then transfer to the picture postcard town of Amboise set in the very heart of the Loire Valley.
- Visit Caves Ambacia, tour the wine cellars where you enjoy wine tasting hosted by the house sommelier.
- Lunch at Bistro L’Oppidum overlooking the celebrated River Loire.
- Then visit one of the most famous renaissance castles in the Loire – 500-year-old Chateau Chenonceau.
DAY 6 - Parade & Pre-Race Gastro Dinner
Friday, June 13
- Breakfast at the Chateau.
- We then either visit the pit lane and garages; watch teams practice pit stops OR (subject to availability):
- Enjoy a Legends lunch with 5-time Le Mans winner and Porsche legend Derek Bell MBE on the Mulsanne.
- We then head downtown to the ‘Grande Parade des Pilotes’ from exclusive facility right on the start line.
- With cocktails, canapes, and live jazz band.
- See all the competing drivers in vintage cars, dancing girls, costumed musicians, and marching bands.
- Later we enjoy a gastronomic experience at the celebrated Michelin guide restaurant of Auberge Matfeux.
- Robin Donovan to hand out signed copies of his new book ‘The Pits and the Mulsanne’ to each guest.
- Transfers back to chateau.
DAY 7 - RACE DAY
Saturday, June 14
- Breakfast at the chateau.
- Transfer to circuit and VIP hospitality base overlooking the grid and all the pre-race parades and festivities.
- Lunch at Panoramic hospitality base viewing all the start-line pre-race parades and festivities.
- Privileged pre-race grid walk – mixing with the drivers, press, stars and celebrities on the start line.
- Witness the GRAND START from your panoramic position.
- Enjoy a spectacular, early evening, helicopter ride around the full 13km circuit during the racing.
- Buffet dinner served from 6pm onward, refreshments continually available in hospitality base throughout.
- Visit the pits at night; view action-packed refuelling and driver change stops.
- VIP shuttle to dramatic points around circuit such as Indianapolis, Arnage and Mulsanne.
- Witness the cars with headlights blazing, racing into the night at speeds in excess of 230 mph.
- Your choice – head get back to the Chateau or stay as long as you wish.
- Transfers back to chateau available throughout the night.
DAY 8 - GRAND FINISH
Sunday, June 15
- Breakfast at the chateau.
- Circuit transfers to Panoramic hospitality base (unless you stayed the night here).
- If you stayed, then breakfast is served here from 7pm onward.
- Otherwise, VIP Panoramic lunch is served from 12pm onward.
- Witness the final dash to the checkered flag with panoramic views of finish line and podium.
- Post-race champagne celebration as you witness the throngs of spectators descend onto the track.
- Transfers downtown or back to the chateau to enjoy post-race celebration dinner.
DAY 9 - Farewells
Monday, June 16
- Breakfast at the chateau.
- We then say our farewells before:
- Early high-speed TGV train or road transfers back to Charles de Gaulle airport or Paris.