Europe

Paris and the romantic French countryside in this 11-day holiday! Start with two nights in Paris, and enjoy a welcome dinner at a local restaurant. Guided sightseeing includes a visit to magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral and an ascent to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. Then continue by high-speed “TGV” train to Bordeaux and enjoy an excursion to St. Emilion with wine tasting. Via Biarritz to Lourdes, where two nights offer enough time for a guided walking tour and to follow the pilgrims to St. Bernadette’s Grotto. Stop in the beautifully preserved medieval walled city of Carcassonne on your way to Nîmes, and enjoy a walking tour. Visit Pont du Gard, the 2,000-years-old Roman Aqueduct, and Avignon. Also stop in famous Aix-en-Provence and Cannes before arriving at your beachfront hotel in Monte Carlo in the Principality of Monaco, where two nights allow exciting excursion possibilities.

Meals
Breakfast - 10
Lunch - 0
Dinner - 4

Standard Features
PARIS: Welcome dinner at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing, visit the Notre Dame Cathedral; ascend the Eiffel Tower
PARIS-BORDEAUX: By high-speed "TGV" train (first-class)
BORDEAUX: Walking tour
ST. EMILION: Wine tasting
BIARRITZ: Visit the Atlantic coast resort
LOURDES: Guided walking tour
CARCASSONNE: Visit the medieval town
NIMES: Walking tour
AVIGNON: Walking tour, take pictures of the Palace of the Popes and Pont d'Avignon
PONT DU GARD: Take pictures of the Roman Aqueduct
AIX-EN-PROVENCE: Walking tour
MEALS: Buffet breakfast daily (B); 4 three-course dinners (D), including a welcome dinner in Paris
Inside visits and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges where applicable