Western Europe

  • 2009

France

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La France

Tour Code - RA

14 days Paris to Paris
Paris, Caen, Mont St. Michel, Tours, Bordeaux, Nimes, Nice, Lyon, Dijon

Prices starting from: $3079

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This 14-day holiday is ideal to explore all of France. Enjoy two-night stays in Paris, Tours, and Nice. Start with a welcome dinner at a local restaurant in Paris, then go from the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower to the landing beaches, from Mont St. Michel to the Loire Valley to visit the castles of Chambord, Catherine de Medici’s Chenonceaux, and Clos Lucé, to admire Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions. Stop at Limoges’ porcelain factory and in picturesque St. Emilion before continuing to Bordeaux. Travel via the medieval walled town of Carcassonne to Nîmes for your overnight stay, and continue via the famous Pont du Gard and Avignon to Nice. Enjoy a whole day at leisure at the Côte d’Azur. Next, stop in the film festival town of Cannes, Aix-en-Provence, and arrive in Lyon. Enjoy wine tasting in Beaune, Burgundy, and stay overnight in pretty Dijon, before returning to Paris, where there is time to do an optional visit to the Louvre Museum for those who wish to do so.

Meals
Breakfast - 13
Lunch - 0
Dinner - 8

Standard Features
PARIS: Welcome dinner at a local restaurant; guided sightseeing, visit the Notre Dame Cathedral, ascend the Eiffel Tower
ROUEN: Walking tour
CAEN: Visit the Memorial Museum for Peace
NORMANDAY BEACHES: Visit the Normandy American Cemetery
BAYEUX: Visit Queen Matilda?s tapestry in the Tapestry Museum
MONT ST MICHEL: Guided visit of the abbey
CHATEUBRIANT: Morning break
ANGERS: Picture stop of the castle
CHATEAUX COUNTRY: Full-day guided sightseeing, visit Chateaux of Chambord, Chenonceau, and Leonardo da Vinci?s home of Clos Luce
LIMOGES: Visit a porcelain factory
ST. EMILION: Orientation
CARCASSONNE: Walk on the ancient battlements
PONT DE GARD: Take pictures of the Roman Aqueduct
AVIGNON: Walking tour, take pictures of the Palace of thePopes and Pont d?Avignon
NICE: Walking tour of the Old Town
CANNES: Drive through the film festival town
AIX-EN-PROVENCE: Orientation
LYON: Orientation including Fourviere Hill
BEAUNE: Wine tasting
DIJON: Orientation
MEALS: Buffet breakfast daily (B); 8 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