| Trip Itinerary |
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| DAY 1 USA - Paris |
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 VIP Door-to-Door Transfer
to your local airport for your
overnight flight to Paris. |
| DAY 2 Arrive Paris |
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 Welcome to Paris! On arrival at
Charles de Gaulle Airport, your
airport shuttle service leaves for
the tour hotel at 09:00, 12:00
& 15:00. After checking in, the
remainder of the day is yours to
explore the City of Lights at your
own pace. This evening enjoy a
Welcome Drink with your Tour
Director and meet your new
companions. |
| DAY 3 Paris |
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 Truly one of Europe’s great
cities, Paris has an appeal
all of her own. Our resident
local expert takes us down the
Champs-Elysees to view the
Arc de Triomphe, Place de la
Concorde, and the magnifi cent
Gothic Cathedral of Notre
Dame. Enjoy a highlight visit to
Napoleon’s Tomb beneath Les Invalides. This evening don’t miss
the opportunity to see an exciting
Parisian Cabaret with the French
Can-Can.
Breakfast Included |
| DAY 4 Paris |
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 A full day at leisure today to
explore one of the most beautiful
cities! Stroll past the fashion
houses and boutiques of the
Champs-Elysees, visit one of 90
museums including the famous
Louvre or the Musee d’Orsay,
shop for paintings in Montmartre
or just enjoy a coffee in a sidewalk
cafe!
Breakfast Included |
| DAY 5 Paris - Avignon (French TGV Train Included) |
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This morning board the famous
French TGV train for a comfortable
ride through Burgundy to
Avignon. Upon arrival, we join our
motorcoach for a short drive to Pont
du Gard to view the three-tiered
Roman Aqueduct. For dinner
this evening, enjoy the freedom
of your Dine- Around program
and choose from a selection of
restaurants recommended by your Tour Director.
Breakfast and Dine-Around Dinner Included |
| DAY 6 Avignon -Nice |
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 Enjoy a highlight morning visit
to Avignon’s magnifi cent Papal
Palace and see the famous
bridge. Head southeast through
Provence, famed for its lavender
and sunfl ower fi elds that inspired
the great impressionist painters.
This afternoon we arrive for
a relaxing two night stay in
Nice, the “Queen of the French
Riviera.” Tonight, we visit
a casino in the principality
of Monte Carlo and enjoy a
Highlight Dinner.
Breakfast and Highlight Dinner Included |
| DAY 7 Nice |
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 Enjoy the delights of the Cote
d’Azur at leisure with an entire
day to explore.
Breakfast Included |
| DAY 8 Nice - Nimes - Carcassone |
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Our fi rst stop this morning is
Nimes to see the Roman Arena and Maison Carre. Then it’s on
to a leisurely two-night stay in
Carcassonne, where we enjoy an
orientation walk around this walled
city surrounded by vineyards.
Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| DAY 9 Carcassonne |
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Enjoy a full day at leisure
to explore this unique town
or perhaps join an optional
excursion into “Hidden France”
to Albi.
Breakfast Included |
| DAY 10 Carcassonne - Lourdes - Bordeaux |
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A special highlight today as we
make our way into the towering
French Pyrenees en route to
the remarkable pilgrimage town
of Lourdes. Here we see the
beautiful basilica on top of St.
Bernadette’s grotto where the
young Soubirous was thought
to have had her fi rst vision of
the Virgin Mary. Continue to
our hotel in Bordeaux.
Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| DAY 11 Bordeaux - Cognac - Blois |
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After a stop to see Quinconces
Square, a visit is included to the
Courvoisier distillery at Jarnac
with an opportunity to taste some
of the world’s finest brandy. Then,
via Poitiers to the famous valley
of the River Loire and the Garden
of France. This is France as
you’ve always imagined it: rolling
vineyards, quiet canals, imposing
castles and elegant chateaux
around every corner. Spend the
next two relaxing nights in the
heart of the Loire Valley.
Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| DAY 12 Blois (Chateaux Excursion Included) |
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 A full day to visit the best
chateaux of France! We begin with
a visit to the 16th-century Chateau
de Chenonceau, incredibly
engineered over the River Cher.
We continue on to view the
beautiful Chateau of Chambord,
the largest of the Loire chateaux,
before a guided visit of the
impressive Chateau d’Amboise, where Leonardo da Vinci spent
the last years of his life and was
eventually buried.
Breakfast Included |
| DAY 13 Blois - Mont St. Michel - Normandy |
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 This morning we travel along the Loire Valley before reaching that
marvel of French architecture,
Mont St. Michel. This mass of
granite rising 400 feet from the
sea was begun in 709 A.D. Visit
its famous Benedictine monastery
added in the 13th-century. After
a visit to the incredible Bayeux
Tapestry Museum we continue to
our hotel for a relaxing two-night
stay. Rediscover the victory of
the D-Day landings as we hear
a special lecture from a local
resident as part of our Explore &
Discover™ series.
Breakfast and Dinner Included |
| DAY 14 Normandy |
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 Today we remember the heroes
of the D-Day landings. Visit the
Normandy Landing Beaches,
the museum at Arromanches, the American Military Cemetery
at Omaha Beach, Pointe du
Hoc (heroically secured by the
American Rangers) and St. Mere
Eglise at Utah Beach.
Breakfast Included |
| DAY 15 Normandy - Giverny - Paris |
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After a stop in Joan of Arc’s
Rouen, we continue to Giverny
to visit Claude Monet’s house
and beautiful gardens, the
inspiration for his “water lily”
paintings. We end our day
back in Paris with a Highlight
Farewell Bistro Dinner.
Breakfast and Highlight Dinner Included |
| DAY 16 Paris - USA |
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 Today, we say “au revoir” to
France. Departure transfers
arrive at Charles de Gaulle
Airport at 08:00 & 10:00.
Breakfast Included |
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