2 Days/1 Overnight in a 3 star hotel - 472E pp

Day 1

- Paris / Avignon by train TGV
- Discovery ticket (Palais des Papes, Pont d’Avignon, Rhône cruise)
- Dinner downtown.
- 3 star hotel overnight

 

Option 1 - Avignon - Luberon

 

Day 2 : Breakfast at hotel Pick-up at hotel around 9 am for a Lavander excursion and a tour of Luberon villages. You will be driven around a panoramic route through the Luberon to discover the most beautiful villages of Provence : Roussillon (stopover), Gordes (stopover), and entry to the Lavander Museum (inclusive). In season (15/06-15/07) stopover at the Abbey of Sénanque to enjoy the magnificent sight of lavender fields. On Tuesday’s, free time to walk through the provençal market at Gordes. Return to hotel around 1.45 pm.

Free time for lunch. Free afternoon for shopping. Around 5.00pm bus from Avignon town for Avignon TGV. 6.05pm TGV for Paris, arrival 8.45pm.

Price includes : Return journey by TGV, B& B accomodation in 3 star hotel, dinner day 1.
Discovery fare includes : Palais des Papes, Pont d’Avignon, Rhône cruise, half-day excursion.

Option 2 - Avignon and Van Gogh's Provence

 

Day 2 : Around 9 am pick-up for a Van Gogh excursion in Provence. Stopover at Les Antiques in Saint Rémy de Provence (triumphal arch and mausoleum) located in an olive grove frequently painted by Van Gogh. Visit to les Baux de Provence, a charming village perched on a rocky spur 245 metres above sea level. Walking tour through Arles with its rich architectural heritage notably famous Roman amphitheatres, Antique Theatre, the Cathédrale St Trophime and places made famous by Van Gogh’s paintings, most of them intact like The Yellow House, Night Café, Garden at the Hôtel Dieu... Morning excursions : Free time for lunch at the market – Arles (Saturdays) and Fontvieille (Monday). Return around 1.45 pm (Monday and Saturday). (Programme subject to change depending on day of week).

Free afternoon for shopping. Around 5.00pm bus from Avignon town centre for Avignon TGV. TGV departure 6.05 pm for Paris, arrival 8.45 pm.

Price includes : Return journey by TGV, B&B accomodation in 3 star hotel, dinner day 1.
Discovery fare includes : Palais des Papes, Pont d’Avignon, Rhone cruise, half-day excursion.

2 Days/1 Overnight in a 3 star hotel

 

Day 1: Paris – Caen - Bayeux

TGV for Caen.
Visit Caen Memorial with lunch
Guided visit around World War II sites touring the beaches of the Normandy landings (Arromanches, Longues sur Mer, American war grave at Colleville sur Mer, Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc)
Bayeux Overnight

Day 2 : Bayeux – Paris

Breakfast at hotel. Free time to visit Bayeux, long ago sacked by northerners, and the town’s eleventh-century Notre Dame Cathedral -- a fine example of the Norman gothic school of architecture built by Bishop Odon, half-brother of William the Conqueror. You will be free to visit the Museum of the Battle of Normandy which, having been entirely redone in 2006, explores the unique and exhaustive story of Normandy landings and combat between June 7 and August29, 1944. Lunch at the Petit Normand restaurant in town centre. Audio guided visit of the Bayeux tapestry telling the story of King William’s conquest of England following the sermon of Edward the Confessor and the oath taken by King Harold, events which led to the Battle of Hastings. Taxi from hotel to station at the end of the day for the 6.30 pm Corail train to Paris.

Price includes : Return Corail train journey, one night in 3 star hotel, visit to Caen Memorial (tickets valid for 24hrs), lunch at Memorial restaurant grill, 4-5 hours guided tour of the American and Canadian beaches with bilingual guide, illustrated guidebook on the landings, entry to Battle Museum, Bayeux tapestry and audio guide, taxi from hotel to station on day 2.

2 Day/1 Overnight in a 2 star hotel

 

Day 1: Paris – Bordeaux

6.45am Meet at the Gare Montparnasse, TGV at 7.15 am to Bordeaux
Arrive Bordeaux St Jean at 10.21am and settle in at hotel. Free time for lunch
1pm Pick-up at the train station (with tourist office), for a tour called «  St Emilion : the châteaux open their doors for you » (Wednesday, Sunday)

HALF DAY / Wine châteaux tours and tastings in a different Bordeaux appellation every day (except Saint Emilion : one chateau and the medieval city).

Return to hotel around 6pm.
Dinner at the restaurant in down town

Night at the hotel 

Day 2 : Bordeaux – Paris

Breakfast at the hotel.
10am Visit Bordeaux on foot
Free time for lunch

1pm Pick-up at the tourist office, for a tour called « Medoc : the châteaux open their doors for you » (Thursday, Saturday)

HALF DAY / Wine châteaux tours and tastings in a different Bordeaux appellation every day (except Saint Emilion : one chateau and the medieval city).

7.47pm TGV arriving Paris at 10.50pm

2 Day/1 Overnight in a 2 star hotel

 

Day 1: Paris –Strasbourg

7am Meet at the gare de l’Est to take the 7.24am TGV to Strasbourg. 9.42am Arrive in Strasbourg and settle in the hotel located a few metres walk from the Station and the «Petite France » quarter… Welcome at hotel reception desk and distribution of tour tickets. Your Strasbourg Pass will give you free access to a museum, a bateau-mouche tour, a climb up to the cathedral platform and a visit of the astronomical clock and many other advantages… Visit of cathedral (Strasbourg Pass) 12.30 Free time to visit the astronomical clock and the Apostles procession Free time for lunch Museum visit (Strasbourg Pass) Dinner at the restaurant Au Pont Saint Martin ideally located on the bank of the river Ill in the historical quarter of the « Petite France » where you will discover Alsatian gastronomic specialities. Night at the hotel

Day 2 : Obernai - Strasbourg - Paris

Breakfast at the hotel 9.30am A minibus picks you up at the hotel to drive you through Rosheim, Boersch, et Ottrott, picturesque villages of the Wine Route then up to the Mont Sainte Odile. Free time to visit the convent with a splendid view over the Alsatian plain. Drive down to Obernai and walk through the town and its rich architectural heritage. Around 12.30-1pm Lunch at the restaurant Au Gurtlerhoft Around 2pm Free time to visit the Historical Cellar of the Hospices of Strasbourg, an unusual and exceptional place that shows the importance of wine in the history of hospices. (closed on saturday afternoon) Free time. 6.30pm TGV to Paris

Days /1 Overnight in a 2 star hotel

 

Day 1: Paris –Bourges

6.45 am Meet at Gare Austerlitz to take the Corail train, departure 7.06 am for Bourges, arrival 8.57 am. Meet at the tourist office, distribution of your personal welcome pack. Check-in at the Bonnets Rouges, a picturesque 17th century guesthouse ideally located in the historic town centre. Lunch in town centre. In the afternoon a guided (or non-guided) tour of the Cathedral Saint-Étienne, listed by Unesco as World Heritage site, and/or tour of the Old City on foot or by mini train-(March to November). The medieval city is full of artistic, historical and cultural importance. Walk past sumptuous merchant houses, down narrow cobbled lanes, past Renaissance hotels and along Gallo-Roman ramparts. Free time for dinner. In the evening, freely discover the « The Light nights of Bourges » a captivating sound and light show that takes you for an hour’s walk starting from the Jardins de l’Archevêché (Archbishop Gardens) where a film projected onto the Gallo-Roman wall retraces the history of Bourges, once called Avaricum « city of water ». (Show is free and opens at nightfall, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in May, June and September ; Daily July, August.) Night at the Bonnets Rouges guesthouse.

Day 2 : Sancerre – Paris

Breakfast at guesthouse You will visit the Palais Jacques-Cœur, magnificent 15th century gothic civic building built on the Gallo-Roman ramparts. With its lavishly sculptured façades and very innovative architecture, it symbolises the success of the superintendent of King Charles VII. Jacques Cœur was an adventurer, a skilled merchant and also a great communicator who signed everywhere his presence with his emblem «a heart and a shell» and whose motto « with a courageous heart nothing is impossible » travelled through the centuries to present day. Wine tastings in the Cave des Beaux Arts (open daily except Sunday). Your multilingual host (French, English, Dutch, German) introduces 800 of his own exceptional selections with humour and passion, inviting you to discover many subtle, petullant and aromatic flavours. Lunch in the Marais followed by a visit to the Marais de Bourges – the Bourges marshes (free time to visit), « A Garden in the City » -- 135 hectares of green and tranquil marshland in the heart of the city. Free time to wander and shop in the pedestrianized streets of Bourges. Meet at the station at 5 pm for a 5.35pm departure to Paris, arrival around 7.30 pm.