A Culinary Experience In Burgundy & Provence With 2 Nights In Paris, 2 Nights In Nice & 3 Nights In

Booking Dates

01/10/2021 through 04/01/2021

Travel Dates

01/10/2021 through 04/18/2021

Provider

Avalon Waterways

Take a wondrous river cruise through France along the Rhône and Saône Rivers and continue your European vacation with a bonus Monograms® vacation package in beautiful Nice and Barcelona. Before sailing, you’ll spend two nights in Paris-The City of Light. See Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, and more.

Indulge in the legendary cuisine of France on this culinary focused cruise through Burgundy and Provence. With a master of wine on board and special culinary highlights throughout your cruise, you’ll sample regional French specialties with on-board wine tastings with cheese and chocolate and wine-and-food pairings. Enjoy a pastry demonstration by a French chef, and attend a cooking class. First, cruise to Mcon, then to Lyon, a showcase of medieval and Renaissance architecture. Beautifully nestled among vineyards, you’ll find the twin cities of Tournon and Tain l’Hermitage. Enjoy a guided walk of Tournon, a medieval treasure with plenty of Roman ruins. Continue your river cruise to historical Avignon and see the 14th-century Palace of the Popes. On the Rhône River sits Arles-famous for inspiring the paintings of Van Gogh and its 1st-century Roman Amphitheatre. Disembark your river cruise ship in Port-Saint-Louis and transfer to Nice to enjoy your Monograms® vacation package with two more nights in France. Here, you’ll walk through the Old Town and the Promenade des Anglais, Nice’s most famous boulevard. In your free time, perhaps take an excursion to Monaco or Cannes-known for its famous film festival.

Fly from Nice to Barcelona, where you’ll enjoy guided sightseeing, including Passeig de Grcia, La Pedrera, Casa Batlló, an inside visit of Sagrada Familia Basilica, and relaxing free time-all part of your Monograms vacation package in Spain. At your service is an expert Monograms Local Host® who is available to you throughout your stay in Nice and Barcelona. Fantastic French landscapes, landmarks, and cuisine, combined with the colorful city of Barcelona, create the perfect European getaway.

Included Features:

Day 1 Paris: Welcome to France

Day 2 Paris: Guided sightseeing

Day 3 Dijon-Beaune-St. Jean de Losne (Embarkation): High-speed train to Dijon; motorcoach transfer to Beaune and visit to the Hôtel-Dieu; onboard welcome reception

Day 4 Mcon: Leisurely cruising; onboard cheese and wine tasting

Day 5 Lyon: Guided sightseeing; picture stop on Fourvière Hill; onboard pastry demonstration

Day 6 Lyon: Culinary tour

Day 7 Tournon-Viviers: Guided walk in Tournon; onboard chocolate and wine tasting, guided walk in Viviers, visit the Old Town and the cathedral

Day 8 Avignon: Guided sightseeing, visit to the Palace of the Popes; onboard food and wine pairing dinner

Day 9 Arles: Choice of guided sightseeing in Arles, visit the RomanAmphitheatre, or painting workshop

Day 10 Port-Saint-Louis (Disembarkation)-Nice: Transfer from your ship to Nice; guided walking tour with Promenade des Anglais and the Old Town

Day 11 Nice: Day at leisure

Day 12 Nice-Barcelona, Spain: Transfer to Nice airport for your flight to Barcelona

Day 13 Barcelona: Guided sightseeing, visit Sagrada Familia Basilica

Day 14 Barcelona: Day at leisure

Day 15 Barcelona: Your vacation ends this morning

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Day 3	Paris – Dijon – Beaune – St. Jean De Losne (Embarkation) Depart Time: -- - Arrive Time: --	Details
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Destination

Arles

Visit Arles, one of the Mediterrean towns featured in Van Gogh’s paintings.

Avignon

Located in Southeast France on the Rhone River. With a population near 90,000, it is a wine producing and manufacturing area. Famous Gothic church and many other historic sites are located in the city.

Barcelona

The airport for Puerto La Cruz in northeast on the Caribbean. Isla de Margarita is off the coast.

Nice

Nice (nês), city (1990 pop. 342,439), capital of Alpes-Maritimes dept., SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea. This famous French Riviera resort relies mostly on tourists, but electronics and other manufactures are important. Nice probably originated as a Greek colony in the 5th cent. B.C. Sardinia held it from 1814 to 1860, when a plebiscite gave it to France.

It lies just west of Monaco and enjoys moderate weather during the winter months and lovely warm weather in the Spring and Summer. Whether you are just driving through or staying, Nice is a very nice place to stay! Many great hotels and restaurants are to be found along the coastline and in the surrounding hills overlooking the Mediterranean.

Paris

As the French capital, Paris is the commercial, financial, and industrial focus of France, a major transportation hub, and a cultural and intellectual center of international renown. A beautiful city in which tourism is the main industry, Paris is cut by the Seine River. On its stately, formal right (northern) bank are many of the most fashionable streets and shops, and such landmarks as the Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, Louvre, and Sacré Coeur.

The left bank houses governmental offices and is the site of much of the city’s intellectual life. It is known for its old Latin Quarter and for such landmarks as the Sorbonne, the Luxembourg Palace, the Panthéon, and the modern Pompidou Center (see Beaubourg). The historic core of Paris is the Île de la Cité, a small island occupied in part by the Palais de Justice and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Above the city rises the Eiffel Tower. Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements (boroughs) and governed by a mayor.

A fishing village when it was conquered (52 B.C.) by Caesar, it became an important Roman town. It was a Merovingian capital in the 5th cent. and became the national capital with the accession (987) of Hugh Capet, count of Paris. It flowered as the center of medieval commerce and scholasticism but suffered severely during the Hundred Years War. Paris consistently displayed a rebellious and independent spirit, as in its resistance to Henry IV (1589-93); the first Fronde (1648-49); the revolutions of 1789, 1830, and 1848; and the Commune of Paris (1871). During World War II it was occupied (1940-44) by the Germans but was relatively undamaged.

Tournon

A beautiful, secluded city along the Rhone River.

Pricing

Travel Dates	Price
04/04/21 - 04/18/21	Starting At $8,283		Get A Quote
04/04/21 - 04/18/21	Starting At $6,504		Get A Quote

Terms and Conditions

Prices are per person, land or cruise only, based on double occupancy. Offer subject to availability and change without notice. Some restrictions may apply. Please ask us for details.

Charges not included in the land vacation price: airfare to and from the start of your vacation; airline baggage fees including checked and/or excess baggage fees; Federal inspection fees for the Federal U.S. Customs and Immigrations; agricultural tax; other per person taxes imposed by government entities; applicable cruise taxes, fees, fares and port charges; passports; visas and vaccinations; transfers; tips to your Tour or Cruise Director, Local Host, driver, Local Guides, and/or ships’ crew; gratuities on ferries, trains, and cruise ships; laundry; telephone; minibar; alcohol, beverages, and food outside of the contracted menu as presented at a hotel or restaurant (these extra items will be billed to you before leaving the hotel, ship, or restaurant); additional excursions and activities not listed as ‘included’ in the itinerary; porterage at airports or train stations; Travel Protection premiums; and all other items of a personal nature.

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