FRENCH ART AND HISTORY
Information
- Location:
Paris
St. Malo
Nantes
Angers
Tours
Amboise
Blois
Chambord
Orléans
Gien
Briar
Montargis
Fontainebleau- Duration:
- 8 days
- Price From:
- $
FRENCH ART AND HISTORY
8 Days Tour $
General Information
Included Features
Accommodation at selected hotels, service charges & hotel taxes, luggage handling
Breakfast daily, dinners and lunches as per program
Arrival and departure transfers
Touring by modern air-conditioned coach
Professional tour director throughout
Sightseeing
Enchanting Paris
Chartres Cathedral
Mont-Saint-Michel
The historic walled city of St. Malo
Nantes l Angers
The old city of Orleans
Beautiful Gien
Briare
Montargis, the 'Venice of the Gatinais'
Magnificent Fontainebleau
Airport arrival, then transfer to a selected hotel. After checkin, afternoon city tour, followed by free time and dinner in an atmospheric Parisian restaurant. (D,O)
A morning visit to the glorious Palace of Versailles. After free time for lunch, we visit Notre Dame Cathedral (a UNESCO World Heritage site) in Chartres, with sightseeing around lovely Chartres. (B,D,O)
Departure for the UNESCO World Heritage site of Mon t St. Michel, with free time for lunch en route. The fabulous little island, with its historic abbey and beautiful village, is a tourist magnet. Then leave for the beautiful walled port city of St Malo. (B,L,D,O)
Our first stop is gorgeous Nantes. Visit the ancient Dukes of Brittany Castle, with its splendid courtyard, then enjoy sightseeing around the town. Onward to the imposing Angers Fortress, and to medieval Tours, with dinner an d overnight. (B,D,O)
After breakfast, view the fabulous half-timbered me dieval buildings of Tours, with its fine cafe-filled square s. Then we go on to the stunning Chateau de Blois, one of France's most prestigious Renaissance monuments, and a favorite home of French kings. (B,D,O
Joan of Arc's pretty Orléans on the mighty Loire River has much to see within its old walls. We also visit Ann e of Beaujeu's Castle of Gien, the magnificent aqueduct at Briare and Montargis, which calls itself the Venice of Gatinais because of its 127 bridges. (B,D,O)
A morning visit to the world famous UNESCO-listed Fontainebleau Palace, which every French king rightly cherished and embellished with the stunning work of their best artists, painters, sculptors, architects and gardeners. After lunch, return to Paris. (B,L,D,O)
Free time before your airport transfer can be used to visit artistic Montmartre and the dramatic Church of Sacre Coeur. Transfer to the airport. (B)