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Tour Length: 9 Days
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Tour Category: Regional
Tour Operator: Trafalgar Tours
Tour Code: TT-FTOF-2010
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Cities Visited:
Paris, Rouen, Honfleur, Bayeux, Loire Valley, Chartres

Northern France is a treasure trove. Enjoy wine tasting in the Loire Valley, visit the D-Day landing beaches and Bayeux Tapestry Museum. Gaze at magnificent Mont St Michel Abbey surrounded by water and enjoy scenic drives through Normandy, Brittany and the Loire Valley.

 

Sightseeing Highlights
  • Paris: Ascent of the Eiffel Tower, visitMontmartre, plus views of the Louvre and Champs Élysées.
  • Rouen: Visit Joan of Arc''s city.
  • Honfleur: Visit this picturesque harbour town.
  • Normandy: Visit the D-Day landing beaches.
  • Bayeux: Visit the historic Bayeux Tapestry Museum.
  • Mont St. Michel: Visit the Benedictine Abbey.
  • Angers: See the city of the Plantagenet kings.
  • Chenonceau: Visit Catherine de Medici''schâteau.
  • Chambord: View the largest château in theLoire Valley.
  • Amboise: Visit the chateau of the town whereLeonardo da Vinci lived.
  • Chartres: Visit the cathedral.
  • Saumur: Enjoy a wine tasting in châteauxcountry.

Dining Highlights
  • 7 hot buffet breakfasts.
  • 3 three-course dinners.
  • Farewell Dinner with wine in a restaurant in Paris.
  • 11 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)

First Class Travel Highlights
  • First Class hotel accommodation includes twin-bedded rooms withprivate facilities, all hotel service charges and tips, baggagehandling fees and local taxes included.
  • Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and awashroom onboard.
  • The services of one of Trafalgar''s top professional multi-lingualTour Directors.
  • A qualified local city guide in Paris and the Loire Valley.
  • Airport transfers are provided on Day 2 and Day 9.
  • A stylish wallet, tour documents and Welcome on Tour book.

Airport Transfers
  • London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive,particularly between the airport and your London hotel. But whenyou book your Trafalgar tour and take advantage of our land and airpackages, we have included a FREE transfer to and from London''sairports and your Trafalgar London hotel. For passengers who havetheir own flight arrangements we offer you the opportunity topurchase inexpensive transfers to and from London''s Heathrow -Trafalgar has negotiated special rates for the Dot2Dot transferfrom London''s Heathr
  • Important - Please Note: Passengers will only beentitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing thefollowing conditions are met:
  • For included transfers: Your flights must be booked directly byTrafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. For chargeabletransfers: Your Travel Agent provides detailed flight informationto Trafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. Oncetransfers are booked they cannot be changed.
  • For London arrivals, you must stay at a London hotel booked byTrafalgar on the night of arrival and the night prior to yourdeparture date.
  • Trafalgar only includes one inbound and one outbound transfer.
  • In the event of flight delays outside of Trafalgar''s control, thetransfers will be deemed to be cancelled.
  • All transfers are based on group transfers. No refund is thereforeavailable for missed transfers, or passengers not using thisservice.
  • In the event of unforeseen events (such as road or rail works,strikes or demonstrations), Trafalgar will not be responsible fordelayed or cancelled transfers.
  • Heathrow Airport: National Express Dot2Dot willpick up and drop off in time to meet all flights to/from London''sHeathrow Airport. For guests arriving at the Dot2Dot desk after22.00 hrs please make use of the courtesy phone to arrange yourtransfer to your Trafalgar hotel.
  • Gatwick Airport: Passengers who have bookedTrafalgar''s Land and Air packages arriving at London''s GatwickAirport are provided with a Gatwick Express train voucher. TheGatwick Express train journey from Gatwick Airport to London''sVictoria Station takes 30 minutes. Guests then need to make theirway from Victoria Station to their Trafalgar hotel.
  • European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengerswill receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on thescheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the timesspecified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves yourflight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown.
  • Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar''s Land+Air packageand who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on thescheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also beprovided with a transfer.
  • Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tourdays are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase onethrough Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additionalpre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask forprices of transfers at the time of booking your extra nightaccommodation.
  • Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tourarrival or departure days but whose flights don''t coincide with thelisted transfer times below may also book and purchase thesetransfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not lessthan 21 days before the flight departure.
 

Day 1 - Depart USA
Overnight flight to Paris

Day 2 - Arrive Paris
Welcome to France! After hotel check-in, there is time to relax andunwind or perhaps to start to explore this magnificent capitalcity. Tonight we enjoy a Welcome Drink and tour briefing with ourTour Director and meet our fellow travelers.Hotel: Evergreen Laurel

Day 3 - Paris - Rouen - Bayeux
Our sightseeing tour includes the Champs Élysées, Arc deTriomphe, Place de la Concorde, views of Notre Dame Cathedral andan ascent to the second level of the Eiffel Tower for panoramicviews over the city. Then we drive to Montmartre where we take thefunicular to the Place du Tertre, for a walking tour of the area inthe shadow of the Sacre Coeur Basilica. Afterwards, we drive toRouen, where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake. From here we makeour way to Honfleur and on to Bayeux for the night. (Buffetbreakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Novotel

Day 4 - Bayeux - D-Day Landing Beaches - Mont St. Michel
We visit the Tapestry Museum where the tapestry depicts the Battleof Hastings in 1066, the event which radically changed the historyof both France and England for centuries. Then we visit the landingbeaches of the 1944 campaign and the Omaha military cemetery. Thenon to Mont St. Michel, where we visit the Benedictine Abbey. Thefirst structure, a simple oratory, was built here in the 8thcentury by the Bishop of Avranches, and was subsequently expandedand enhanced with the addition of Romanesque and Gothic buildings.Later we enjoy dinner in our hotel. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Le Relais Du Roy

Day 5 - Mont St. Michel - Loire Valley - Amboise (2 nights)
Today our Tour Director will reveal to us the location of a HiddenTreasure! But first we travel south, passing by the beautiful townof Château Gontier beside the River Mayenne, en route to theLoire Valley, renowned for its chateaux and delicious wines. Wehave the opportunity to sample some of these local wines in Saumurbefore continuing onto our hotel in Amboise where we have dinnertonight. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Novotel (2 nights)

Day 6 - Châteaux Excursion
Today with a local guide, we will visit fairytale Chenonceau, builton the River Cher where the unique beauty of its architecture isreflected in the water. The château owes a large part of itscharm to women: it was built in 1513 by Katherine Briconnet, thenmade even more attractive by Diane de Poitiers and Catherine deMedici and saved from the rigours of the French Revolution byMadame Dupin. The château is not only remarkable for itsarchitecture and history but also for the fine qualityof its collections including the Renaissance furniture,priceless tapestries and numerous masterpieces including Rubens andTintoretto. Then we will return to Amboise to visit thechâteau where King François I spent much of his childhoodwith his mother, Louise of Savoy. During the first few years of hisreign the château reached the pinnacle of its glory. As aguest of the King, Leonardo da Vinci came to Château Amboisein December 1515 and lived and worked in the nearby Clos Lucé,connected to the château by an underground passage. Somehistorians believeLeonardo is buried in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert, adjoiningthe château. (Buffet breakfast)

Day 7 - Amboise - Chambord - Chartres - Paris (2 nights)
This morning we visit Chambord, the largest castle in the LoireValley. It is one of the most recognizable châteaux in theworld because of its very distinct French Renaissance architecturethat blends traditional French medieval forms with classicalItalian structures. The chateau was constructed by KingFrançois I in part to be near to his mistress the Comtesse deThoury, but was really built to serve only as a royal huntinglodge, because his main royal residences were at Château deBlois and at Château d''Amboise. Then we drive on to Chartresto visit the cathedral. Here we stop to marvel inside at thebeautiful stained glass rose window. From here we continue to theglittering capital city, Paris, for the next two nights. Tonight,maybe enjoy a spectacular Parisian cabaret show? (Buffetbreakfast) Hotel: Renaissance La Defense (2 nights)

Day 8 - Paris at leisure
Enjoy a full day at leisure. You may sightsee further or perhapsshop in the boutiques for next year''s fashions. Why not browsearound the Left Bank and take a Seine cruise to view the beauty ofParis from a different perspective? Or perhaps visit the vastLouvre Museum where one can still be mystified by the Mona Lisacreated by Leonardo da Vinci. Later we will enjoy a celebratoryFarewell Dinner with wine together with our Tour Director and ournew-found friends. (Buffet breakfast / Farewell Dinner)

Day 9 - Paris - USA
Bid ''au revoir'' to your Tour Director and fellow travelers as ourtour of Northern France comes to an end. Transfers are available,conditions apply. (Buffet breakfast)

Free airport transfers:
Transfers on Day 2 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport will operateat 08.30, 11.00 and 13.30. Passengers arriving later should maketheir own way to the first hotel. Return transfers on the lasttouring day will arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport at 08.00and 11.30.

 

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  • Paris
  • Rouen
  • Honfleur
  • Bayeux
  • Loire Valley
  • Chartres
 

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