Description
| 1 days | |
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| Place | Americas region |
| Detail | Check-in must be completed by 3 hours prior to departure from each region/boundary In-flight accommodation |
| 2 days | |
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| Place | Paris |
| Detail | Upon arrival at Paris Airport, meet your guide, transfer to the city center, have lunch, and then tour Paris with your guide (Champs-Élysées + Arc de Triomphe + Place de la Concorde). After dinner, stay at the hotel HOTEL:TBA**** |
| 3 days | |
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| Place | Paris/Giverny/Etrata/Caën |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, visit Auvers-sur-Oise, the small country village that Van Gogh loved and where he created the most works; Giverny, Étrata, and Caen, home to Claude Monet and boasting beautiful scenery despite its small size; Day 4 & 5: L'Alene and Poitiers. Tour Giverny, famous for being a place where you can see traces of artists. Then, transfer to Étrata in the Normandy region of northwestern France to admire the coastal cliffs, made even more famous by paintings by Maupassant, Coubert, and Monet, where the eroded cliffs are described as resembling elephants; finally, transfer to Caen, the former stronghold of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and check into the hotel.
HOTEL: TBA **** |
| 4 days | |
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| Place | Caen / Mont Michel Michel / Rennes |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to and tour Mont Saint-Michel Island, one of the most famous landmarks. - Visit the interior of the granite island, meaning "Island of the Archangel Michael." - Visit Mont Saint-Michel Abbey, an architectural masterpiece combining Romanesque and Gothic styles. - As darkness falls, admire the abbey's night view, the island's greatest attraction. - Transfer to Rennes and check into the hotel.
HOTEL: TBA **** |
| 5 days | |
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| Place | Rennes/Tur/Poiriers |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Tours in the Loire region, lined with beautiful castles. Tours – Hill overlooking the Loire River. Enter the interior of Amboise Castle, where Leonardo da Vinci met his end. – Enter the interior of the Château de Chenonceau, beautiful enough to be called a jewel of the French Renaissance. Transfer to Poitiers, a beautiful countryside village in central France, and check into the hotel. HOTEL: TBA **** |
| 6 days | |
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| Place | Poirier/Bordeaux/Toulouse |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, travel to Bordeaux Toulouse – Bordeaux, France's largest wine region and fourth-largest city. – Winery Tour with a Sommelier – Free time in Bordeaux Old Town. Transfer to Toulouse, located at the foot of the Pyrenees, and check into your hotel. HOTEL :TBA **** |
| 7 days | |
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| Place | Toulouse/Carcassonne/Arles |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, travel to Carcassonne, Europe's largest walled fortress city, while admiring the beautiful French countryside. Carcassonne – Interior tour of the walled village, Cité (Château de Compalle). – As a typical medieval fortress city featuring defensive walls, residential areas, roads, and a Gothic cathedral, travel to Arles, the city where Vincent van Gogh's soul resides, and tour Arles. – Arles' greatest monuments: Roman-era stadium, amphitheater, and Sainte-Tropiem Church – Place de la Poulenc, featuring a café that perfectly preserves the appearance of Van Gogh's *Café Terrace at Night* – Garden stone at the Espace van Gogh Cultural Center, built on the site of the hospital where Van Gogh was hospitalized after cutting off his own ear: Hotel-style hotel check-in HOTEL: TBA **** |
| 8 days | |
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| Place | Arles/Avignon/Saint-Rémy-de-Vence/Aix-en-Provence/Marseille |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, we will transfer to Avignon, famous for the Papal Papacy, and tour Avignon. – Palais des Papes, the Papal Palace of Avignon, which resembles a fortress and is the most outstanding Gothic royal palace still in existence in the world; Papal Square – View of the Pont Saint-Bénézet, built by Pastor Bénézet with the villagers' offerings throughout his life; Saint-Rémy-de-Vence – Transfer to Saint-Rémy-de-Vence, where Van Gogh stayed for two years and poured his creative passion into his work, and tour the city center. We will travel to beautiful Aix-en-Provence, the hometown of Cézanne, and begin our tour. – Interior tour of *Cézanne's Atelier*, where you can see Cézanne's final moments – Rue Mirabeau, Saint-Sauveur Basilica Seating: Hotel style. Travel to Marseille, France's premier port city and a Greek colony established in 600 BC, and check into the hotel. HOTEL: TBA **** |
| 9 days | |
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| Place | Marseille/Le Tornais/Saint-Raphael/Saint-Maxime/Nice |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to downtown Marseille for sightseeing. Breakfast: Hotel breakfast – A port built by the Greeks in 600 BC. – Visit the interior of Notre Dame Cathedral at the mountaintop and enjoy the Mediterranean scenery. – Le Thoronet – Visit the interior of Le Thoronet Abbey, an architectural masterpiece of the Cistercian Order praised even by Le Corbusier, the greatest architect of the 20th century. – Sightseeing at the Saint-Raphaël-e-Cannes Cinema Street. – Drive along the Côte d'Agevre (Blue Coast Road) passing through the village of Saint-Maxime, and the fantastic coastal cliff road. – Nice – Transfer to Nice, situated along the Côte d'Azur coast, and check into the hotel. HOTEL: TBA **** |
| 10 days | |
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| Place | Nice / Saint-Paul-de-Vence / Monaco |
| Detail | After breakfast at the hotel, we will travel to Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the village loved by the Russian artist Chagall, and go sightseeing. – Free time exploring ateliers and galleries in the beautiful village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, known as Chagall's village on the city walls / Visit the Chagall Museum / Sightseeing in the Principality of Monaco, the world's smallest nation – Tour of the Royal Palace built on a Mediterranean fortress in 1215, the Changing of the Guard, and the Cathedral – Monte Carlo, where only the world's richest people live, and the state-run Royal Casino (exterior). Travel to Nice and check into the hotel. HOTEL: TBA **** |
| 11 days | |
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| Place | Nice/USA |
| Detail | Move to the airport according to each flight schedule
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♣ 11-Day Trip to Southern France Where Artistic Inspiration Comes Alive $4,495/P
♣ Departure Date: 2026 June 22 Lavender Festival, 9 / 21,10 / 21
Mont Saint-Michel - Bordreaux - Toulouse - Carcassonne - Avignon - Marseille - Nice - Monaco - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
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