Delightful Douro & Spectacular South of France
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Delightful Douro & Spectacular South of France

18 nights · Porto to Lyon · Scenic Azure

Departure
20 March 2027
From
$14,440 per person
Traveling solo
$27,550 per person
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18 nights15 portsPorto to LyonScenic Azure

The Journey

Day by Day

18 nights · 15 ports

Day 1Porto
Day 2Porto
Day 3Pinhão
Day 4Barca d’Alva
Day 5Pocinho
Day 6Regua
Day 7Porto
Day 8Porto
Day 9Lyon
Day 10Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Day 11Arles
Day 12Avignon
Day 13Viviers
Day 14Tournon
Day 15Lyon
Day 16Mâcon
Day 17Mâcon
Day 18Lyon
Porto
Day 1–2
Porto
Steep streets of tiled houses tumbling down to the Douro, with the port lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia across the river.
Embark
Pinhão
Day 3
Pinhão
A small village at the heart of port wine country, surrounded by terraced vineyards and quintas along the Douro.
Ashore
Barca d’Alva
Day 4
Barca d’Alva
The last Portuguese stop on the Douro before Spain, a small village among almond orchards.
Ashore
Pocinho
Day 5
Pocinho
A quiet stop high on the Douro, close to the Coa Valley and its prehistoric rock engravings.
Ashore
Regua
Day 6
Regua
The town at the heart of the Douro wine region, home of the Douro Museum and surrounded by terraced vineyards.
Ashore
Porto
Day 7–8
Porto
Steep streets of tiled houses tumbling down to the Douro, with the port lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia across the river.
Ashore
Lyon
Day 9
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Day 10
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A Provencal wine village below the ruins of the papal summer castle, famous for its red wines.
Ashore
Arles
Day 11
Arles
Roman arena and theatre still standing in the old town, and the streets and light that Van Gogh painted.
Ashore
Avignon
Day 12
Avignon
The city of the popes on the Rhone, its Palais des Papes and the broken Pont Saint-Benezet both close to the quay.
Ashore
Viviers
Day 13
Viviers
A small medieval cathedral town on the Rhone, with quiet lanes of old stone houses climbing the hill.
Ashore
Tournon
Day 14
Tournon
A town on the Rhone facing Tain-l'Hermitage across the river, among the vineyards of the northern Rhone.
Ashore
Lyon
Day 15
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Mâcon
Day 16–17
Mâcon
A Burgundy town on the Saone at the southern edge of the Maconnais wine country.
Ashore
Lyon
Day 18
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Disembark

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The Route

Where You Sail

Douro · 12 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

Scenic Azure

Scenic Azure

Scenic Azure

Scenic · 18 nights · Porto to Lyon

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