Day 1–2
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Embark
Day 3
Libourne
A riverside market town on the Dordogne and the gateway to the vineyards of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol.
Ashore
Day 4
Pauillac
A Medoc town on the Gironde surrounded by some of the most famous wine estates in Bordeaux.
Ashore
Day 5
Fort Médoc
A Vauban fortress on the Gironde at Cussac, built to guard the approach to Bordeaux and now UNESCO listed.
Ashore
Day 6
Cadillac
A small walled town on the Garonne with the Chateau des Ducs d'Epernon, at the edge of the sweet wine country.
Ashore
Day 7
Bordeaux City
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 8
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 9–10
Bourg
A small hilltop town on the Dordogne, close to where it meets the Garonne, among the Cotes de Bourg vineyards.
Ashore
Day 11
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 12
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Day 13
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A Provencal wine village below the ruins of the papal summer castle, famous for its red wines.
Ashore
Day 14
Arles
Roman arena and theatre still standing in the old town, and the streets and light that Van Gogh painted.
Ashore
Day 15
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
Day 16
Viviers
A small medieval cathedral town on the Rhone, with quiet lanes of old stone houses climbing the hill.
Ashore
Day 17
Tournon
A town on the Rhone facing Tain-l'Hermitage across the river, among the vineyards of the northern Rhone.
Ashore
Day 18
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Day 19–20
Mâcon
A Burgundy town on the Saone at the southern edge of the Maconnais wine country.
Ashore
Day 21
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Day 22
Les Andelys
A Seine town in Normandy below the ruins of Chateau Gaillard, built by Richard the Lionheart.
Ashore
Day 23–24
Rouen
The Norman capital, with a Gothic cathedral painted again and again by Monet and the square where Joan of Arc died.
Ashore
Day 25–27
Honfleur
A Normandy harbour of tall slate-fronted houses around the Vieux Bassin, loved by the Impressionists.
Ashore
Day 28
Vernon
A Seine town in Normandy and the gateway to Giverny, where Monet painted his water lilies.
Ashore
Day 29
Conflans
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, at the meeting of the Seine and the Oise, the river barge capital of France.
Ashore
Day 30–31
Paris
The Seine runs through the heart of it, past Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.
Disembark
