Day 1–2
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Embark
Day 3
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
A Provencal wine village below the ruins of the papal summer castle, famous for its red wines.
Ashore
Day 4
Arles
Roman arena and theatre still standing in the old town, and the streets and light that Van Gogh painted.
Ashore
Day 5
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 6
Viviers
A small medieval cathedral town on the Rhone, with quiet lanes of old stone houses climbing the hill.
Ashore
Day 7
Tournon
A town on the Rhone facing Tain-l'Hermitage across the river, among the vineyards of the northern Rhone.
Ashore
Day 8
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Day 9–10
Mâcon
A Burgundy town on the Saone at the southern edge of the Maconnais wine country.
Ashore
Day 11
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Day 12
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 13
Libourne
A riverside market town on the Dordogne and the gateway to the vineyards of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol.
Ashore
Day 14
Pauillac
A Medoc town on the Gironde surrounded by some of the most famous wine estates in Bordeaux.
Ashore
Day 15
Fort Médoc
A Vauban fortress on the Gironde at Cussac, built to guard the approach to Bordeaux and now UNESCO listed.
Ashore
Day 16
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 17
Bordeaux City
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 18
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 19–20
Bourg
A small hilltop town on the Dordogne, close to where it meets the Garonne, among the Cotes de Bourg vineyards.
Ashore
Day 21
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
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
