Grand France (2026) - S.S. Catherine
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Grand France (2026) - S.S. Catherine

14 nights · Arles to Paris

Departure
20 September 2026
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Cruises › Europe’s Rivers › Seine · Rhone

14 nights13 portsArles to Paris

The Journey

Day by Day

14 nights · 13 ports

Day 1Arles
Day 2Arles
Day 3Avignon
Day 4Viviers
Day 5Tain-l'Hermitage (Tournon)
Day 6Lyon
Day 7Macon (Beaune)
Day 8Lyon, Transfer to Paris via High-Speed TGV Train
Day 9La Roche-Guyon, Vernon, Giverny
Day 10Rouen
Day 11Caudebec-en-Caux (Honfleur or Etretat)
Day 12Rouen (Normandy Beaches)
Day 13Mantes-la-Jolie (Versailles)
Day 14Paris
Day 15Paris
Arles
Day 1–2
Arles
Roman arena and theatre still standing in the old town, and the streets and light that Van Gogh painted.
Embark
Avignon
Day 3
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 4
Viviers
A small medieval cathedral town on the Rhone, with quiet lanes of old stone houses climbing the hill.
Ashore
Tain-l'Hermitage (Tournon)
Day 5
Tain-l'Hermitage (Tournon)
A Rhone town below the steep Hermitage hill, home of famous northern Rhone wines.
Ashore
Lyon
Day 6
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Macon (Beaune)
Day 7
Macon (Beaune)
A Burgundy town on the Saone at the southern edge of the Maconnais wine country.
Ashore
Lyon, Transfer to Paris via High-Speed TGV Train
Day 8
Lyon, Transfer to Paris via High-Speed TGV Train
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
La Roche-Guyon, Vernon, Giverny
Day 9
La Roche-Guyon, Vernon, Giverny
A Seine town in Normandy and the gateway to Giverny, where Monet painted his water lilies.
Ashore
Rouen
Day 10
Rouen
The Norman capital, with a Gothic cathedral painted again and again by Monet and the square where Joan of Arc died.
Ashore
Caudebec-en-Caux (Honfleur or Etretat)
Day 11
Caudebec-en-Caux (Honfleur or Etretat)
A small Seine town in Normandy, set in a wide bend of the river among apple orchards.
Ashore
Rouen (Normandy Beaches)
Day 12
Rouen (Normandy Beaches)
The Norman capital, with a Gothic cathedral painted again and again by Monet and the square where Joan of Arc died.
Ashore
Mantes-la-Jolie (Versailles)
Day 13
Mantes-la-Jolie (Versailles)
A Seine town with a Gothic collegiate church, a short distance from Paris.
Ashore
Paris
Day 14–15
Paris
The Seine runs through the heart of it, past Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.
Disembark

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The Route

Where You Sail

Seine · Rhone · 14 calls · the line follows the river, not a straight hop between ports

Your Ship

S.S. Catherine

S.S. Catherine

S.S. Catherine

Uniworld · 14 nights · Arles to Paris

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