Day 1
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Embark
Day 2
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 3
Cussac Fort Medoc
A Vauban fortress on the Gironde at Cussac, built to guard the approach to Bordeaux and now UNESCO listed.
Ashore
Day 4
Blaye, Bourg sur Gironde
A small hilltop town on the Dordogne, close to where it meets the Garonne, among the Cotes de Bourg vineyards.
Ashore
Day 5
Libourne (Saint-Emilion)
A riverside market town on the Dordogne and the gateway to the vineyards of Saint-Emilion and Pomerol.
Ashore
Day 6
Libourne, Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 7
Bordeaux
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 8
Bordeaux, Transfer to Paris via High-Speed TGV Train
A city of pale stone along the Garonne, its grand eighteenth-century quays reflected in the Miroir d'Eau.
Ashore
Day 9
La Roche-Guyon, Vernon, Giverny
A Seine town in Normandy and the gateway to Giverny, where Monet painted his water lilies.
Ashore
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
Day 11
Caudebec-en-Caux (Honfleur)
A small Seine town in Normandy, set in a wide bend of the river among apple orchards.
Ashore
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
Day 13
Mantes-la-Jolie (Versailles)
A Seine town with a Gothic collegiate church, a short distance from Paris.
Ashore
Day 14
Paris
The Seine runs through the heart of it, past Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.
Ashore
Day 15
Paris, Transfer to Lyon via High-Speed TGV Train
The Seine runs through the heart of it, past Notre-Dame, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.
Ashore
Day 16
Lyon
Where the Rhone meets the Saone, with a Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill and a long tradition at the table.
Ashore
Day 17
Macon (Beaune)
A Burgundy town on the Saone at the southern edge of the Maconnais wine country.
Ashore
Day 18
Tain-l'Hermitage (Tournon)
A Rhone town below the steep Hermitage hill, home of famous northern Rhone wines.
Ashore
Day 19
Viviers, 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 20
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 21–22
Arles
Roman arena and theatre still standing in the old town, and the streets and light that Van Gogh painted.
Disembark
