Itinerary
- Intro
Introduction
- Day 1
Paris
Paris- Meals
- Dinner
Optional Activities
- Explore Paris with shopping, strolling, or café visits
- Day 2
Vernon
Vernon- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional French luncheon of authentic French crêpes), Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided Bike Tour from Vernon to Giverny with visit to Monet's gardens and home (Active option)
- Guided Tour of Giverny—home of Claude Monet with gardens (Classic option)
- Guided Visit to Bizy Castle—Normandy's Versailles (Classic option)
- Traditional French luncheon of authentic crêpes with onboard history presentation (Discovery option)
- Guided Hike to Château Gaillard castle ruins (Active option)
- Guided Walking Tour of Les Andelys (Classic option)
- Live entertainment onboard
Landmarks Monet's Gardens (Giverny) Bizy Castle Château Gaillard - Day 3
Caudebec
Caudebec- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Relaxing bike ride along the river (Active option)
- Guided excursion to V-1 flying bomb launch site (Discovery option)
- Guided Trip along the Normandy Abbeys Route—over 100 medieval Benedictine and Augustine abbeys and churches (Classic option)
- Onboard lecture about WWII hosted by history expert (Discovery option)
- Live entertainment onboard
Optional Activities
- Guided Optional Excursion to Honfleur—old seaside town
Landmarks Honfleur - Day 4
Caudebec
Caudebec- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided Tour of Normandy's WWII landing beaches—Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc monument, and American Cemetery (Classic option)
- Guided Tour of British and Canadian commemorative sites—British cemetery, Pegasus Memorial, Arromanches, Juno Beach Center, and Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery (Classic option)
- Guided Tour of Normandy traditions with brandy tasting in Calvados (Classic option)
Landmarks Omaha Beach Pointe du Hoc American Cemetery (Normandy) Pegasus Memorial Arromanches Juno Beach Center Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - Day 5
Rouen
Rouen- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided Bike Tour to discover monuments and hidden gems of Rouen (Active option)
- Guided Tour to Dieppe—site of Operation Jubilee (Dieppe Raid) during WWII (Discovery option)
- Guided Tour to Vimy Memorial and Battle of the Somme battlefield with Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Regiment memorial (Discovery option)
- Guided Walking Tour of Rouen—site of Saint Joan of Arc's martyrdom with medieval quarter, 16th-century Astronomical Clock, and Notre-Dame Cathedral (Classic option)
- Onboard history lecture hosted by history expert (Discovery option)
Landmarks Rouen Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Rouen) Astronomical Clock (Rouen) Dieppe Vimy Memorial Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Regiment Memorial - Day 6
Conflans
Conflans- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Relaxing bike ride along the Seine (Active option)
- Guided Visit to Auvers-sur-Oise—home and resting place of Vincent van Gogh (Classic option)
- Guided tour of Château de Malmaison—home of Napoléon Bonaparte and Josephine (Classic option)
- Live entertainment onboard
Optional Activities
- Guided Optional Excursion to the Palace of Versailles—home of French kings
Landmarks Auvers-sur-Oise Château de Malmaison Palace of Versailles Château de Chantilly - Day 7
Paris
Paris- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Seine river walk experience (Active option)
- WWII tour of Paris with visit to Les Invalides museum and Ordre de la Libération (Discovery option)
- Guided Walk featuring Palais-Royal, Louvre pyramid, Île de la Cité, Left Bank, and Latin Quarter (Classic option)
- Guided City Tour featuring iconic sites of Paris (Classic option)
Optional Activities
- Stroll through Paris independently
- Linger over wine in a literary café on the Left Bank
Landmarks Les Invalides Palais-Royal Louvre Île de la Cité Latin Quarter Left Bank - Day 8
Paris
Paris- Meals
- Breakfast
