Enjoy a true taste of all things Francais on Tauck's new France river cruise!
If you’re dreaming of a France river cruise vacation, come along with us on our 14-day French Escapade: Paris to Monte-Carlo journey on the rivers Rhône and Saône… and enjoy Paris, Provence and Monte-Carlo as well. After two nights in glorious Paris, travel through the countryside along the rivers past vineyards where some of the world’s best grapes become some of the world’s best wines, stopping to taste some of the finest of them. Discover river towns with Roman roots and lingering traces of medieval magic in their streets. Explore a palace fit for a pope and an abbey that was once one of the most powerful in Europe. Let the peace of the rivers lull you as ms Swiss Emerald glides along, bound for something new and wonderful every day. And then there are two nights in glittering Monte-Carlo to look forward to at the end of this France river cruise!
Departures
3 Jun; 5, 30 Jul; 7 Sep; 2 Oct 2012.
Inclusions
- Gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors and Tauck Cruise Director
- All private Tauck shore excursions – $1,339 Value
- Guests in Cat. 6 suites aboard ms Swiss Emerald enjoy sea-view rooms at the Fairmont Monte Carlo.
- Farewell dinner in Paris at the famous Fouquet’s brasserie on the Champs-Élysées
- Exploration of the Rhône and Saône wine country with vineyard visits and wine tastings in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Mercurey
- La Camargue excursion to meet the family of a working farm for a Provençal lunch & a cowboy demonstration with prized black bulls
- Mouth-watering discoveries during a day in Lyon, France’s culinary capital, with a tasting lunch at Les Halles de Lyon
- Tasting tour of local food shops in Chalon-sur-Saône
- Visits to historic Cluny Abbey, Avignon’s Palais des Papes, the Hospices de Beaune and France’s renowned Haras Nationale equestrian center
- Choice of art museum visits in Paris, including the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay
- 32 meals (13 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 11 dinners); wine with dinner on the riverboat; service charges, taxes, porterage, and applicable fuel surcharge
- Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
- Voted by the readers of Travel + Leisure as 2011 "World's Best River Cruise Line"