UPDATED SCHEDULE as of 5/31/2011
30 June 2011
Leave Boston Logan on overnight flight.
AF 337 BOS CDG 1730 0600
AF 337 BOS CDG 1730 0600
Dinner on board
1 July ARRIVE IN PARIS-BAYEUX
Arrive in Paris to be met at the airport by your tour director and luxury coach. Drive to Bayeux stopping en route to visit Monet’s House and Garden at Giverny. Dinner in the hotel.
Hotel Novotel Bayeux (3 nights)
2 July -BAYEUX
Visit the Bayeux Tapestry. Drive to La Haye du Puits for afternoon Liberation celebration & 6pm - 7pm Peace Concert.
3 July D-DAY BEACHES
Day visiting the major sites from D-Day. (Omaha Beach and Cemetery, Pointe du Hoc and others as time permits.)
4 July BAYEUX-LOIRE (3 nights)
Travel through the French countryside to the Loire Valley. Stop en route “La Merveille” - Mont St Michel - dinner in the hotel
Hotel Mercure Bord De Loir, Saumur (3)
5 July -LOIRE CHATEAUX
Visit a chateau - Ambroise
Concert in the Courtyard
6 July LOIRE CHATEAUX
Chateaux de Chenonceaux and Blois
7 July LOIRE VALLEY-CHARTRES-PARIS (3 nights)
Guided tour of Chartres Cathedral with Malcolm Miller
5pm - 6pm Concert in Chartres Cathedral
Hotel Novotel Paris Les Halles (3)
Hotel Novotel Paris Les Halles (3)
8 July PARIS
Boat cruise on the Seine & visit to La Chapelle, medieval stained glass.
Late afternoon, by Metro & funicular to visit Sacre Coeur & Montmatre.
Evening free.
9 July PARIS
Free day for your own explorations.Early evening Arc de Triomphe ceremony.
Farewell dinner "Jardin de Notre Dame"
10 July DEPARTURE
Transfer to the airport for your return flight home. AF 332 CDG BOS 1340 1505
Itinerary Shows Included Admissions in Italics.
ITINERARY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
• Flights – on Air France
• Bed and breakfast accommodation for 9 nights in twin or double rooms in three star hotels. All rooms with private bathroom facilities
• Dinner on three evenings (Bayeux, Saumur, Paris)
• Arrangement of all four performances (Normandy, Loire, Chartres, Paris)
• Transportation by private coach for airport transfers and all excursions on the itinerary
• All admissions as specified in italics on the outline itinerary
• Tour Director who will accompany the group throughout the tour
• All taxes
Does not include the following:
• Lunches
• Evening meals on six evenings
• Optional gratuities/tips
• Travel Insurance. We recommend that, as well as coverage for loss of/theft/damage to belongings and health insurance, group members arrange insurance against unavoidable cancellation.HOTEL CONTACT INFORMATION from USA
Hotel Novotel Bayeux - 011 33 2 31 92 16 11
Mercure Bords de Loire Saumur - 011 33 2 41 67 22 42
Hotel Novotel Paris les Halles - 011 33 1 42 21 31 31