A Dream Trip: Paris and a Cruise Through the South of France

04-10-2014

April 10, 2014, Libertyville, IL.—A dream can come true this year with TourCrafters’ French Savoir Vivre package.  It features three nights in Paris and seven nights on the Amadeus Symphony for a cruise along the Saône and Rhone rivers that takes in some of the highlights of  Burgundy and Provence.  The 10-night package starts at $3,039 (prices are higher in spring and during the vendange) or $4,099 including air from New York.  Note that the price includes all excursions., which is quite a saving.

 

You’ll certainly live well on the Amadeus Symphony, what with attractive cabins, excellent service, a welcome cocktail reception and dinner, and three delicious meals plus afternoon coffee and snacks each day.  The ship boasts elegant public rooms, a walking track, a fitness room, splash pool, library and sun deck.

 

The trip starts with a high-speed TGV train ride to Lyon, where you will board the cruise ship.  In Mâcon,  an excursion through the vineyards of the Mâconnais and Beaujolais includes a visit to a wine museum, and after lunch there’s a trip to the ruins of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny, once the most important in Europe.  From Chalon there’s another excursion to Beaune, the Burgundy wine center, for a tasting and a visit to the famous Hôtel Dieu, the 15^th-century hospital with the colorful tiled roof.

 

Back in Lyon, France’s gastronomic center, a city tour takes in  elegant squares,  and the Old Quarter on the bank of the Saône.  Then, cruising the Rhone south past vineyards, olive groves and lavender fields, the ship docks in Avignon, where you can see the celebrated bridge and the impressive Palace of the Popes.  An afternoon excursion visits the typically-Provencal town of Uzès, and the perfectly-preserved Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct more than 2,000 years  old.  Still another excursion includes the Camargue, where you might see  French cowboys, black bulls and white horses, and  the sun-splashed, ocher-colored  city of Arles, with its Roman amphitheater and other historic buildings.

 

Cruising north again, you’ll have a chance to visit the dramatic Ardèche Gorge before disembarking in Lyon for the train trip back to Paris and a stay in the charming, family-run, 4-star Hotel Le Littré on the Left Bank.

 

All prices quoted are per person, double occupancy, and are subject to availability.  Prices do not include tips, travel insurance or personal expenses. For additional information about the French Savoir Vivre package, visit www.tourcrafters.com, click “Special Offers” and then “Deal of the Week.” For reservations, call 800-482-5995.

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