From Paris to the Normandy coast (7 Nights Cruise)

Price per person based on 2 persons in double cabin occupancy
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DRINKS are included for lunch and diner onboard (beer, wine, fruit juice, mineral water, tea/coffee)

ITINERARY:

1st Day: PARIS
Boarding in Paris between 18h and 19h. Settling into your cabin. Welcome cocktail in the lounge and presentation of the crew. Dinner and departure of the cruise through the marvellously illuminated city. Overnight stopover.

2nd Day: PARIS
Buffet breakfast on board. This day will be entirely devoted to the optional tour of Paris, which will begin with a half day tour exploring the mythical places of the city, such as the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysées. Lunch on board. Afternoon free for your personal exploration of Paris. Dinner on board. Free evening or optional evening in a cabaret bar. Overnight stopover.

3rd Day: VERNON
Buffet breakfast on board and departure of the cruise for Vernon, which we will reach around 12h30. Lunch on board. In the afternoon, we propose an optional visit to the “Claude Monet” foundation in Giverny. The pink house with its green shutters, which has been lovingly restored, reveals the painter's daily life. As you wander around, you will come upon his immense studio, impregnated with the light he loved so much, the blue lounge, the yellow dining room, and above all the famous garden awash with flowers and the water garden of Japanese inspiration. Back to the boat for dinner. Evening with entertainment. Departure of the cruise for Caudebec en Caux.

4th Day: CAUDEBEC EN CAUX
Departure of the cruise early in the morning. Buffet breakfast on board and journey through a magnificent landscape of steep cliffs, at the foot of which are a number of charming little villages typical of the region. Lunch during the cruise. Arrival in Caudebec en Caux around 13h. Departure for the optional guided excursion along “the Abbey Trail”. The tour will begin with the church at Caudebec en Caux, which dates from the 15th century, and then on via Jumièges where one of the most beautiful abbeys in France can be found, along with the church of Saint Peter, which is one of the most beautiful examples of 10th century Norman architecture. Back on board around 18h. Departure of the boat (depending on the tides) for Honfleur.

5th Day: HONFLEUR
After breakfast, we propose an optional excursion to the Côte Fleurie. It alternates between sandy beaches and low cliffs – a host of romantic landscapes which captured the imagination of the poets and painters of the 19th century. Passing via Trouville and Deauville, and stopping on the way to taste some Calvados. Back to the boat for lunch. The afternoon will be devoted to the optional guided tour of Honfleur. At the foot of the Côte de Grâce, the town will charm you with its old port, Saint Catherine's church, made entirely of wood, its old streets and its dock area with its flotilla of fishing boats. Back on board. Dinner, free evening.

6th Day: ROUEN
Departure of the boat early in the morning. Breakfast during the cruise through a wonderful valley where the play of light captured the imagination of the Impressionist painters and poets alike. We will be sailing under the majestic Pont de Normandie. Lunch on board. Arrival in Rouen around 14h. Optional guided tour of Rouen on which you will discover, among other things, the Cathedral, the historic neighbourhoods, and the Place du Vieux Marché where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake. Back on board. Dinner and evening of entertainment. Overnight stopover.

7th Day: ROUEN – LES ANDELYS
After breakfast, departure of the cruise for Les Andelys, passing through the lock at Amfreville. Arrival in Les Andelys around noon. Lunch on board. In the afternoon, optional visit to the chateau of Vascœuil, a unique place according to Jules Michelet where art, history and nature come together in perfect harmony. Back on board for dinner followed by a gala evening. Departure of the cruise.

8th Day: PARIS
Breakfast on board. Arrival in Paris around 8h. Disembarkation. End of our journey.

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