This comprehensive exploration of France includes an overnight in Rouen (Paris), and visits the Normandy, Brittany, and Aquitaine regions of France. Treat your palate to fine wines in Bordeaux and cider in Brittany. Taste regional specialties like Cancale oysters and Breton galettes. And feast your eyes on timeless scenery: the abbey on Mont St. Michel, St. Malo’s pink sandstone cliffs, Monet’s garden in Giverny where water lilies still have the power to inspire.
Time is your friend on this leisurely 25-day cruise to Spain, France, and the British Isles. Discover new faces of countries you thought you already knew as we make our way along Northern Spain’s lush Asturian coast to the Basque homeland, then explore western France to the Channel Islands, overnighting in both Bordeaux and Paris. Taste Asturian cider and wine from some of Bordeaux’s 53 appellations, sample delicious Basque pintxos, and surrender to the call of Parisian pâtisseries.
