Tauck Value Includes:
• Gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors and Tauck Cruise Director
• All private Tauck shore excursions – $938 Value!
• Excursion to the countryside for a wine tasting at a vineyard in the renowned Beaujolais wine region
• A walking tour of historic Vieux Lyon and an included lunch in France’s culinary capital of Lyon
• Visit to an award-winning restaurant and cooking school in Valence for a hands-on demonstration and tastings of olive oil, cheeses, chocolate and wine
From enchanting Provençal treasures like Abbaye de
Sénanque (top) to two unforgettable nights in timeless Paris, romance follows you throughout your Rhône River cruise
• Wine tasting in the famous Rhône Valley • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
• 23 meals (9 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 8 dinners); select meals in local restaurants; wine with dinner on the riverboat; service charges, taxes, porterage, and applicable fuel surcharges
3. TGV TO LYON / EMBARK RIVERBOAT After a final morning at leisure in Paris, board a high-speed TGV train south to Lyon, where Mangez! (“Eat!”) is sort of a battle cry. This historic city on the River Rhône is considered the French culinary capital... and for a country that enjoys one of the world’s top reputations for fine wine and cuisine, that’s really saying something! Board ms Swiss Emerald in Lyon; please join us at the Captain’s welcome reception and dinner this evening. Meals BD
4. GASTRONOMIC LYON / WINE TASTING With France’s highest number of restaurants per capita, folks come to Lyon to eat... and they don’t leave disappointed – as you’ll discover during a city tour and lunch today. Relaxed and convivial, Lyon’s traditional restaurants, called bouchons, serve Lyonnaise favorites ranging from quenelles (fish dumplings) to coq au vin. Your sightseeing includes visits to medieval Vieux Lyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and 19th-century Notre-Dame de Fourvière. This afternoon, travel to France’s famed Beaujolais wine-growing region for a wine tasting – magnifique! – before continuing your cruise to Vienne. Meals BLD
5. HISTORIC VIENNE / TOURNON-SUR-RHÔNE Wake up today in Vienne on the Rhône, whose long history goes back even further than the Romans. After you excuse the initial confusion caused by Vienne’s original Roman name – they called it “Vienna,” like today’s Austrian capital – you’ll find a treasure trove of Roman ruins to check out on a walking tour and during free
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time in town; one legend says the pyramid-like Plan de l’Aiguille may have served as Pontius Pilate’s tomb! Cruise to Tournon for a Rhône Valley wine tasting excursion, then on to Avignon. Meals BLD
6. AVIGNON / PONT DU GARD “Sur le pont d’Avignon... L’on y danse, l’on y danse... Sur le pont d’Avignon... L’on y danse tous en rond.” If that catchy little tune pops into your head at the mention of Avignon, you’re not alone; for centuries, schoolchildren have been singing that song about dancing on the bridge of this walled medieval city that served as the headquarters for several popes in the 1300s. A walking tour includes a visit to the Palais des Papes, the fortress-like home of the pontiffs that reigned here. And along with the 14th-century bridge mentioned in the song, you’ll visit another one just as famous – the Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct spanning the River Gardon – and enjoy a special dinner with regional wines and cuisine against the backdrop of the ancient wonder. Meals BLD
7. VAN GOGH’S ARLES / ROUSSILLON The ms Swiss Emerald arrives in Arles overnight. Back in its Roman days – as the city of Arelate in Gaul – Arles was a pretty happening place. It covered nearly 100 acres, had an amphitheatre, circus and triumphal arch, and served as a key port on the Rhône. In contrast, the Arles that Vincent van Gogh found in 1888 was a sleepy Provençal backwater... but with its lush fields, plentiful Roman ruins and extraordinary light, it was a perfect place to paint. And paint he did, creating hundreds of works here. That’s the Arles you’ll fall in love with, as you explore its treasures on a walking tour and on your own. After lunch on
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