Traveling Well Includes… • Gratuities to Tauck Directors and Tauck Cruise Director, ship staff, drivers, local guides,
• All private Tauck shore excursions – $1,339 Value! • Farewell dinner in Paris at the famous Fouquet’s brasserie on the Champs-Élysées • Vineyard visits and wine tastings in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Mercurey • A Provençal lunch & a cowboy demonstration with black bulls at a ranch in La Camargue • Visits to Avignon’s Palais des Papes, Cluny Abbey, and Haras Nationale equestrian center • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 32 meals, beer & wine with lunch & dinner onboard ship, service charges, taxes & porterage
private ranch is made even more memorable when you see an exciting demonstration by fleet-footed gardians (local cowboys) who dodge the feisty Spanish black bulls they raise here. Chart a course for the walled city of Avignon tonight. Meals BLD
5. STORIES OF POPES (& WINE) IN AVIGNON Papal fervor put Avignon on the map some 700 years ago when safety-seeking pontiffs reigned here in the 14th century. Evidence of their rule comes to life during a guided tour of the impregnable Gothic-style Palais des Papes and at an afternoon wine tasting at one of the select vineyards permitted to produce Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Your host reveals secrets of the terroir as you sample red and white wines. Meals BLD
6. PASTIS & PÉTANQUE IN VIVIERS Go back a thousand years as you explore the well-preserved
Paris Maximum Elevation: 787 ft.
medieval city of Viviers, crowned by the Cathedral of St. Vincent. Weather permitting, join the locals for a glass of pastis and a game of pétanque, before cruising to Vienne. Meals BLD
7. VESTIGES OF THE ROMANS IN VIENNE Take a guided walking tour in Vienne to see its impressive Roman ruins, like the virtually intact Temple of Augustus and Livia and the 13,000-seat Theater cut into the hillside. Spend the afternoon shipboard as you cruise the Rhône. Meals BLD
8. A TASTE OF LIFE IN CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE Taste your way through Chalon-sur-Saône as you sample local culinary offerings at some of its noted food shops, from an artisan chocolate boutique to a splendid pâtissierie where the baker shares expert tips about baguettes and buttery croissants. Drive this afternoon along the Route des Grand Crus in Mercurey, largest wine-producing area in the Côte Chalonnaise, stopping at two private vineyards for wine tastings. Meals BLD
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9. CHÂTEAU DE CORMATIN IN BURGUNDY Picturesque Tournus is the perfect place to anchor our riverboat for a drive through the landscapes of southern Burgundy to the 17th-century Château de Cormatin. A noble symbol of prestige and power with towers, turrets and a drawbridge over a wide moat, this castle was built to impress. After your tour of its famous “gilded rooms” and pleasure garden, it’s back to the riverboat for lunch and an afternoon cruise to Mâcon. Meals BLD
10. FROM AN ABBEY TO A RIDING SCHOOL Nine arches grace the Pont-de-Vaux spanning the Saône River in Mâcon, and history lives along its Heritage Trail. Along with a walking tour of the town, you’ll visit Cluny Abbey, once one of the most significant Benedictine monasteries in Europe, and the renowned Haras Nationale equestrian center where a dressage demonstration with an accomplished horse and rider will be a highlight of your visit. Cruise to Lyon tonight. Meals BLD
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