A TASTE OF FRANCE
La Belle Cuisine... is just part of a banquet of inviting French delights that make this river cruise so delectable. Feast your eyes on landscapes that have romanced travelers for centuries... in Paris, where cafés, garden squares, architectural gems and world-class museums feed the soul... and along the River Rhône, in ancient sun-dappled villages bathed in history and dressed in artisan finery and French fare. Savor tastings at vineyards, markets and pâtisseries, chef-hosted meals at cooking schools and demonstrations, in restaurants deserving of Michelin stars... and aboard ms Swiss Emerald where wining and dining is a pleasure morning, noon and night.
Traveling Well Includes… •
All private Tauck shore excursions – $2,169 Value!
• Dinner at Fouquet’s brasserie, followed by a city lights tour of Paris • Pastry-making, chocolate tasting & an epicurean walk in Paris •
Private Beaujolais & Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine tastings
• A tasting of Lyonnaise specialties at Les Halles de Lyon • Dinner at Abbaye de Collonges in Lyon, a Paul Bocuse restaurant • Chef’s demonstration & tasting at a cooking school in Valence • Provençal lunch at a private ranch in the Camargue
• Unlimited complimentary beverages aboard ship include regional wine, beer and premium spirits, specialty coffee and soft drinks
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Gratuities to ship staff, drivers, local guides, Tauck Directors and Tauck Cruise Director
• Airport and train station transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 23 meals, service charges, taxes, porterage & applicable fuel surcharges
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YOUR FIRST TASTE OF FRANCE whets your appetite in
Paris...at our welcome dinner at Fouquet’s, one of the city’s most acclaimed celebrity brasseries, in a pastry-making lesson with a chef at Lenôtre, a chocolate tasting and a culinary-themed walking tour. Your next course begins in Lyon, gastronomic capital au courant, during dinner at Abbaye de Collonges, created by Michelin-starred chef Paul Bocuse. It continues during a tasting tour of the city’s traboules and its indoor market, Les Halles de Lyon, along with a wine tasting at a private estate in Beaujolais country (designed by the architects of Versailles). It heats up onboard your riverboat, with meals chef-prepared and graciously served by a very welcoming crew, and complimentary beverages, including spirits, wine and beer, available at your bidding. Your daily entrées take on the flavor of the towns you’ll explore on our included shore excursions... in medieval Viviers, richly detailed with memories of the Middle Ages, and played out in narrow streets, walled ramparts and a 12th-century cathedral... at a local game of pétanque... at a countryside vineyard, where a wine tasting welcomes... in Arles, amidst Roman ruins and sites immortalized by van Gogh, and in la Camargue, where a family of ranchers personally hosts a farm-fresh Provençal lunch and cowboy games... in walled Avignon where 14th-century popes built themselves a palace and elevated local winemaking... beside the towering Roman aqueduct that spans the Gardon River... in red-rouged Roussillon on a colorful walk that stirs the senses... in the
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