10 days · 9 nights
France

France in full: Loire, Bordeaux, Provence and Burgundy

Ten days across France: Chartres, the Loire châteaux, Cognac, Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion, Carcassonne, Nîmes and the Pont du Gard, the Luberon, Avignon, Lyon, Beaune and Reims.

Duration

10 days · 9 nights

Departure and return

Brussels

Countries visited

France

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day 1Chartres — welcome of your group at the airport or station, drive via Paris, Chartres Cathedral and its stained glass, old town on the banks of the Eure, night in Tours
2. Day 2Loire châteaux — Château de Chambord, Château de Chenonceau spanning the Cher, Vouvray tasting in a cave cellar, night in Tours
3. Day 3Cognac and Bordeaux — drive through Poitou, visit to a cognac house, Place de la Bourse and Water Mirror in Bordeaux, night in Bordeaux
4. Day 4Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion — Chartrons quarter and Cité du Vin, medieval village and vineyards of Saint-Émilion, tasting at a château, night in Bordeaux
5. Day 5Carcassonne — drive through the Garonne valley and the Lauragais, medieval Cité of Carcassonne and its ramparts, night in Carcassonne
6. Day 6Nîmes and the Pont du Gard — Arena and Maison Carrée in Nîmes, Pont du Gard over the Gardon, night in Avignon
7. Day 7The Luberon — hilltop villages of Gordes and Roussillon, Sénanque Abbey, Provençal market in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, night in Avignon
8. Day 8Avignon and Lyon — Palace of the Popes and Pont Saint-Bénézet, drive through the Rhône valley, Old Lyon and its traboules, dinner in a Lyon bouchon, night in Lyon
9. Day 9Lyon and Burgundy — Basilica of Fourvière, drive through Beaujolais and the Mâconnais, Hospices de Beaune and Burgundy wine tasting, night in Beaune
10. Day 10Reims — drive through Champagne, Reims Cathedral, visit to a champagne house, return to Brussels, then transfer to the airport or station

Services

• Welcome and transfers at the airport or station of your choice
• Coach with driver throughout the tour, two drivers when needed
• 9 hotel nights with breakfast
• Optional: guide speaking the language of the group and of the countries visited, half board, cruises, tickets

Indicative programme: the order of visits may be adapted to opening hours, the weather and flight times.