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Day 1 - Welcome to France!
• Château de Versailles (tour)
• Trianon Palace, Versailles. (reception/dinner/lodging)
Day 2 - Ancient Chartres and Langeais
• International Stained-Glass Centre (demonstration)• Chartres Cathedral (tour)
• Château de Champchevrier (meet Baron, reception/dinner, hunting hound demonstration)
• Château de Champchevrier (meet Baron, reception/dinner, hunting hound demonstration)
• Château de Rochecotte (lodging)
• Le Moulin Bleu in Bourgueil, vineyards (lunch & wine tasting)
• Château Villandry (tour of gardens)
• Château de Rochecotte (lodging)
• Miramar Crouesty, Port du Crouesty (spa resort, lodging)
• Miramar Crouesty, Port du Crouesty (spa resort, lodging)
• Vannes Cathedral (view)
• Promenade de la Garenne
• Josselin (visit ancient town)
• Château Josselin (tour)
• Le Grand Hôtel des Thermes, St-Malo (lodging)
• Le Grand Hôtel des Thermes, St-Malo (spa & lodging)
• Museum of the Bayeux Tapestry (tour)
• Manoir d'Apreval (private visit, tasting, and dinner at Calvados distillery)
• Royal Barrière Deauville (seaside resort, lodging)
• Pointe du Hoc (drive)
• Omaha Beach (drive)
• American Military Cemetery (drive)
• Royal Barrière Deauville (seaside resort, lodging)
• Church of Ste. Joan of Arc (tour)
• Claude Monet's home & gardens, Giverny (tour)
• Hotel Lutetia, Paris (lodging)
• Cathedral of Notre Dame (tour)
• "City of Lights"
• Hotel Lutetia, Paris (lodging)
Day 3 - Le Cadre Noir & the Loire Valley's châteaux country
• Le Cadre Noir du Saumur (tour of riding school)• Le Moulin Bleu in Bourgueil, vineyards (lunch & wine tasting)
• Château Villandry (tour of gardens)
• Château de Rochecotte (lodging)
Day 4 - A medieval wonder in Angers & seaside Port du Crouesty
• Château d'Angers & Apocalypse Tapestry (tour) • Miramar Crouesty, Port du Crouesty (spa resort, lodging)
Day 5 - The Golfe du Morbihan and Rochefort-en-Terre
• In lieu of tour plans, we head to Noirmoutier.• Miramar Crouesty, Port du Crouesty (spa resort, lodging)
Day 6 - From Vannes to Josselin to St-Malo
• Vannes (walking tour)• Vannes Cathedral (view)
• Promenade de la Garenne
• Josselin (visit ancient town)
• Château Josselin (tour)
• Le Grand Hôtel des Thermes, St-Malo (lodging)
Day 7 - A day in medieval St-Malo
• La Ville Intra-Muros (guided walking tour)• Le Grand Hôtel des Thermes, St-Malo (spa & lodging)
Day 8 - Magnificent Mont-St-Michel, Bayeux and Deauville
• Abbey of Mont-St-Michel (tour?)• Museum of the Bayeux Tapestry (tour)
• Manoir d'Apreval (private visit, tasting, and dinner at Calvados distillery)
• Royal Barrière Deauville (seaside resort, lodging)
Day 9 - The beaches of D-Day
• Le Mémorial de Caen (tour museum & gardens)• Pointe du Hoc (drive)
• Omaha Beach (drive)
• American Military Cemetery (drive)
• Royal Barrière Deauville (seaside resort, lodging)
Day 10 - Rouen, Giverny and on to Paris
• Rouen (tour ancient city)• Church of Ste. Joan of Arc (tour)
• Claude Monet's home & gardens, Giverny (tour)
• Hotel Lutetia, Paris (lodging)
Day 11 - Sights and sounds of remarkable Paris
• Parisian landmarks: Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées (sightseeing tour)• Cathedral of Notre Dame (tour)
• "City of Lights"
• Hotel Lutetia, Paris (lodging)
Day 12 - The Musée d'Orsay and a dinner cruise on the Seine
• Dinner Cruise on the Seine
• Hotel Lutetia, Paris (lodging)
Day 13 - Journey Home
