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Provincial French Countryside [on request]

June 09 - 23, 2023
Length: 15 days
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Walk amid artist Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny, where he was inspired to create his Impressionist masterpieces. 

Operated by Odysseys Unlimited

Tour Highlights

  • Discover medieval Carcassonne and the market town of Albi with its Toulouse-Lautrec Museum. 
  • Soak up French life while staying in atmospheric rural inns and small country hotels.
  • Stay in charming Sarlat and explore the remote Dordogne, including a leisurely afternoon cruise on the Dordogne River. 
  • Tour the International Center for Cave Art at Lascaux IV, showcasing reproductions of the original pre-historic cave paintings found nearby.
  • Visit the cliffside village of Rocamadour, a revered pilgrimage site.
  • Tour the Loire Valley’s impressive chateau at Chenonceau. 
  • Visit the dramatic Gothic abbey of Mont St. Michel, dramatically sited atop a precipitous rock formation in the sea.
  • In medieval Bayeux tour the Tapestry Museum, home of the 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry.
  • Tour Normandy’s famous D-Day landing beaches and sights, including the moving American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach.  
  • Walk amid artist Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny, where he was inspired to create his Impressionist masterpieces. 
  • Get acquainted with Paris on a city tour before bidding au revoir to France.  
  • Continue exploring wonderous Paris on your own on an optional 3-day/2-night post-tour extension.

* Cal lecturer’s participation cannot be guaranteed and is contingent upon a minimum number of paying travelers.

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