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Sweet
Surprise French Barge Vacation
With Guided Pre-Cruise Tour of Paris & Post
Cruise Hotel
12 Day/ 11 Nights
Normal price up to $3049
Paris is a city that must be
experienced first hand. It must be felt. It must be touched.
This is difficult to do this from the seat of a tour bus. With this
guided tour your group will be “Parisian” for a few days and at the
same time you will learn how to get around this magnificent city on your own.
The small, intimate, guided tour will utilize the metro system and occasionally
buses. You will walk each day in this city that begs to be walked.
Guests will truly be a part of the Paris Scene.
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Day One, Tuesday -- Depart
North American for Paris, overnight flight with dinner.
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Day Two, Wednesday -- Arrival
in Paris, Transfer by Roissy Bus to central Paris. Transfer to your
air conditioned central Paris Hotel. Our guided tour begins
Wednesday at 3 p.m. when our guide meets the group in the hotel reception
(20 persons maximum) and escorts them to a nearby metro station where the
group will be instructed in the use of the Paris Metro, the most efficient
public transport in the world. Then all will board a
rubber tired metro train and travel a few stops to the Arc de Triomphe for
a tour. Afterwards there will be a short walk on the most famous
street in the universe, the Champs Elysées. Then it is off on the
metro once again to the Louvre for a guided tour. After the Louvre
the group will go to a lovely restaurant located high above the river Seine
where all can enjoy an elegant meal (included, wine not included) while
watching the nights activity on the river below. Afterwards your
guide will take you by metro once again back to the hotel.
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Day Three, Thursday -- The day
begins after your sumptuous buffet breakfast. At 9:15 the guide will
take the group to the famous Musée D’Orsay to see it’s collection of
Impressionists Art. Afterwards the group will head for the Eiffel
Tower where all will visit the 2nd stage and have a quick lunch
(not included). Following the Eiffel Tower the group will head for
the famous artist center at Montmartre where they will see aspiring young
artists honing their craft for everyone to see. Montmartre is a very
special place, it is the very soul of the city. The guide will
deposit the group back to the hotel. Evening free. Metro
passes are good for unlimited riding.
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Day Four, Friday -- After the
buffet breakfast the group heads out of Paris for the magnificent Chateau
of Versailles, home to the Kings of France. They will have a guided
tour of the Chateau which will include the magnificent Hall of Mirrors and
the Kings quarters. Afterward they will return with the guide to
Place St Michel on the Famous Left Bank of Paris. After lunch (not
included) the guests will be taken on a guide walk through parts of the
Latin Quarter and have a visit to Notre Dame before returning to the hotel
in late afternoon. Evening is free. Metro passes are good for
unlimited riding.
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Day Five, Saturday -- This
morning the luggage will be picked up at 9 a.m. and transported to
the meeting point at the Hotel Regina. Then after your buffet
breakfast you check out of the hotel and have some free time for shopping
prior to your departure for your specific Canal & Co barge. The cost
of the Paris Transfer to the barge is included with this package.
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Day Five Through Eleven --
Barging - See Barge Itineraries
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Day Eleven -- You will be
returned to central Paris. Proceed to your hotel. Free time
for shopping and last minute Paris activities.
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Day Twelve -- After
your buffet breakfast you can proceed to the Roissy Bus (ticket included)
to join your flight home.
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