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Tailor Made Northeastern France



Tour Description:

Tour historic Reims and ?pernay with a private visit to the M?et et Chandon cellars. Visit Colmar, city of canals and half-timbered houses, before exploring Strasbourg, capital of Alsace with a medieval core known as "Petite France." In Paris, focus on famous French artists at the Louvre and Mus?e Marmottan.

Dates & Pricing



ITINERARY

Days 1-3
Board the train to Strasbourg and transfer to your hotel, Ch?teau d'Isenbourg, for two nights. Visit Colmar, the home of Bartholdi, the creator of the Statue of Liberty. Colmar is affectionately known as "La Petite Venise" because of its many canals lined with half-timbered houses. You have time to explore Strasbourg on your own in addition to a morning of organized sightseeing that shows you the Gothic Notre Dame Cathedral and the neoclassical Rohan Palace.

Days 4-5
After a morning tour, return to Strasbourg's railway station for your first class journey to Paris and the legendary hotel Le Meurice. Sightseeing focuses on the Impressionist painters. At Mus?e Marmottan, view 60 paintings owned or painted by Claude Monet, including works by his friends Renoir, Sisley and Pissarro. Then wander through the Mus?e de l'Orangerie, housing Monet's Water Lilies paintings. Later, join Art Gallery Club Director Olivier Dyan and contemporary figurative French artists, for a visit and some champagne. The next day, go on an exclusive visit to the original engine room of the Eiffel Tower. Then explore the unsurpassed Louvre Museum. On your final day, join a restaurant critic and food critic for a tour and visit with a baker or chocolatier.

Days 6-9
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

Day 10