(Rates per person)

Includes car rental, daily accommodations, breakfasts

Schedules, excursions and site visits are just suggestions.

$900.00 (2 traveling) $818.00 (4 traveling) $792.00 (6 traveling)

Day 1: Paris, Chateau Country. (Blois, Clos Luce)

Suggested departure from Paris 9am. 2 hours drive to Chateau de Colliers, east of Blois.Drop off your luggage in your room. On to Blois (20 minutes) for free time for lunch and walk through medieval town. Tour of Blois royal chateau (1 h 15), illustrating French architecture from the 15^th to the 17^th century. On to Amboise (30 minutes) for tour of Clos Luce, Leonardo da Vinci’s manor house, sheltering a Museum of his inventions (1h). Back to chateau Colliers (50 minutes) for drink on the terrace overlooking the Loire. Dinner at leisure in Muides sur Loire (next to Colliers)
Overnight at Chateau de Colliers, a private manor on the Loire riverbanks.

Day 2: Chateau Country. (Chambord, Cheverny, Chaumont)

Breakfast at the château. Suggested departure time: 9:45am
On to Chambord (15 minutes) for tour of royal castle, the largest in Europe (2 hours). Lunch at leisure. On to Cheverny (30 minutes) for tour of this 17^th century furnished castle (1 h). On to Chaumont (40 minutes) for tour of this fortress castle where Benjamin Franklin spent some time (3/4 hour). On to Blois (30minutes) for free time for dinner (at leisure). Back to Colliers (20 minutes) for overnight.
 

Day 3: Chateau Country. Normandy. (Mont St Michel)

 Breakfast at the chateau. Suggested departure time: 8; 30am.On to Mont Saint Michel (4 hours). Drop off your luggage in your room at famous " Mere Poulard" on the island. Free time for lunch (at leisure). Tour of Mont St Michel's abbey (2 hours) and free time for shopping. Dinner at leisure (sample Mere Poulard's omelet). Overnight Mere Poulard.

Day 4: Normandy. (WWII Caen Memorial Museum, Bayeux Tapestry)

Breakfast at Mere Poulard.Suggested departure time: 10am.2 hours to Caen.Free time for lunch at leisure at Caen Memorial Museum’s cafeteria.3 hours tour of this interactive WWI Museum. On to Bayeux (1h) for tour of Bayeux’s tapestry relating the invasion of England by William the conqueror in 53 scenes 12^th century embroidery. On to Chateau Sully (15 minutes) for dinner at leisure. Overnight Chateau de Sully.
 
  Day 5: Normandy (Invasion Beaches)

Breakfast at the château. Suggested departure time: 10 am.
On to German batteries of Longes Sur Mer. (30 minutes). 40 minutes tour including command post bunker. Back tracking to Arromanches viewpoint (15 minutes) for overview of remains of Mulberry artificial harbor (15 minutes). On to Port en Bessin typical fisherman harbor (15 minutes) for free time for lunch at leisure. On to Omaha (30 minutes) for tour of American Cemetery (1h). Stop along various Monuments along Omaha Beach. On to Cap Du Hoc (20 minutes) for tour of remains of German batteries which were located on the top of the cliffs overlooking the whole invasion beaches area. They were taken with heavy casualties by the Texas Rangers (monument)
Back to Bayeux (45 minutes). Free time for shopping and dinner at leisure. Back to Chateau de Sully (15 minutes) for overnight.

Day 6: Normandy, Paris. (Deauville, Honfleur, Giverny)

Breakfast at the château. Suggested departure time: 9:30am.On to Deauville resort (1h45). Free time. On to Honfleur fisherman harbor (45 minutes) for free time for lunch at leisure and shopping. On to Giverny (2h). Tour of Giverny Monet's house and gardens. (1h15). On to Paris (1h15).

Optional extensions