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Country Roads of France
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Length
16 Days
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Quality
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Starts in
Paris (France)
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Ends in
Paris (France)
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Available Tour Start Dates
APR 3, 2027 to SEP 30, 2028
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Activity Level
No Rating Provided
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Language
English
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Guaranteed Date(s)
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Special Interest(s)
Off The Beaten Path
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$5,810.20
Overview
Travel from the perfume of Riviera gardens and Monaco’s sea air to the butter-warm scent of Parisian pâtisseries on this 16-day journey through France. You'll follow the tight bends of Monaco’s Grand Prix circuit, then cross the cool marble floor of the cathedral where Princess Grace lies at rest. In St Paul de Vence, a pétanque ball lands with a crack against the gravel before you lift a chilled French aperitif to the afternoon. Walk beneath Carcassonne’s towers and along its fortified walls, running your hand over stone that has stood for centuries. While, through the Dordogne, you pass wooded slopes, farm fields and villages laid out along the river.
Visited During Tour
Aix-en-Provence (France) | Albi (France) | Annecy (France) | Arles (France) | Avignon (France) | Cahors (France) | Carcassonne (France) | Chamonix (France) | Dijon (France) | Grenoble (France) | La Roque-Gageac (France) | Lascaux (France) | Monaco City (Monaco) | Nice (France) | Paris (France) | Pont du Gard (France) | Rocamadour (France) | Saint-Paul de Vence (France) | Troyes (France)
Dates, Offers & Prices Dates
Tour Itinerary Itinerary
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Dates, Offers & Prices
The following are Country Roads of France tour dates available from Trafalgar. Select a bonus offer graphic to view its details, including its terms.
Tour Itinerary
Trafalgar Tour Code 857-2358
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1Explore Paris before Dinner
You’ll arrive in Paris with time to follow its broad boulevards, pause beneath elegant balconies and hear cafe chatter spilling onto the pavements. At the hotel, you’ll meet your Travel Director and fellow guests before heading to a local restaurant, where dinner is served from recipes made with fresh ingredients and the scent of home-style cooking drifts from the kitchen. As glasses are raised and plates are passed around the table, you savor your first dinner in Paris.
- Meals Included:
- Dinner
Accommodations: Le Meridien Paris Arc de Triomphe -
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2Journey through Champagne to Dijon
Through Champagne’s vineyard country, neat rows of vines line your route, changing with the seasons from tender green shoots to dense summer leaves and copper-toned autumn color. In Troyes, you wander through the medieval Old Town, looking up at crooked timber frames and painted houses leaning towards narrow streets. A glass of Champagne follows, with a soft pop of the cork, fine bubbles rising and the crisp taste of the region’s best-known export on your lips. In Dijon, your Travel Director leads you through streets lined with carved stone façades and traces the history behind the city’s architecture.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Grand Dijon La Cloche -
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3Burgundy’s Capital: Dijon in Detail
In Dijon, you wander through old courtyards, gazing at the grand architecture left by the Dukes of Burgundy, whose power once rivalled that of France’s kings. You may choose an Optional Experience to Beaune, Burgundy’s wine capital, where glazed rooftops catch the light and cool cellars offer the scent of oak and ageing wine. Later, another Optional Experience takes you to the Premier Cru village of Fixin. Here, you raise a glass of Burgundy, taste its dark fruit and savor a traditional dinner as candlelight flickers across the table.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Grand Dijon La Cloche -
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4Mont Blanc and Chamonix
As you climb into the high Alps, Mont Blanc rises above the valley and the air turns cooler around you. In Chamonix, you might ride the cable car for wide views across the mountain peaks and the resort far below, or explore the streets at your own pace beneath the surrounding slopes. This evening, you may choose an Optional Experience in a traditional chalet.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Alpina Eclectic, Chamonix -
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5Explore Annecy before continuing to Grenoble
Between the lake and mountains, Annecy invites you into lanes crossed by narrow canals, where water laps against the banks beneath old bridges and medieval buildings lean towards one another. With free time in the Old Town, you can choose a place for lunch, follow the winding lanes through Little Venice and pause on the bridges to watch the reflections ripple below. From Annecy, you continue to Grenoble, then settle in for dinner at a local restaurant as the city lights begin to glow outside.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Park Hotel Grenoble Handwritten Collection -
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6Grenoble to Nice via Provence
Following the mountain road once traveled by Napoleon, you wind through steep passes and deep valleys before Provence opens towards the French Riviera. In Nice, you step into streets washed with Mediterranean color and set out to explore at your own pace. Later, you might wander through the Old Town, listening to voices echo between ochre buildings before reaching Cours Saleya, where fresh flowers fill the stalls and their perfume drifts between rows of bistro tables.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Radisson Blu, Nice -
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7Perfume and Palaces: Monaco in Full
On the Côte d’Azur, you begin among stoppered bottles and carefully blended fragrances at a local perfumery, where floral, citrus and woody notes unfold one by one. In Monaco, you'll follow the bends of the Grand Prix circuit before selecting your preferred experience. At the Oceanographic Museum, you watch tropical fish move through blue-lit aquariums above the sea. Or enter the Royal Palace beneath painted ceilings, then step into the hush of Monaco Cathedral, where Princess Grace lies at rest. Later, you may join an Optional Experience to Èze, climbing through its medieval lanes to the Botanical Gardens, where sculptural cacti and succulents weave among the ruins of a fortress high above the sea.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Radisson Blu, Nice -
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8Explore Saint-Paul De Vence and Aix
High above the Riviera, you'll wander through Saint-Paul de Vence, passing fountains, vine-covered walls and glimpses of mountains and sea between the medieval lanes. Next, you try your hand at pétanque, weighing the metal boule in your palm before sending it skimming across the gravel. After the game, you'll raise a glass of anise-scented pastis. In Aix-en-Provence, the journey continues beneath the plane trees of Cours Mirabeau, where elegant mansions line the avenue on the way to your hotel.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Aquabella Hotel & Spa, Aix-en-Provence -
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9Roman Provence: Pont Du Gard And Avignon
At Pont du Gard, you stand beneath vast tiers of arches supporting the Roman aqueduct before continuing to Avignon, where medieval walls and the legacy of the 14th-century papacy surround you. Your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience takes you into a local olive estate, where leaves rustle through the groves and you find out how olives travel from tree to table. During the tasting, you'll learn how to distinguish each note on the palate by comparing each oil’s aroma, color and texture. Back in Aix-en-Provence, the evening is yours to linger over a cafe table, browse the boutiques or enjoy the city at your own pace.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Aquabella Hotel & Spa, Aix-en-Provence -
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10Arles to Albi via Carcassonne
Among Arles’ honey-toned buildings, you pass the Roman Arena and the broken columns of the ancient theater, following streets that later caught Vincent van Gogh’s eye. Across the Languedoc, Carcassonne rises behind two rings of fortified walls. You enter beneath its towers, cross the worn paving within the UNESCO-listed fortress and look up at the medieval keep. In Albi, your Travel Director guides you past the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum and the immense red-brick walls of Sainte-Cécile Cathedral. Afterwards, you can wander at your leisure, perhaps pausing beside the Tarn, where the medieval arches of Pont-Vieux stretch towards Albi’s terracotta skyline.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
Accommodations: Saint Antoine, Albi -
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11A Leisurely Day in Albi
With a full day at leisure, you might follow Albi's russet lanes to where the nutty scent of local cheeses mingles with butter-rich pastries beneath the ironwork of the covered market. Perhaps wander through the gardens of the Palais de la Berbie, among sweeping arabesques of deep-green boxwood curled across white gravel. You could also join today’s Optional Experience to Puycelsi, Castelnau-de-Montmiral and a village marché. This evening, you'll settle into a local restaurant and savor a dinner prepared with carefully selected fresh ingredients.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Saint Antoine, Albi -
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12Browse Cahors and Climb Through Rocamadour
In Cahors, you stand before the three fortified towers of Pont Valentré. Weaving through the open-air market, you may pause over baskets of seasonal produce and bottles of the city’s deep-red Black Wine with its notes of blackberry, plum and black pepper that dance on the tongue. Continue to Rocamadour, where stone lanes rise in tiers above the Alzou canyon, tracing a pilgrimage route traveled for centuries on the Camino de Santiago. Later, take your seat for a Farm-to-Table Dinner, tasting ingredients sourced nearby and sipping regional wine as each course arrives.
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Accommodations: Le Périgord, La Roque-Gageac -
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13Explore Lascaux and Medieval Sarlat
Traveling through the Dordogne Valley, you step into the cool half-light of Lascaux II, where reproductions of prehistoric horses, bulls and deer sweep across the cave walls in ochre, charcoal and rust. In Sarlat-la-Canéda, wander through a medieval center of honey-gold limestone, passing carved doorways, shuttered windows and narrow lanes that glow warmly in the light. The scent of baking pastry and coffee may drift from nearby cafes as you linger beneath the old façades and watch the town move around you. This evening, the journey winds through the wooded Dordogne countryside back to your hotel for dinner.
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- Breakfast
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Accommodations: Le Périgord, La Roque-Gageac -
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14Dordogne to Paris: Countryside to Capital
Arriving in Paris, you’re free to follow its broad avenues, settle at a cafe table or wander along the river as the scent of warm bread drifts from nearby boulangeries. After dusk, bridges and elegant buildings glow against the night, their reflections trembling across the Seine. Later, you settle in for French cuisine and wine, tasting each course as glasses catch the soft light across the table.
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- Breakfast
- Dinner
Accommodations: Le Meridien Paris Arc de Triomphe -
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15Paris Landmarks: Eiffel Tower and Beyond
From your coach, you’ll see the Eiffel Tower’s iron lattice sweep above the Champ de Mars, its four great arches narrowing towards the summit. At Place de la Concorde, the carved hieroglyphs of the Luxor Obelisk rise above fountain water pattering into the basins, while a fine spray cools the air. The Champs-Élysées carries you between theater façades, cafe terraces and glossy shopfronts towards Napoleon’s Arc de Triomphe, where vast sculpted figures surge from the stone above the circling traffic. Later, you may choose an Optional Experience at one of Paris’s celebrated cabarets.
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- Breakfast
Accommodations: Le Meridien Paris Arc de Triomphe -
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16Bid Farewell to France
Today, you'll leave the French countryside behind as you transfer to the airport.
- Meals Included:
- Breakfast
More Details
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Travelers Notes
* TRIP RUN BY INSIGHT VACATIONS.* DAY 1: Complimentary arrival transfers depart Charles De Gaulle International Airport (CDG) from Terminal 2F at 08:30, 11:00 and 13:30 and from Terminal 1 at 09:00, 11:30 and 14:00 on the first day of the tour. Guests should arrive at least 2 hours before the last transfer time. Please be aware when booking your flights.* DAY 16: Complimentary departure transfers arrive at Charles De Gaulle International Airport (CDG) on the last day of the tour at 08:00 and 11:00.The drop off is at Terminal 2 E/F (only place we are allowed to drop) and Terminal 1.* CHARGEABLE TRANSFERS: Chargeable transfers available in Paris. Guests who have booked their extra hotel nights with us, or whose flight times do not coincide with the shuttle coach timings may purchase a chargeable transfer. However, guests booking independent hotel nights should make their own transfer arrangements.* NOTE: This Trip falls under LEVEL 1. Please refer to the Deposit, Payment and Cancellations policies on our website.
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