Normandy, Brittany, Paris & the Loire Valley 2023
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- A château
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- 000-year-old village and the magic of Paris... inexorably entwined like the woven threads of medieval tapestries... your travels in northern France honor timeless traditions
- share stories of valor and courage
- and celebrate landscapes so beautiful they are immortalized by artists and poets...Your accommodations are unique
- including two nights at Château de Rochecotte – called 'home' in the 1700s by Prince Tallyrand and the Duchess of Dino. At Château de Champchevrier
- owned by the same family since the 1720s
- Le Baron personally welcomes Tauck guests during a private reception and dinner that includes a hunting hounds demonstration in full regalia. Formal gardens inspire awe during your visit to Château de Villandry
- and the Apocalypse and Bayeux tapestries mesmerize at Château d'Angers and Château Josselin near the Brittany Coast. Visit Normandy's poignant D-Day beaches
- magnificent Mont-St-Michel
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- TAUCK'S YELLOW ROADS – Explore Brittany's rugged headlands, the Normandy coast, historic D-Day beaches and Paris Select Small Group Departures enjoy a 3-night stay in Paris at Le Meurice, ranked among the most elegant hotels in the world, combining exceptional 18th-century opulence with contemporary chic. Embodying the perfect French palace hotel, Le Meurice is ideally situated between Place de la Concorde and the Louvre; Salvador Dalí was a regular visitor, and the hotel still enjoys a close relationship with noted artists today Dinner at a private country estate in châteaux country with a hunting hound demonstration in full regalia A cruise along the Golfe du Morbihan (meaning "Little Sea" in Breton), a channeled inlet of small islands that waxes and wanes with the tide
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MEALS : D
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PORTOFCALL : Versailles, France
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MEALS : B
PORTOFCALL : Paris, France
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