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Cruising the Rhône: Lyon to Provence & the South of France

France: Lyon, Vienne, Tain l’Hermitage, Viviers, Nimes, Avignon, Arles, Toulouse

Ship

M/S River Chanson

Nights on Ship

10

Group size

Average of 38 travelers

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Single Supplement: Low-Cost

From $5,495 per person

14 Days | $393 per day

Includes airfare

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Optional Tours

During your trip, you will have the opportunity to join optional tours to further your discoveries—all of which are noted below. Most of these tours can only be reserved onsite with your Program Director, however due to limited space and other special requirements, some optional tours must be reserved before your departure from the U.S. If this trip has optional tours that need to be purchased in advance, they will be noted with a disclaimer below.

Pont du Gard

Day 6 | $95 per person

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One of the most impressive Roman Aqueducts in the world, Pont du Gard stands almost 160 feet high and is on three levels—the longest measuring 300 yards. Spanning the Gard River Valley, Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era and was part of the almost 30-mile long aqueduct bringing water from Uzes to Nimes.

Two thousand years after its construction, the ancient edifice is still a veritable masterpiece, as much for the technical aspect, as for its simple beauty, luring more than two million visitors a year to this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

You’ll enjoy a Discovery Walk of the site with your Program Director and will then have some time on your own to visit the superb museum dedicated to the history of the Pont du Gard aqueduct before returning to your ship.

A Morning in Provence

Day 7 | $120 per person

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See why Provence stirs the imagination and stimulates the senses, with its soft light and vivid landscape of pastel colors that have inspired writers and artists from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Van Gogh and Picasso. The fragrant countryside, with its wild herbs and olive tree groves, is dotted with historic hilltowns. Explore Les Baux, a remarkable mix of quaint winding streets, romantic fortress ruins, and lovely vistas over the countryside. Then, visit the Carrieres de Lumieres, an ancient quarry that has been transformed into a display of art and music.