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Cruising France's River Rhône – The Magic of the Provençal Rhône, the Camargue & the Ardeche
Take a leisurely cruise along the River Rhône and explore beautiful Provençal and Rhône towns and spectacular natural wonders.
Tour Includes
- 5 nights cruising with full board and drinks during meals (excluding Champagne, premium brand spirits and wines)
- 3 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- Convenient local joining points
9 days from £1,999pp
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Itinerary
Please choose your preferred 9 day itinerary
Please note: All cruise schedules, ports of call and onshore excursions may be subject to change.
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to Northern France for an overnight stay.
Head south through France to Lyon, where we board our cruise ship, the MS Van Gogh for a five-night cruise. We sail through the night.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
This morning will be spent cruising to Avignon. Join our optional small train tour of the city. The Pope’s Palace, classed as a world heritage site by UNESCO and a testimony to the city’s past when it was known as the capital of Christianity back in the Middle-Ages, Avignon offers an impressive array of monuments. Our ship will cruise to Arles.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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| Avignon - Small Train Tour | 2024 TBC | 2025 TBC |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
Join our included morning sightseeing drive to the Camargue, a huge plain of seas and marshlands, inhabited by an extraordinary variety of bird life. We will visit the village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, famous for its interesting fortified church, before we rejoin our ship in Port-Saint-Louis. We spend the afternoon cruising to Martigues (subject to berthing availability), arriving late in the afternoon with free time to explore. Enjoy dinner and an evening of entertainment as we cruise back to Arles.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Join our optional visit by coach to Les Baux de Provence, one of the most beautiful villages in France. Located at the heart of the Alpilles on a rocky plateau, the village overlooks breathtaking landscapes over Arles, the Camargue and the Alpilles. This gorgeous and impressive stone fortress is definitely a must-see. We return to our ship for dinner, followed by entertainment. We cruise to Viviers, and moor overnight.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
| 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Les Baux de Provence | 2024 TBC | 2025 TBC |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
Enjoy breakfast and lunch as we continue our cruise. Join our optional excursion exploring some of the villages in the Vercors region. We rejoin our ship at Tain l’Hermitage in time to prepare for our gala dinner and evening of entertainment. We sail through the night towards Lyon.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
| 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Vercors | 2024 TBC | 2025 TBC |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
Arrive in Lyon, where we disembark, and head by coach to the Paris area and our overnight hotel.
Includes Breakfast
Included visit to Paris. Why not join our optional, guided sightseeing tour, which takes in the famous sights? We return to our hotel late afternoon
Includes Breakfast
Return home.
Includes Breakfast
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to the Paris area for a two-night stay.
Included visit to Paris. Why not join our optional, guided sightseeing tour, which takes in the famous sights? For a different view of the city, join our optional River Seine cruise. We return to our hotel late afternoon.
Includes Breakfast
Included Highlights
Head south through France to Lyon, where we board our ship for a five-night cruise. We sail through the night.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Dinner
Our cruise takes us on a remarkable journey of this mighty river. Enjoy lunch as we cruise, arriving in Avignon early afternoon. Join our optional excursion, which takes us to the charming village of Baux-en-Provence. Les Baux-de-Provence is one of the prettiest villages in France, set on a rocky outcrop with breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside. We sail this evening for Arles where we berth overnight. An optional guided tour of Arles may be available.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Enjoy time at leisure in Arles this morning – most famous for its exceptionally well-preserved amphitheatre – or an optional drive to the Camargue. This afternoon we cruise on towards Port St. Louis or Martigues.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
| 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Overview of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer | 2024 TBC | 2025 TBC |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
Enjoy time at leisure in Arles this morning – most famous for its exceptionally well-preserved amphitheatre – or an optional excursion to Les Baux de Provence. This afternoon will be spent cruising to Viviers.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
This morning will be spent cruising to La Voulte. Join our optional excursion exploring the Vercors Plateau. We rejoin our ship at Tain l’Hermitage or Tournon sur Rhône in time to prepare for our gala dinner and evening of entertainment. We sail through the night towards Lyon.
Includes Breakfast
Includes Lunch
Includes Dinner
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
| 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vercors | 2024 TBC | 2025 TBC |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
Arrive in Lyon, where we disembark, and head by coach to northern France and our overnight hotel.
Includes Breakfast
Return home.
Includes Breakfast
| Cabin Upgrades (per person) | Twin |
| Upper Deck Cabin | £179 |
No single rooms/cabins available.
Accommodation
You will cruise for five nights on board the MS Van Gogh.
Hotels in Northern France and Paris will be city-style hotels.
Ms Van Gogh
Completely renovated in 2018, this ship has been redesigned and refitted according to the new standards of the company and offers larger, bright and comfortable spaces. In terms of decoration, the colour combination of gray blue and orange creates a lot of style and elegance. In a nod to the artist whose name it takes, the ship showcases some of his famous paintings, including those from the Sunflowers series. The patterns of the fabrics as well as the dressing of the bar follow the techniques developed by Van Gogh: impressionism and pointillism. The two main common areas are located on the upper deck. At the front, the lounge / bar and at the back, the restaurant where all meals will be served during the cruise. The 20 cabins on the upper deck have French balconies and the 34 cabins on the main deck have windows. On the sun deck, an ideal place to relax and admire the landscapes, passengers can enjoy comfortable sun loungers, as well as a large shaded area.
Silver Service Coach
More than simply your method of transport, Silver Service offers a coach with added comfort and facilities, such as deluxe reclining seats with leather headrests, an onboard entertainment system, and a spacious rear lounge so you can socialise with your fellow passengers.
Silver Service Features
- Specially designed reclining seats, with leather headrests, footrests and extra legroom.
- A spacious rear lounge where you can relax, socialise and get to know your fellow passengers.
- Our onboard entertainment and satellite navigation system makes your journey fly by.
- Free personal headphones mean you can tune into the music channel, listen to the radio or watch DVDs being played by your crew.
- Personal tables so you can enjoy your refreshments in comfort as you take in the passing scenery.
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