Day
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| Paris - Bordeaux - St Emilion |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Your personal driver-guide collects you from Paris airport. Catch the TGV bullet train from Paris to Bordeaux.
Bordeaux historic city tour: Place de la Comedie, Grand Theatre, Place de la Bourse.
Overnight in St Emilion village. LDA*
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| 2 |
| Bordeaux - Saint Jean de Luz |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Cellar wine tasting in Saint Emilion. Arcachon seafront tour. Dune du Pilat, enormous ever changing sand dune.
Scenic drive along the Atlantic Ocean. Overnight in Saint Jean De Luz. BLDA*
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| 3 |
| Saint Jean de Luz - Biarritz - Pau - Toulouse |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Biarritz seafront tour. Bayonne ancient city tour. Pau castle and panorama.
Saint Sernin Romanesque style basilica walk. Overnight in Toulouse. BLDA*
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| 4 |
| Toulouse - Carcassonne |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Jacobins convent (13th century). Carcassonne fortified city tour. 2 nights in Carcassonne. BLDA*
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| 5 |
| Carcassonne |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Puilaurens castle and Bouillouses lake. Pas de la Casa border village.
Port d'Envilara panorama and San Joan de Caselles church. 2nd night in Carcassonne. BLDA*
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| 6 |
| Carcassonne - Arles |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Aigues-Mortes fortified city and panorama. Nimes Roman and medieval city: arena, Maison Carree.
Arles Roman theater and arena. 2 nights in Arles. BLDA*
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| 7 |
| Arles - Avignon - Arles |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Pont Du Gard bridge. Avignon papal city: papal palace tour, city walk. Barbental castle.
Les Baux de Provence fortified village. 2nd night in Arles. BLDA*
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| 8 |
| Arles - Marseilles - Toulon |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Visit of Marseille “Vieux Port”, N.-D.- de-la-Garde panorama.
Cap Canaille viewpoint. Mont Faron panorama. Overnight in Toulon. BLDA*
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| 9 |
| Toulon - French Riviera - Menton |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Porquerolles Island discovery. Esterel massif. French Riviera scenic drive. Seaside walk on the “Promenade des Anglais”.
Plateau St Michel panorama. Overnight in Menton. After dinner: Monte Carlo Casino. BLDA*
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| 10 |
| Menton - Portofino - Portovenere |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Benvenuti in Italia: Riviera Ligure scenic drive. Genova cathedral. S.Rocco Panorama.
Castle San Giorgio. Portofino peninsula. Overnight in Portovenere. BLDA*
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| 11 |
| Portovenere - Pisa - Lucca - Florence |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Piazza Del Duomo in Pisa: Duomo, Torre Pendente: leaning tower. Baptistery.
Lucca: Duomo San Martino and S. Michele in Foro churches. 3 nights in Florence Fiesole Chianti Area. BLDA*
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| Florence |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Piazza del Duomo: duomo, belltower and baptistery. Palazzo Pitti and Galleria Palatina.
2nd night in Florence Fiesole Chianti Area. BLDA*
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| 13 |
| Florence - Chianti - San Gimignano - Florence |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Chianti (winery tour). San Gimignano ancient village: feudal towers.
3rd night in Florence Fiesole Chianti Area. BLDA*
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| 14 |
| Florence - Siena - Perugia |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Siena: Piazza del Campo, Duomo. Basilica di S. Francesco in Assisi.
Perugia: Piazza 4 Novembre, S. Pietro church.
Overnight in Perugia. BLDA*
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| 15 |
| Perugia - Todi - Tivoli |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Todi: piazza del Popolo and S. Fortunato church. Tivoli: Villa D'Este convent and gardens. Villa Adriana. Overnight in Tivoli. BLDA*
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| 16 |
| Tivoli - Tarquinia - Rome |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Tarquinia: Museo Nazionale Tarquiniese, Necropolis.
Rome: Campidoglio, Piazza del Campidoglio,
Palazzo dei Conservatori, Palazzo Nuovo. 3 nights in Rome. BLDA*
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| Rome |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Terme di Caracalla, the Catacombs. S.Giovanni in Laterano and Colosseum.
Fori imperiali. 2nd night in Rome. BLDA*
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| 18 |
| Rome |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
Foro Romano and Palatino. Pantheon. Piazza San Pietro and Basilica San Pietro. 3rd night in Rome. BLDA*
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| 19 |
| Rome |
Cities and Countryside South of Europe Tour |
 Musei Vaticani of Roma, Vatican Museum. Drop-off at Roma airport.
This is the end of your “European Cities and Countryside South Tour”. BL*
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