Day
1 |
| Paris - Le Mans |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Your personal driver-guide collects you from your Paris accommodation
(not included) or from the airport. Short drive West to the historic city
of Chartres. Visit of Notre Dame De Chartres, one of the greatest
Gothic cathedral. Overnight in Le Mans. LDA*
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| 2 |
| Le Mans - Tours |
European Fortresses Tour |
Visit of Angers Castle and Cathedral. Azay-Le-Rideau Castle. Tours city walk. Overnight in Tours. BLDA*
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| 3 |
| Tours - Limoges - Rocamadour |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Chenonceau Castle visit. Limoges: capital of porcelain, museum
tour. Rocamadour fortified village. Overnight in Rocamadour. BLDA*
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| 4 |
| Rocamadour - Toulouse - Carcassonne |
European Fortresses Tour |
In the city of Toulouse, Saint-Sernin Romanesque style Basilica walk.
Jacobins convent (13th century). Carcassonne fortified city tour. 2 nights in
Carcassonne. BLDA*
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| 5 |
| Carcassonne |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Visit of Termes and Peyrepertuse castles. Grau de Maury panorama.
Discovery of Queribus castle. 2nd night in Carcassonne. BLDA*
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| 6 |
| Carcassonne - Nimes - Avignon |
European Fortresses Tour |
Nîmes, Roman and Medieval city tour (including arena ad Roman temple).
Pont du Gard bridge. Overnight in Avignon. BLDA*
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| 7 |
| Avignon - Grasse |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Avignon ancient city walk. Les Baux de Provence village. La Croix De
Provence: view on typical Provençal landscapes. Overnight in
Grasse. BLDA*
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| 8 |
| Grasse - Turin |
European Fortresses Tour |
Monaco tour and Oceanography Museum. Saorge gorges panorama, visit of
Sacra di San Michele abbey. Overnight in Torino. BLDA*
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| 9 |
| Turin - Milan |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Torino ancient city walk. Visit of Certosa Di Pavia, 15th century
church. Milan visit: Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and Duomo
cathedral. Overnight in Milan. BLDA*
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| 10 |
| Milan - Bolzano |
European Fortresses Tour |
Lago Di Como region, Tremezzo ancient city visit. Santuario della
Madonna di Tirano, Gothic style church. Overnight in Bolzano. BLDA*
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| 11 |
| Bolzano - Austria - Neuschwanstein |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Austrian Alps, Brenner pass. Innsbruck historical centre. Panorama from
Mosern, typical Austrian village. Overnight in Fuessen (or
Füssen), Germany. BLDA*
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| 12 |
| Neuschwanstein - Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
European Fortresses Tour |
Visit of Neuschwanstein (neo-late Romanesque style) and
Hohenschwangau castles. Linderhof typical castle (Renaissance and baroque style).
Augsburg historic city walk. 2 nights in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. BLDA*
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| 13 |
| Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Spend the day visiting Rothenburg ob der Tauber historical city: fortifications, St
Jacob and St Wolfgang's churches. Crime and Imperial City museums.
2nd night in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. BLDA*
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| 14 |
| Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Strasbourg |
European Fortresses Tour |
Schwabisch Hall historic city tour. Visit of Strasbourg: typical
area of La Petite France and/or Palais de L'Europe (Human
Rights Commission and European Parliament). Overnight in Strasbourg
area. BLDA*
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| 15 |
| Strasbourg - Verdun |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Rohan and Saverne castle tour in Saverne. Verdun battlefields visit.
Fortified church. Overnight in Monthairon. BLDA*
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| 16 |
| Verdun - Reims - Arras |
European Fortresses Tour |
Reims city tour: discover the capital of Champagne. Visit of
Notre Dame Cathedral. Laon Cathedral and fortifications. Overnight in
Arras. BLDA*
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| 17 |
| Arras - Canterbury - Brighton |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Hydrospeed from Calais to Dover. Discover the ecclesiastical capital of
Great Britain, Canterbury: cathedral and historic city
centre. Brighton Royal Pavilion. Overnight in Brighton. BLDA*
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| 18 |
| Brighton - Stonehenge - Bath |
European Fortresses Tour |
Arundel castle, Winchester cathedral. Visit of Stonehenge,
prehistorical monument. Longleat castle (16th century). 2 nights in Bath. BLDA*
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| 19 |
| Bath historic city |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Visit of Roman baths, Bath' s abbey. Royal Crescent and the Circus.
Pump room discovery. Overnight in Bath. BLDA*
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| 20 |
| Bath - Bristol - Blenheim - Oxford |
European Fortresses Tour |
Berkeley castle (12th century), Cotswolds region: Bibury village,
Chastleton House and Chedworth Roman villa. Blenheim Palace.
Overnight in Oxford. BLDA*
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| 21 |
| Oxford - London |
European Fortresses Tour |
 Bodleian Library of Oxford, Carfax tower. Magdalen college and Christ
Church in Oxford. Drop-off at London international airport. This is the
end of your "European Fortresses Tour". BL*
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