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Through it all, you’ll return home prepared for whatever path lies ahead of you. Beyond photos and stories, new perspectives an and stories, new perspectives ahead of you. Beyond photos for whatever path lies you’ll return home prepared Through it all, students to finesse their language skills or admire the masterpieces in the Louvre. Delight in the culture of Paris, explore th in the culture of Paris, explore in the Louvre. Delight or admire the masterpieces their language skills students to finesse II on the beaches of Normandy. took place during World War upon the events that Mont Saint-Michel and reflect commune of be an inscription you read on the walls to carry with you for the rest of your life. It could confidence, you’ll have something world. The fact is, there’s just something transfor you shared with another student from around the monument, or perhaps a joke traveled with us, you’ll know exactly what i Tour, and it’s different for every traveler. Once you’ve about an EF College Study Rich in art, culture, fashion and history, France is an ideal setting ideal setting is an and history, fashion France art,Rich in culture, DAY 3: DAY
ABOUT THIS TOUR 2: DAY FACULTY-LED FACULTY-LED PARIS, BRITTANY & NORMANDY 9 or 12 days
Rouen Normandy (2) INCLUDED ON TOUR: OPTIONAL EXCURSION: Mont Saint-Michel Caen Paris (4) St. Malo (1) Round-trip airfare Versailles Chartres Land transportation Optional excursions let you incorporate additional Hotel accommodations sites and attractions into your itinerary and make the Light breakfast daily and select meals most of your time abroad. Full-time Tour Director Sightseeing tours and visits to special attractions Free time to study and explore EXTENSION: French Riviera (3 days) FOR MORE INFORMATION: Extend your tour and enjoy extra time exploring your efcollegestudytours.com/FRAA destination or seeing a new place at a great value. MonacoM FreFrenchFFrenFrrereneenchnncchchRh RivieRivieraieraiieeraerara (3)(3(3)3)
DAY 6: Mont Saint-Michel DAY 7: American Cemetery DAY 7: Caen Memorial DAY 8: Giverny
DAY 1 FLY TO FRANCE as you wander from wing to wing of the Spanish merchants. Take in the narrow than 40 years. Please note that this excursion Meet your group and travel on an overnight renowned Louvre, one of Paris’s biggest streets, tall granite homes and spectacular St. is available only from April to September. fl ight to Paris. attractions and the most visited museum Vincent Cathedral as you explore the town Otherwise you will visit Auvers-sur-Oise, the in the world. Built to defend the city in the with your Tour Director. fi nal resting place of Vincent van Gogh. DAY 2 PARIS 13th century, today the Louvre safeguards Mont Saint-Michel • Tour the breathtaking Travel to Paris • Return to Paris for the last Arrive in Paris • Welcome to Paris! collections that span continents and the ages. islet monastery of Mont Saint-Michel. Perched night of your tour. Depending on your arrival time, you may Enter by I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid, considered high on a granite rock, this 8th-century abbey have free time to settle in and explore on a controversial addition by many resident is surrounded by water at high tide and DAY 9 DEPART FOR HOME your own. Parisians. Inside, discover Greek, Roman and quicksand at low tide. Explore Paris • Check out Paris on foot. Asian antiquities, as well as precious objects Travel to Normandy • Continue on to 3-DAY TOUR EXTENSION Head to the Latin Quarter, so named from the Middle Ages. These massive halls Normandy, famed for its beautiful coastline DAY 9 FRENCH RIVIERA because the language was once commonly are home to over 35,000 objects; among and its crucial role in World War II. Travel to Nice • Board a high-speed train spoken by the Sorbonne students that them is Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the bound for Nice. populated the area. Today the students Mona Lisa. Be sure to get an up-close look at DAY 7 NORMANDY Explore Nice • Stroll down the palm-lined remain, frequenting the many shops and her beguiling smile. Sightseeing tour of the beaches of Promenade des Anglais and get a taste of bistros. Normandy • On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Allied the Old Town. Soak up the scenery, from the Notre Dame Cathedral • Admire Notre DAY 4 PARIS troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, white-washed villas to the emerald waters Dame’s sculptured façade, stained-glass rose Optional: Versailles • Behold the lavish launching the campaign that eventually that lap Nice’s endless beaches. windows and seemingly weightless vaulted estate of Louis XIV, exploring the State liberated mainland Europe from the Nazis. ceilings. This evening, get to know your tour Apartments of the king and queen and the Witness remnants of the fl oating roadways DAY 10 MONACO AND EZE group over dinner in the Latin Quarter. magnifi cent Hall of Mirrors. Walk through the and piers built to create an instant port at Sightseeing tour of Monaco • Visit Monaco, meticulously landscaped gardens and marvel Arromanches. Visit the Pointe du Hoc a tiny principality that packs wealth, royalty DAY 3 PARIS at dozens of ornate fountains. Then, return to Ranger Monument commemorating the and the famous Casino Monte-Carlo into just Sightseeing tour of Paris • Get a taste of Paris, where you will spend the night. Those special forces who scaled a 100-foot cliff to 0.8 square miles. Pass by the Cathédrale Parisian style as you ride down the famous who do not opt to join the excursion will enjoy seize German artillery. See the American de Monaco, where Prince Rainier wed movie Champs-Élysées, an elegant boulevard free time in Paris. Cemetery and Memorial established—out star Grace Kelly, a union that ultimately packed with high-fashion boutiques. You’ll of necessity—just two days after the invasion. sparked an infl ux of Hollywood stars and pass by grand monuments, including the DAY 5 CHARTRES • ST. MALO Caen Memorial • Pay tribute to WWII troops starlets to the French Riviera. obelisk in the Place de la Concorde and the Chartres • Journey through the French at the Caen Memorial Exhibits and watch Perfume factory • Enjoy an excursion to the Arc de Triomphe. Next, strike a pose in front countryside to the magnifi cent Loire Valley, fi lms that document the events that led up to seaside town of Eze. You’ll tour a perfume of the Eiffel Tower. When you see the lush known as the “Playground of the Kings.” the war and the Normandy invasion. factory and watch olfactory experts concoct gardens of Les Tuileries, it’s easy to forget Here you will take a guided tour of Chartres new fragrances. the turbulent history of this sophisticated Cathedral, one of Europe’s grandest, with DAY 8 ROUEN • PARIS city. Your guide shares insight into the city’s its foremost expert, Malcolm Miller. Studying Rouen • Travel to Paris by way of Rouen, DAY 11 FRENCH RIVIERA military history when you continue past Les Chartres has been his life’s work, and he has known as the City of a Hundred Steeples Free day in the French Riviera • The day Invalides. Also, learn about political upheaval been lecturing here since 1958. because of its many churches. Rouen’s is yours to explore even more of the French in Paris as you pass by the Conciergerie, a enormous Notre Dame Cathedral was Riviera. You might just want to people-watch palace-turned-jail for prisoners of the French DAY 6 ST. MALO • NORMANDY a favorite subject of Impressionist painter or work on your tan on the fabulous beaches. Revolution, and the École Militaire, where Sightseeing tour of St. Malo • Pirates Claude Monet. a promising young Napoleon launched his once set sail from this rocky Atlantic island. Giverny or Auvers-sur-Oise • Join an DAY 12 DEPART FOR HOME incredible rise to power. Learn how the town’s seamen fought Barbary excursion to the village of Giverny, where Louvre • Explore art from around the world pirates and swindled English, Dutch and Claude Monet lived and worked for more
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