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Southern France: Languedoc & Provence Penn Alumni Travel presents SOUTHERN FRANCE: LANGUEDOC & PROVENCE May 23-June 4, 2016 13 days from $4,896 total price from Boston, New York ($4,195 air & land inclusive plus $701 airline taxes and fees) This tour is provided by Odysseys Unlimited, six-time honoree Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Tour Operators award. An Exclusive Small Group Tour for Alumni & Friends of the University of Pennsylvania With Lynn Marsden-Atlass, University Curator Tour membership limited to 24 alumni & friends of the University of Pennsylvania SOUTHERN FRANCE: LANGUEDOC & PROVENCE 13 days from $4,896 total price from Boston, New York ($4,195 air & land inclusive plus $701 airline taxes and fees) ome with us to “le Midi,” the south of France from the Pyrénées and Languedoc C to Provence ... colorful landscapes, celebrated art, medieval villages and small country towns, food and wine to remember. Our small group moves at a leisurely pace as we soak up the pleasures of this treasured region. Day 1: Depart U.S. for Toulouse, France FRANCE Provence Day 2: Arrive Toulouse/Sorèze We Toulouse Nimes/ arrive in Toulouse today and transfer to Sorèze Avignon Languedoc Monte Carlo the Midi-Pyrénées town of Sorèze and our Aix-en-Provence (Monaco) lodgings, a former abbey listed as a historic Nice landmark. Tonight we meet our Odysseys Marseille Unlimited Tour Director and fellow travelers Perpignan at a briefing about the journey ahead, followed Mediterranean by a welcome dinner at our hotel. D Destination Sea Motorcoach Extension (motorcoach) Day 3: Sorèze/Albi Today we travel to the Entry/Departure historic market town of Albi, hometown Avg. High (°F) May Jun of Belle Epoque artist Henri de Toulouse- Languedoc (Perpignan) 72 79 Lautrec. A city tour includes a visit to Palais de Provence (Le Pontet) 75 82 la Berbie, an ancient fortress housing a museum devoted to the works of Toulouse-Lautrec. B Day 4: Sorèze/Carcassonne/Perpignan Your Small Group Tour Highlights We journey this morning to the medieval fortress of Carcassonne. Sitting atop a hill Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Albi … Medieval overlooking vast green plains that stretch as far Carcassonne … Cistercian monument of Abbaye de as the Pyrénées, fortified Carcassonne boasts Fontfroide … Salvador Dalí Museum in Figueres, Spain the longest city walls remaining in Europe, … Half-day cruise on Canal du Midi … Avignon’s with battlements and ramparts dating to the Roman sites … Pont du Gard excursion … Private 1st-century Romans. Here we embark on French cooking class and dinner … Visits to charming a walking tour, followed by time for lunch villages …. Tasting and dinner at a local winery … on our own. We continue on to Abbaye Two- and three-night stays in distinctive and de Fontfroide, the 11th-century monastic intimate lodgings complex that ranks as the best preserved Day Itinerary Hotel Rating Cistercian monument in France and a key 1 Depart U.S. for Toulouse site in Languedoc. We tour the church Hotel Abbaye 2-3 Sorèze First Class and its cloisters then late afternoon depart École De Sorèze for Languedoc and our hotel in palm-lined Perpignan 4-6 La Villa Duflot First Class Perpignan, known for its Catalan flavor. B,D (Languedoc) Nimes 7-9 Hotel Imperator First Class (Provence) Day 5: Perpignan/Figueres, Spain Grand Hotel Sup. First Today we set off through the majestic 10-12 Aix-en-Provence Roi Rene Class Pyrénées to Figueres, Spain, birthplace of 13 Depart Marseille for U.S. surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Here we visit Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel industry the acclaimed theater-museum he designed standard reference. to showcase his artwork; the structure itself Cover photo: On Day 8 in Avignon, we see the Palais des Papes. Beautiful Gordes, in the foothills of the Vaucluse mountains is considered his last masterpiece. Dinner structures. We tour the palace, where seven tonight is at our hotel. B,D successive popes lived during the 14th century. Tonight we join a local chef for a cooking Day 6: Perpignan/Collioure We travel class followed by dinner. B,D along the Catalan coast this morning to Collioure, France, the “City of Painters,” Day 9: Nimes/Arles We explore more of immortalized by such artists as Dèrain, Roman France today in Arles, once part of Matisse, and Picasso, among other Fauvists, Roman Gaul then a clarion of Christianity. the “anti-Impressionists” who emphasized Our tour here features some of Arles’ ancient strong, bold color in their work. After an Roman monuments, all UNESCO sites, orientation tour, we are free to discover including the two-tiered amphitheater (c. this charming town as we wish. Early this 90 ce), the ancient circus, and triumphal afternoon we return to Perpignan, where we arch. Then we enjoy free time for lunch and can visit the city or relax at our hotel before independent exploration in this lovely city of dinner there tonight. B,D arts and culture. Late this afternoon we return to our hotel and dine there tonight. B,D Day 7: Perpignan/Canal du Midi/Nimes We embark on a half-day cruise aboard a Day 10: Les-Baux-de-Provence/St-Remy- traditional flat-bottomed boat on the grand de-Provence/Aix-en-Provence This 17th-century Canal du Midi, one of the morning we set out for Les-Baux-de-Provence, waterways connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Once a channel of kings and Post-Tour Extension commerce, the canal today is a UNESCO site and a prime draw for boaters and tourists. We June 4-6, 2016 disembark mid-day then continue by coach to MONTE CARLO - Provence, arriving late this afternoon. B,L ON YOUR OWN 3 days/2 nights for $495 total price Day 8: Nimes/Avignon On today’s excursion Single Supplement: $345 we visit Pont du Gard, the 1st-century Roman aqueduct with three tiers of arches spanning Savor the good life in this celebrated the Gardon River. Then after free time for principality, with splendid scenery, museums, beaches, and rustic villages lunch on our own, we discover the ancient close at hand. Roman city that was the capital of Christendom in the Middle Ages. We visit Avignon’s historic Your Tour Price Includes city center, a UNESCO site, with its cathedral, • 2 nights’ accommodations at Fairmont Monte half-finished Saint-Bénézet Bridge, and the Carlo (Deluxe) Palais des Papes (Papal Palace), one of the • 2 meals: 2 breakfasts world’s largest and most important Gothic • Transfer from Aix hotel; transfer to Nice airport a gem of a medieval village nestled atop a rock spur in the Alpilles range. We have time to Faculty Lecturer wander here as we wish before we continue Lynn Marsden-Atlass is on to the picturesque village of St-Remy-de- director of the Arthur Ross Provence. Here we visit St Paul de Mausole, Gallery (ARG) and University the monastery to which Van Gogh was Curator of the University of confined while suffering mental illness. Then Pennsylvania Art Collection. we take a walking tour of the ancient Gallo- Previously, she served as the senior curator of the Roman city center with its maze of winding Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Before streets and fountain-filled squares. Following coming to Philadelphia, Ms. Marsden- a visit to the weekly market, we have free time Atlass was the Curator of American and for lunch and to explore; sophisticated shops, Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of food stores, and restaurants abound. Mid- Art. She also taught art history and directed the Consortium of Colleges Abroad for ten afternoon we depart for our hotel in the heart years in Paris, France. In 1992-1993 she of the university town of Aix-en-Provence was a visiting professor in the Department (“Aix”). Tonight we enjoy dinner and a wine d’Anglais at the Université de Caen, France. tasting at a local winery. B,D She earned an M.A. in the history of art from the University of Chicago, and a Day 11: Aix- B.A. in the history of art from Lake Forest en-Provence/ College. Marsden-Atlass serves as secretary Rousillon/ of the Board of the Association of Academic Museums. Gordes Our first stop today: the “most beautiful exploration. Tonight we celebrate our village” of sojourn through Southern France at a Roussillon, farewell dinner at our hotel. B,D in the heart of one of the Day 13: Depart for U.S. This morning We cruise on Canal du Midi. world’s richest we transfer to the Marseille airport for our ochre deposits. connecting flights to the U.S. B Next we visit the medieval hilltop village of Gordes, another of France’s “most beautiful villages” and known for its tightly-packed Tour Departs: May 23, 2016 beige stone buildings and 12th-century castle. After time to wander here as we wish, we Prices include international airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees. return to our hotel late this afternoon. B Boston, New York $4,896 Charlotte, Philadelphia, Day 12: Aix-en-Provence This morning $5,096 we take a walking tour of Aix, known for Washington, DC its beautiful Cours Mirabeau, the plane- Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, $5,196 tree lined main boulevard; elegant Roman Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, fountains; and as the birthplace of artist Orlando, Tampa Paul Cézanne. We admire the city’s rich Denver, Los Angeles, architectural heritage and the “Vielle Phoenix, Portland (OR), $5,296 San Francisco, Seattle Ville” (Old Town) then the remainder of Land Only (transfers not included) $3,795 the afternoon is at leisure for independent Please call if your city is not listed.
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