- Cruising past the Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral as you leave the City of Light on your way north.
- Sipping wine on deck or on your own private balcony as your river cruise boat drifts past an ever-changing Normandy panorama.
- Enjoying your cozy cabin – after unpacking just once – and letting your ship serve as your floating hotel, with all meals included.
- Walking the rooms and gardens of the fabulous Palace of Versailles, where King Louis XIV and later King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette held court before the French revolution.
- Visiting Giverny, where Impressionist master Claude Monet lived and painted for more than 40 years.
- Hiking to Chateau-Gaillard, a castle built by English King Richard the Lionheart following the Norman Conquest in 1196.
- Touring the city of Rouen, known for its Gothic cathedral and Joan of Arc’s martyrdom.
- Paying homage at the Normandy beaches where Allied troops landed on D-Day in World War II.
- Reliving the days of the Impressionists in Honfleur, a port city and favorite subject of the painters.