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Daily Itinerary

1. Day 1

   Lyon

   Arrive 16:00Depart 16:00

   France

   

   Lyon sits at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône — a geographic destiny that made it the capital of Roman Gaul, a Renaissance silk-trading powerhouse, and, by contemporary consensus, the undisputed gastronomic capital of France. The UNESCO-listed Vieux Lyon preserves Europe's finest concentration of Renaissance architecture, its labyrinthine traboules — secret passageways threading through courtyard after courtyard — offering endless discovery. Paul Bocuse's legacy lives on in the city's constellation of bouchons, where quenelles de brochet and tablier de sapeur are served with the straightforward confidence of a city that has never needed to prove its culinary supremacy. Lyon rewards a visit in any season, with the Festival of Lights in December being particularly magical.

2. Day 2

   Avignon

   Arrive 11:00Depart 16:00

   France

   

   Avignon's Palais des Papes — a fortress-palace of staggering medieval ambition where seven successive popes held court for seventy years — still dominates this Provençal city's skyline, its limestone bulk enclosing frescoed chapels and vast ceremonial halls that once shaped the destiny of Christendom. In July, the city transforms for the celebrated Festival d'Avignon, Europe's premier theatre gathering, turning every courtyard and cloister into a stage. Year-round, the beautifully preserved historic centre offers world-class Rhône Valley wines, refined Provençal cuisine, and the beguiling spectacle of the Pont Saint-Bénézet stretching halfway across the river. Lyon and Marseille are each accessible in under ninety minutes by TGV.

3. Day 2

   Arles

   Arrive 21:00

   France

   

   Arles, the most important city in Roman Gaul after Lyon, wears its history with casual magnificence: a first-century amphitheatre still hosts bullfights beneath open skies, and the haunting Alyscamps necropolis — once among the most prestigious burial grounds in the Western world — lines a poplar-shaded avenue with ancient sarcophagi. Yet Arles is equally celebrated as the city that intoxicated Vincent van Gogh, who produced over three hundred works here in fifteen fevered months; the Fondation Vincent van Gogh now honors his legacy in beautifully renovated rooms. Spring and autumn are ideal, with the Camargue's flamingo-filled wetlands just minutes south. Lyon is two hours north by TGV.

4. Day 3

   Arles

   Arrive 08:30Depart 08:30

   France

   

   Arles, the most important city in Roman Gaul after Lyon, wears its history with casual magnificence: a first-century amphitheatre still hosts bullfights beneath open skies, and the haunting Alyscamps necropolis — once among the most prestigious burial grounds in the Western world — lines a poplar-shaded avenue with ancient sarcophagi. Yet Arles is equally celebrated as the city that intoxicated Vincent van Gogh, who produced over three hundred works here in fifteen fevered months; the Fondation Vincent van Gogh now honors his legacy in beautifully renovated rooms. Spring and autumn are ideal, with the Camargue's flamingo-filled wetlands just minutes south. Lyon is two hours north by TGV.

5. Day 3

   Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

   Arrive 12:00Depart 16:00

   France

   

   Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône marks where France's great river meets the Mediterranean at the edge of the Camargue — Europe's wildest wetland, where white horses, black bulls, and improbable pink flamingos inhabit salt marshes and lagoons. Visit April through June via Avalon Waterways' Rhône itineraries for flamingo breeding season, proximity to Van Gogh's Arles, and the medieval fortress-city of Aigues-Mortes.

6. Day 3

   Martigues

   Arrive 16:00Depart 16:00

   France

   

   Martigues is the "Venice of Provence," a canal town where colorful fishermen's houses reflect perfectly in the Miroir aux Oiseaux waterway, set between the vast Étang de Berre lagoon and the Mediterranean Sea. Must-dos include photographing the mirror-still canal reflections, tasting freshly grilled sardines at the July festival, and exploring the Côte Bleue's rocky calanques. Spring and autumn offer the most comfortable temperatures under Provence's generous sun.

7. Day 3

   Arles

   Arrive 23:30

   France

   

   Arles, the most important city in Roman Gaul after Lyon, wears its history with casual magnificence: a first-century amphitheatre still hosts bullfights beneath open skies, and the haunting Alyscamps necropolis — once among the most prestigious burial grounds in the Western world — lines a poplar-shaded avenue with ancient sarcophagi. Yet Arles is equally celebrated as the city that intoxicated Vincent van Gogh, who produced over three hundred works here in fifteen fevered months; the Fondation Vincent van Gogh now honors his legacy in beautifully renovated rooms. Spring and autumn are ideal, with the Camargue's flamingo-filled wetlands just minutes south. Lyon is two hours north by TGV.

8. Day 4

   Arles

   Arrive 13:00Depart 13:00

   France

   

   Arles, the most important city in Roman Gaul after Lyon, wears its history with casual magnificence: a first-century amphitheatre still hosts bullfights beneath open skies, and the haunting Alyscamps necropolis — once among the most prestigious burial grounds in the Western world — lines a poplar-shaded avenue with ancient sarcophagi. Yet Arles is equally celebrated as the city that intoxicated Vincent van Gogh, who produced over three hundred works here in fifteen fevered months; the Fondation Vincent van Gogh now honors his legacy in beautifully renovated rooms. Spring and autumn are ideal, with the Camargue's flamingo-filled wetlands just minutes south. Lyon is two hours north by TGV.

9. Day 4

   Viviers

   Arrive 23:00

   France

   

   Viviers is one of France's most beautifully preserved medieval secrets — a cathedral town of barely four thousand souls perched on a limestone spur above the Rhône, serving as an episcopal seat since the fifth century when its bishops chose this formidable rock over the declining Roman city below. The Romanesque bell tower, vaulted passageways, and Renaissance townhouses of the haute ville form an ensemble of extraordinary architectural coherence, virtually unaltered since the seventeenth century. River cruise guests arriving from Lyon or Avignon typically spend languid afternoons exploring these narrow, time-suspended streets, best visited in spring or early autumn when Rhône Valley light is at its most golden.

10. Day 5

    Viviers

    Arrive 08:00Depart 08:00

    France

    

    Viviers is one of France's most beautifully preserved medieval secrets — a cathedral town of barely four thousand souls perched on a limestone spur above the Rhône, serving as an episcopal seat since the fifth century when its bishops chose this formidable rock over the declining Roman city below. The Romanesque bell tower, vaulted passageways, and Renaissance townhouses of the haute ville form an ensemble of extraordinary architectural coherence, virtually unaltered since the seventeenth century. River cruise guests arriving from Lyon or Avignon typically spend languid afternoons exploring these narrow, time-suspended streets, best visited in spring or early autumn when Rhône Valley light is at its most golden.

11. Day 5

    La Voulte

    Arrive 13:00Depart 16:00

    France

    

    La Voulte-sur-Rhône is a charming Rhône Valley town crowned by medieval castle ruins, positioned between the gastronomic centres of Valence and nougat-famous Montélimar. Must-dos include climbing to the castle viewpoint, visiting the nearby Ardèche Gorge, and tasting northern Rhône wines like Cornas and Saint-Joseph. June through September brings lavender season and the warmest weather for Rhône Valley exploration.

12. Day 5

    Tain L’Hermitage

    Arrive 17:00Depart 16:00

    France

    

    Tain-l'Hermitage is the beating heart of the northern Rhône wine country, a compact town whose steeply terraced granite hill has yielded some of France's most majestic Syrahs and finest Marsannes since the Roman era. The revered Hermitage hill — its legend entwined with a thirteenth-century crusader hermit — rises directly behind the main street, and the great wine estates of Jaboulet, Chapoutier, and Ferraton offer some of the Loire Valley's most memorable cellar tastings. Autumn harvest season brings the vineyards to their most photogenic golden glory; spring and summer offer ideal touring weather along the Rhône cycling routes between vines and river.

13. Day 6

    Lyon

    Arrive 02:00Depart 16:00

    France

    

    Lyon sits at the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône — a geographic destiny that made it the capital of Roman Gaul, a Renaissance silk-trading powerhouse, and, by contemporary consensus, the undisputed gastronomic capital of France. The UNESCO-listed Vieux Lyon preserves Europe's finest concentration of Renaissance architecture, its labyrinthine traboules — secret passageways threading through courtyard after courtyard — offering endless discovery. Paul Bocuse's legacy lives on in the city's constellation of bouchons, where quenelles de brochet and tablier de sapeur are served with the straightforward confidence of a city that has never needed to prove its culinary supremacy. Lyon rewards a visit in any season, with the Festival of Lights in December being particularly magical.

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Main Deck 1 Bed Single CAT. C

Outside

96 sq ftMax 1C_SGL_PP

Comfortable cabin with a single bed, with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilet, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio . Located on the main deck with window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

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Main Deck 2 Beds CAT. A

Outside

118 sq ftMax 2A_TWN_PP

Comfortable cabin with two single beds, with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilet, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio. Located on the main deck with window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

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Main Deck 2 Beds CAT. B

Outside

118 sq ftMax 2B_TWN_PP

Comfortable cabin with two single beds, with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilet, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio. Located on the main deck with window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

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Main Deck 2 Beds CAT. C

Outside

118 sq ftMax 2C_TWN_PP

Comfortable cabin with two single beds, with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilet, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio. Located on the main deck with window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

ShowerToiletries ProvidedTwinVanity AreaTVFree Wi-Fi+6

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Main Deck 2 Single Beds Suite CAT. B

Suite

172 sq ftMax 2B_SU2_PP

Spacious and comfortable suite with two separable beds, with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilets, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio. Located on the main deck with window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

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Main Deck 3 Beds CAT. C

Outside

118 sq ftMax 3C_TPL_PP

Comfortable cabin that sleeps up to 3 people (2 low beds and 1 high bed), with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilets, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio. Located on the main deck with window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

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Upper Deck 2 Beds CAT. A

Outside

118 sq ftMax 2A_TWN_PS

Comfortable cabin with two single beds, with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilet, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio. Located on the upper deck with high sliding window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

ShowerTwinVanity AreaToiletries ProvidedTVFree Wi-Fi+6

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Upper Deck 2 Beds CAT. B

Outside

118 sq ftMax 2B_TWN_PS

Comfortable cabin with two single beds, with a bathroom (sink, shower and private toilet, towels provided), hair dryer, television, safe and radio. Located on the upper deck with high sliding window, it offers a panoramic view of the landscapes.

ShowerToiletries ProvidedTwinVanity AreaTVFree Wi-Fi+6

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