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Vineyards, Chateaux & Bordeaux 2025

22 days
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From Basel to Bordeaux
4.6
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Vineyards, Chateaux & Bordeaux 2025 - Avalon Waterways
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  • River Cruise
  • Family
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  • Sightseeing
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Avalon Waterways
Group Tour
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Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 30 - 160
Age range 8 to 99
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Highlights

  • Explore the Black Forest's open-air museum
  • Tour Strasbourg's Gothic cathedral
  • Sail through the Rhine Gorge's castles
  • Taste Rüdesheimer coffee and music
  • Discover Amsterdam on a canal cruise

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 BASEL, SWITZERLAND (EMBARKATION)
  2. Day 2 BREISACH, GERMANY. EXCURSION TO BLACK FOREST
  3. Day 3 KEHL. EXCURSION TO STRASBOURG
  4. Day 4 MAINZ. EXCURSION TO HEIDELBERG
  5. Day 5 RÜDESHEIM–RHINE GORGE
  6. Day 6 COLOGNE
  7. Day 7 AMSTERDAM*, HOLLAND
  8. Day 8 AMSTERDAM* (DISEMBARKATION)–PARIS, FRANCE (EMBARKATION)
  9. Day 9 VERNON
  10. Day 10 CAUDEBEC
  11. Day 11 CAUDEBEC. EXCURSION TO NORMANDY
  12. Day 12 ROUEN
  13. Day 13 CONFLANS
  14. Day 14 PARIS
  15. Day 15 PARIS (DISEMBARKATION)–BORDEAUX (EMBARKATION)
  16. Day 16 CADILLAC-SUR-GARONNE*
  17. Day 17 CUSSAC FORT MÉDOC
  18. Day 18 BLAYE–BOURG
  19. Day 19 LIBOURNE. EXCURSION TO SAINT-ÉMILION
  20. Day 20 BORDEAUX
  21. Day 21 BORDEAUX. EXCURSION TO ARCACHON’S BAY
  22. Day 22 BORDEAUX (DISEMBARKATION)
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  • Insurance
  • Optional
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Avalon Waterways

4.6
(231 reviews)
This operator has high review ratings and responds promptly to enquiries

Number of tours

515

Age Range

8 to 99 years old

Response time

within 1 day

Response rate

77%

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Customer Reviews

  • Klaus
    · July 28th, 2024
    ship was excellent, food and drinks were great, adventures perfectly organized,all crew members were extremely friendly and helpful. One person was outstanding and needs to be mentioned: our cruise director GAYLE. She was just outstanding and the best we ever experienced.
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  • Lisa
    · May 12th, 2024
    This was our first cruise and we enjoyed it very much. The ship was immaculate, the staff was lovely, and the food was really good. I would not hesitate to recommend this trip to others.
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  • Lindsay
    · April 30th, 2024
    Great service, good guides, excellent food
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Dates & Availability

22 days
Vineyards, Chateaux & Bordeaux 2025
From Basel to Bordeaux

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Tour ID: 268719

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