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Paris, Provence & Barcelona
GROUP INFORMATION
Tour Centre ID:
Bird-6977
Total Fee:* $3,873.00
Tour Quote Breakdown
The following fees apply to your fullpaying participants:
Departing From:
Toronto
Tour Fee*
Weekend Supplement
(Returning)
$40.00
Departing From: Toronto
On-Tour Tipping
$73.00
Departing:
March 10, 2016
Returning:
March 19, 2016
Tour Fee increases on
April 1, 2015
YOU CAN SIGN UP AT:
http://www.explorica.ca/Bird-6977 (/Bird6977)
$3,760.00
$3,873.00
Total Fee*
OR 10 monthly payments of $385.80
After initial payment of
$15.00
* Tour Fee increases on Apr 1, 2015,
tour fee will never change after sign-up.
Additional Adult Fees
The following additional fees apply only
to full-paying participants 23 and older
and are not included in the total price
listed above.
TOUR ITINERARY (DETAILED)
Adult Supplement
$130.00
Day 1 Start Tour
Twin Room Upgrade
$280.00
Additional Adult Fee
$410.00
Day 2 Bonjour Paris
Meet your Tour Director and check into hotel
Paris city walk
Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame Cathedral visit, Ile St.
Louis, Latin Quarter visit
Sainte Chapelle visit
Notre Dame Cathedral visit
Dinner in Latin Quarter
Eiffel Tower ascent
TOUR FEE INCLUDES:
◾ Round-trip airfare
◾ 8 overnight stays in hotels with
private bathrooms
◾ Full European breakfast daily
◾ Dinner daily
◾ Full-time services of a professional
Details: Paris city walk
Tour Director
This city was made for walking. Stroll grand boulevards with
◾ Guided sightseeing tours and city
sweeping views of the city, pristine parks with trees planted
walks as per itinerary
in perfect rows, and narrow streets crowded with vendors
◾ Visits to select attractions as per
selling flowers, pastries and cheese. Then head to the Île de
itinerary
la Cité, a small island in the Seine, to see Notre Dame
◾ Eiffel Tower ascent
Cathedral.
◾ High-speed TGV train to Avignon
◾ Tapas Dinner
Details: Latin Quarter visit
◾ Flamenco evening on extension
Visit one of the original college towns. The famous
◾ Tour Diary™
Sorbonne is the first and most illustrious of French
universities. It was originally founded by Robert de Sorbon
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in 1253 and was actually one of the smallest colleges, but ◾ Note: On arrival day only dinner is
provided; on departure day, only
became the richest and most respected of the colleges of
breakfast is provided
the University of Paris. Since the Sorbonne’s founding in the
◾
Note: Tour cost does not include
1100s, the Left Bank has attracted not only intellectuals but
airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees
also the cafés, bookstores and cinemas that tend to
for any required passport or visa.
accompany them. It’s also attracted its fair share of famous
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residents like Ernest Hemingway.
Details: Sainte Chapelle visit
This small cathedral was built in 1246 by Louis IX to house
Jesus Christ's thorn crown brought from Constantinople.
Today is brings crowds from afar to gaze at its beautiful
stained glass windows.
full list of items that may not be
included in the cost of your tour.
Details: Eiffel Tower ascent
Climb to the top of this iconic landmark for a spectacular
birds-eye view of the glittering City of Light.
Day 3 Paris landmarks
Paris guided sightseeing tour
Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, Eiffel Tower, Champ de
Mars, École Militaire, Les
Invalides, Conciergerie, Tuileries, Place Vendôme, Opera
House
Place de la Concorde
Tour Director-led Sightseeing Tour of Montmartre
Dinner in Montmartre
Details: Paris guided sightseeing tour
What's that huge white arch at the end of the ChampsÉlysées? The Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon
in 1806 after his victory at Austerlitz. Your licensed local
guide will elaborate on this, and other Parisian landmarks.
See some of the most famous sites, including the ornate,
19th-century Opera, the Presidential residence, the ultrachic shops of the Rue du Faubourg St-Honoré, and the
gardens of the Tuileries. You'll pass the Place de la
Concorde, where in the center you’ll find the Obelisk of
Luxor, a gift from Egypt in 1836, and the Place Vendôme, a
huge square surrounded by 17th-century buildings. Spot
chic locals (and tons of tourists) strolling the ChampsÉlysées. Look up at the iron girders of the Eiffel Tower, built
for the 1889 World's Fair to commemorate the centenary of
the French Revolution. See Les Invalides (a refuge for war
wounded), the École Militaire (Napoleon's alma mater), and
the Conciergerie (the prison where Marie Antoinette was
kept during the French Revolution).
Details: Tour Director-led Sightseeing Tour of Montmartre
The steep hilly area of Montmartre has been associated with
artists for years. The name Montmartre is attributed to the
many martyrs that were tortured and killed here.
Day 4 Paris--Provence
Visit Louvre
Travel to Avignon on the TGV (Europe’s fastest train)
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Details: Visit Louvre
The world's largest art museum, the Louvre is housed in a
medieval fortress-turned-castle so grand it's worth a tour
itself. You walk through the 71-foot glass pyramid designed
by I.M. Pei and added in 1989, and step into another worldone with carved ceilings, deep-set windows, and so many
architectural details, you could spend a week just admiring
the rooms. But check out the art on the walls. The Mona
Lisa is here, as well as the Venus de Milo and Winged
Victory (the headless statue, circa 200 BC, discovered at
Samothrace). The Louvre has seven different departments
of paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and antiquities.
Don't miss the Egyptian collection, complete with creepy
sarcophagi, or the collection of Greek ceramics, one of the
largest in the world. (Please note the Louvre is closed on
Tuesdays.)
Day 5 Provence Landmarks
Visit Arles amphitheatre
Palais des Papes visit
Pont du Gard guided visit
Day 6 Provence Landmarks
Travel to Cassis
Aix-en-Provence Tour Director-led sightseeing tour
Day 7 Provence--Barcelona
Travel to Barcelona via Carcassonne
Tour Director-led sightseeing tour of Carcassonne
Tapas dinner
Details: Travel to Barcelona via Carcassonne
The perfect turrets and ramparts of this medieval citadel
look as if they might have been drawn by a story book
illustrator. Your Tour Director will take you through this
preserved city, where you can see the portcullis and
drawbridge, restored houses and watchtowers. From the
battlements you can see over green plains and hills all the
way to the Pyrenees. The oldest sections of the wall were
built by the Romans in the 1st century, but most of
Carcassonne's current character is from the 13th centurywhen doing battle meant raining stones and hot oil down on
your enemies.
Details: Tapas dinner
Tapas purportedly originated when bartenders set a small
plate ("tapa") over patrons' glasses of sherry and wine to
keep the flies out. The bartenders starting piling the plate
with cold cuts, olives, or salad, and the bite-size snack was
born. (We're unsure how they kept the flies out of the coldcuts... maybe that's how the sandwich was invented?) Over
time these working-class snacks have become more
elaborate, with each region adding its own specialties and
cooking techniques to create unique tastes and
combinations.
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Day 8 Barcelona Landmarks
Barcelona Guided Sightseeing Tour
Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia, Montjuïc Hill, Parque Guell visit
Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia visit
Picasso Museum visit
Flamenco evening
Details: Barcelona Guided Sightseeing Tour
See brilliant Barcelona, a city of graceful Gothic churches,
wrought-iron balconies and wide, grand avenues filled with
outdoor cafés. Throughout the city, daringly innovative
buildings sit side-by-side with the medieval past. A licensed,
local guide will show you some of the high points of this
architectural showcase. First stop: the pointy spires of the
La Sagrada Familia (Church of the Holy Family), a halffinished church complex that became the obsession of
Barcelona's famously eccentric architectural genius, Antoni
Gaudí. Then step back to the past with a journey up to
Montjuïc (Hill of the Jews). See the fortress built atop an
ancient Jewish cemetery. Site of numerous battles to
control Barcelona, this hill was also the location of the 1992
Olympics.
Details: Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia visit
This breathtaking church, said to be the master-work of
architect Antoni Gaudí, has been under construction since
1882 and is not expected to be completed until 2026!
Despite its unfinished state, the church has 18 spindleshaped towers that soar above the church itself, making for
a striking addition to Barcelona’s skyline and more than
worth the visit.
Details: Picasso Museum visit
Take an unparalleled glimpse into the development of
Picasso’s genius. Bringing together the Spaniard’s early and
late works, the museum traces the evolution of Picasso’s art
from his realism-based schoolboy exercises of the1890s
through his Blue Period in 1904, and then jumps into the
artist’s remarkable late work. A series of 1950s oil paintings
shows Picasso’s explorations of Velazquez’s <i>Las
Meninas</i>, in which he transforms the original into a
perspective-shifting explosion of color and line. Visit
includes the use of audioguides.
Details: Flamenco evening
Originating from gypsy music and dance in Southern Spain,
flamenco dancing has become a Spanish institution.
Dancers use intricate footwork and elaborate arm gestures
to convey the mood of the music, which can range from
lamentation to celebration. Learn about the history of
Flamenco, watch dancers perform and give it a whirl
yourself!
Day 9 Barcelona
Barcelona City Walk
Mercat de la Boquería, Las Ramblas, Columbus Monument
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Las Ramblas Treasure Hunt
Paella dinner
Details: Barcelona City Walk
Flowers, pedestrian boulevards, and decorative pavement
make Barcelona a great walking city, and your Tour Director
will show you where to stroll. See the Mercat de la
Boquería, where the bright colors of fruits and vegetables,
spices, fresh seafood and meat -- not to mention about a
hundred different types of cheese -- vie for space in the
market stalls. In the city center you'll see the Monument a
Colom, a towering statue of Christopher Columbus. Gaze at
the city stretched out before you, the mountains in the
distance, and the Mediterranean Sea at your back. Then it's
on to the best walk in the city, Las Ramblas, a mile-long
pedestrian street that offers up the carnival of urban
Barcelona. Have your palm read or browse through the
strip's famous open-air shops. Enough walking for one day?
Pull up a chair, order a café con leche, and watch the
parade of street performers from your seat.
Details: Las Ramblas Treasure Hunt
Take interactive learning to another level with a Tour
Director-led treasure hunt of Las Ramblas, the most famous
pedestrian street of Barcelona! Enjoy an after-dinner
adventure, complete exciting activities and solve fun clues.
Each clue and every activity is built to maximize on-tour
experiential learning.
Day 10 End Tour
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