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Monet’s Garden, Versailles, Cheese & Calvados
Enjoy a short break in France, combining the splendid house and gardens of Claude Monet, inspiration for so many of his paintings, with a full day in Versailles and time in Pays d’Auge, famous for its splendid green countryside, excellent cheeses and lush apple orchards. On this coach holiday, you’ll visit Versailles, home to the fabulous château created for Louis XIV and home to 800 hectares of stunning gardens. Entrance to the gardens at Versailles is included. We also visit one of the most famous gardens of all time, that of Claude Monet in Giverny – remember those water lilies? As for the Pays d’Auge in the Normandy area, this beautiful region is home to the village of Camembert, known worldwide for its famous cheese, where you can taste the delicious Camembert at a local cheesery.
Tour Includes
- 4 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- Convenient local joining points
5 days from £589pp
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Itinerary
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Local departure by coach, then to Rouen for a four-night stay.
If you choose to visit the palace, then there are various types of admission tickets available depending on what areas you would like to see. (Château entrance is at extra cost and subject to local queueing times. Ticket prices vary depending on the type of ticket you purchase - approximate cost is between €18 and €27 paid on the spot. We do not recommend advance ticket purchase, as itineraries can be subject to last-minute change for operational reasons. (We are not able to provide assistance with independent ticket arrangements.)
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Included Highlights
This morning we travel to the pretty village of Giverny to visit the home of Claude Monet. The artist lived here from 1883 until his death in 1926, and today his house, and in particular, the gardens – made famous by his painting of the water lilies, have been restored to Monet’s original designs. His gardens, stretching from his house down to the river, provided the inspiration for many of his famous paintings, such as the series of ‘Nympheas’ or Water Lilies and his ‘Pont Japonais’ or Japanese Bridge, which has also been rebuilt for visitors to enjoy. We then continue to the beautiful town of Rouen, where you will have time at leisure to explore this delightful Normandy town.
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Included Highlights
We spend the day in the beautiful Pays d’ Auge, famous for its splendid green countryside, excellent cheeses and lush apple orchards. Our first stop is in the pretty historical city of Lisieux. Home to an extravagant hillside basilica, Lisieux is considered to be the second most important pilgrimage town in France, thanks to its 19th century saint, Therese Martin. We later continue to southern Normandy and the village of Camembert, known worldwide for its famous cheese. During the day we will visit both a local cheesery, where you can taste the local Camembert, and a traditional Normandy farm, where we will see how the local apples are made into cider, calvados (a local apple brandy) and Pommeau (a drink which combines apple juice with apple brandy), before sampling the produce.
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Return home.
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Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at the 3-star B&B Rouen Centre Rive Droite, or similar.
Luxuria Coach
Stylish and modern, state-of-the-art Luxuria is the business class of coaches. Boasting comfort of the highest standard, sink into the deluxe armchair-style seats, stretch out with much more space around you, and enjoy a vast choice of entertainment on your personal touch-screen TV.
Luxuria Features
- Deluxe armchair-style seats with leather exterior, central arm rests* with cup holders, adjustable headrests and retractable calf rests on most seats to give you a more comfortable journey.
*Face to face seats are forward and rear facing with a table and will not have a calf rest. - Every seat has its own, fully interactive, touch-screen TV offering a wide choice of entertainment so you can control what you want to watch and when.
- There’s a selection of double and single seats, including six face-to-face seats with tables, and five single seats which are ideal for passengers travelling independently.
- Plug sockets and USB points at each seat mean you can keep your devices fully charged throughout your journey.
- Onboard toilet.
Silver Service Coach
More than simply your method of transport, Silver Service offers a coach with added comfort and facilities, such as deluxe reclining seats with leather headrests, an onboard entertainment system, and a spacious rear lounge so you can socialise with your fellow passengers.
Silver Service Features
- Specially designed reclining seats, with leather headrests, footrests and extra legroom.
- A spacious rear lounge where you can relax, socialise and get to know your fellow passengers.
- Our onboard entertainment and satellite navigation system makes your journey fly by.
- Free personal headphones mean you can tune into the music channel, listen to the radio or watch DVDs being played by your crew.
- Personal tables so you can enjoy your refreshments in comfort as you take in the passing scenery.
Reviews
4.2 Out of 5 ( 32 Reviews )
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Quality
4.1 / 5
Value for Money
4 / 5
Mrs Denise Burke, 1 year ago
Versailles entry was not included and on the day it was fully booked so very disappointed as that s what I did trip for. Also cheese factory was a waste of time like a school trip as you could not buy any cheese as it would go off. Apart from that calvados and monets gardens were really good
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Susan Brown, 1 year ago
An excellent tour, however Ledger need to inform clients that they need to buy tickets online before visiting The Palace of Versilles as there is not a facility to buy tickets on the day of your visit .
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Christine Howarth, 1 year ago
The itinerary is very good but be prepared for a long journey. Also, if you want to see inside the Chateau you have to pay extra and book yourself but I would recommend this. Monet's Garden is nice and there is a lovely tearoom on site. The visit to Camembert was interesting but be warned do not buy their raw milk Camembert unless you are going to eat it that day as it only lasts 7 hours before needing refrigeration and the hotel we were in didn't have a fridge in the room. The hotel we stayed in was across the river away from the centre of Rouen and it wasn't easy to find restaurants at night. The hotel was B&B only and they didn't seem prepared for coach parties as one morning we came down for breakfast and another party had practically cleared them out and quite a few items weren't replaced. At night they did pizzas and other snack type meals (all microwaved) if you didn't want to venture out and these were nice. It's quite a busy itinerary and some people didn't like all the travelling but we were prepared for this and unless you do it yourself by car I think it's the only way to see everything we did. We travelled on Legers Luxuria coach which I thoroughly recommend.
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Katherine Palmer, 1 year ago
Monet's Garden and Versailles were both stunning and were beyond my expectations. We had a good amount of time to explore them. They were my. main reason for booking this tour. Although the cheese and calvados was not my main reason for going, they were informative and the people who owned the apple farm and the cheese factory were lovely.
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David Eeley, 1 year ago
Well organised
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