MERGANSER
CRUISE ITINERARY FRANCE 2007
Paris
to Epernay: September 22nd
Epernay
to Epernay: October 1st
Transfers between Paris and the Barge.
PARIS to EPERNAY
Our cruise
starts
through the
centre of Paris,
under the famous and spectacular bridges of the
city, past the
Eiffel Tower,
the Hôtel des Invalides,
the Tuileries and Nôtre Dame
Cathedral. Clearing
Paris through a
series of tunnels and canal cuttings we reach the city of Meaux,
centre
of the Brie region, offering us a chance to taste and perhaps buy some
of the
famed Brie cheese. We also tour its famous cathedral and bishop's palace gardens. Cruising
upstream through the
pastoral landscape of the Brie we stop at La
Ferté-sous-Jouarre before
reaching Château-Thierry, where, on the
narrow winding street up to the
castle we visit the home of La Fontaine, now a
museum dedicated to his
life and works. The next section of the cruise takes us through some of
the
finest landscapes of the Champagne region. The valley opens out to show
us
hills covered with vines as we pass numerous small champagne villages
nestling
beside the river. Continuing to Dormans, where we
visit the impressive
Chapel of Remembrace, we then reach Epernay Epernay,
where we finish our
cruise, is the home of many of the large champagne houses and it is
here where we
visit the caves of
Castellane and enjoy our champagne
tasting before the final dinner aboard Merganser
Eiffel Tower,
Paris
EPERNAY to
EPERNAY
This is a short end of season cruise from Epernay down
the River Marne to Château-Thierry and
back. Leaving Epernay we cruise
downstream to Dormans, where we visit the
impressive Chapel of
Remembrance commemorating
the two First
World War battles of the Marne, thence to Château-Thierry,
where we visit the
home of La Fontaine, now a museum dedicated to his life and works. The
next
section of the cruise takes us through some of the finest landscapes of
the
Champagne region. The valley opens out to show us hills covered with
vines as
we pass numerous small champagne villages nestling beside the river.
Returning
to Epernay, we tour
the caves
of Castellane and enjoy our champagne tasting before the
final dinner
aboard Merganser
.
Dormans
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