Take a “test drive” of Rick Steves’ 2010 Villages & Vineyards of Eastern France and Paris & the South of France tours with Steve Smith (co-author of Rick Steves’ France and Paris guidebooks) as your guide. On the Villages & Vineyards tour, you’ll start in the bubbly city of Reims, famous for its Champagne, with stops in Verdun’s historic battlefields, Colmar’s cobbled lanes, Burgundy’s famed Route du Vin, Chamonix’s majestic mountains, Provence’s picturesque countryside, and the Riviera’s azure harbors. On the Paris & South France tour. you’ll journey across western France starting with the best of elegant Paris, then winding down to the sunny south, savoring châteaux along the Loire, prehistoric caves and traditional markets of the Dordogne, the medieval city of Carcassonne, the Roman Pont du Gard, the delightful villages and wines of Provence, with a grand finale in Nice. For more information on Rick Steves’ tours — including full itineraries, prices, departure dates and seat availability — visit www.ricksteves.com. {Disclaimer The itinerary specifics and other tour details noted in this lecture were correct at the time of filming in 2010 but may have since changed.)
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