Chelsea Flower Show
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Included First Class Services• 8 Nights in Premium Hotels
• Escorted by Professional Tour Director • Luxury Air-Conditioned 40 seat coach with Business Class legroom, on-board washroom and panoramic windows • Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and portage • Airport Arrival and Departure Transfers on Day 2 and Day 10 |
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Price/Rates• From $3190 per person for Twin Share or $1320 for your own room single.
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Beautiful Accomodations
Thistle Marble Arch
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Movenpick City Centre, Amsterdam
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NH Brugge
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Le Meridien Etoile
Itinerary
Day 1: Depart USA Board your overnight flight (not included).
Day 2: Arrive London Welcome to London! On arrival you are transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure to relax or explore London on your own. This evening join your Tour Director for a Welcome Drink and tour debriefing at the hotel.
Hotel: Thistle Marble Arch
Meals: Buffet Breakfast, Celebration Dinner
Day 3: Chelsea Flower Show Enjoy a full day to experience the famous Chelsea Flower Show – the 'mecca' of all garden shows. A transfer in the morning takes you to the famous show! The Chelsea Flower Show will bring together the very best gardens, flowers and gardening from around the world. You will be able to see magnificent floral displays, model gardens, English garden tools and a host of garden structures and artifacts. There will be extensive displays of show gardens, courtyard gardens, city and roof gardens with areas to learn about plants and growing flowers. This afternoon a transfer back to the hotel is provided. This evening we dine on a spectacular Thames River Dinner Cruise.
Hotel: Thistle Marble Arch
Meals: Buffet Breakfast, Highlight Dinner
Day 4: London – Amsterdam Cross to Dover for the channel crossing to Calais, where we are met by coach and transferred to our hotel in Amsterdam. On the way enjoy an orientation tour past the Mint Tower; floating Flower Market and Royal Palace in Dam Square. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Hotel: Movenpick City Centre Meals: Buffet Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5: Amsterdam Starting your day at the famous Aalsmeer Flower Auction, the world's largest flower auction, you experience the bustle of the auction floor, watching traders bid against the clock and seeing the incredible number of flowers sold every day from countries all around the world. Later visit a typical Dutch windmill and the picturesque village of Volendam. Volendam is renowned for its wooden houses, traditional fishing boats and old harbour. Renoir and Picasso both spent time in this picturesque fishing village and some of the residents still wear the traditional Dutch clothing.
Hotel: Movenpick City Centre
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 6: Amsterdam – Bruges Continue to medieval Bruges in Belgium. Stroll along the cobbled streets lined with high gabled houses from the Golden Age of the 16th century. Visit the market square dominated by the 272ft Belfry of the Market Hall. Then explore Burg Square with its ornate Gothic town all and glorious frescoes on the walls of the Holy Blood Chapel. Afterwards enjoy a relaxing canal cruise before dinner at the hotel.
Hotel: NH Brugge
Meal: Buffet Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7: Bruges – Paris Depart Bruges for glittering Paris. Sightseeing with a local expert takes you by the Ile de la Cite to see Notre Dame Cathedral with its famous tale of Quasimodo. Then around the imposing facades of the Louvre and Garnier's Opera House. See the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde and drive along the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe. Next, survey the city from the heights of the Eiffel Tower, built for the World's Exhibition of 1889. The rest of the day is free to enjoy at your leisure. You could stop at the sidewalk cafes lining the Seine for pastries, view the priceless masterpieces at the Louvre, or hit the designer shops.
Hotel: Le Meridien Etoile
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 8: Loire Valley ExcursionTake a day tour from Paris to visit the three most famous chateaux of the Loire Valley: beautiful Chenonceau Castle, privately owned Chateau de Cheverny and, perhaps most magnificent of them all, the Chateau de Chambord. You'll witness the glamour and grandeur of French royalty and aristocracy, and gain insights into "castle life" in these Renaissance riverside castles.
Hotel: Le Meridien Etoile
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 9: Versailles and Giverny Taking in two of Europe's most celebrated gardens; we have a full day to explore Versailles and Giverny. France's royal history is revealed at King Louis XIV's majestic palace of Versailles which, along with its magnificent garden, became the quintessential model for palaces in Europe. Visiting the luxurious Grand Apartments, the chandelier-lit Hall of Mirrors and the Chapel of Versailles, you get a glimpse into the lives of 17th century French nobility. Then we head to Giverny to view the gardens that inspired many of Impressionist Claude Monet's most famous masterpieces, seeing the Japanese Bridge which crosses the illustrious water-lily pond – as painted in Monet's magnum opus 'Nympheas'. Back in Paris, the rest of the day is at leisure.
Hotel: Le Meridien Etoile
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 10: Depart Paris Your memorable journey comes to an end as you bid your Tour Director farewell. Transfers arrive at Charles De Gaulle Airport today at 08:30, 11:30 & 1800.
Meal: Buffet Breakfast.
Day 2: Arrive London Welcome to London! On arrival you are transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure to relax or explore London on your own. This evening join your Tour Director for a Welcome Drink and tour debriefing at the hotel.
Hotel: Thistle Marble Arch
Meals: Buffet Breakfast, Celebration Dinner
Day 3: Chelsea Flower Show Enjoy a full day to experience the famous Chelsea Flower Show – the 'mecca' of all garden shows. A transfer in the morning takes you to the famous show! The Chelsea Flower Show will bring together the very best gardens, flowers and gardening from around the world. You will be able to see magnificent floral displays, model gardens, English garden tools and a host of garden structures and artifacts. There will be extensive displays of show gardens, courtyard gardens, city and roof gardens with areas to learn about plants and growing flowers. This afternoon a transfer back to the hotel is provided. This evening we dine on a spectacular Thames River Dinner Cruise.
Hotel: Thistle Marble Arch
Meals: Buffet Breakfast, Highlight Dinner
Day 4: London – Amsterdam Cross to Dover for the channel crossing to Calais, where we are met by coach and transferred to our hotel in Amsterdam. On the way enjoy an orientation tour past the Mint Tower; floating Flower Market and Royal Palace in Dam Square. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Hotel: Movenpick City Centre Meals: Buffet Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5: Amsterdam Starting your day at the famous Aalsmeer Flower Auction, the world's largest flower auction, you experience the bustle of the auction floor, watching traders bid against the clock and seeing the incredible number of flowers sold every day from countries all around the world. Later visit a typical Dutch windmill and the picturesque village of Volendam. Volendam is renowned for its wooden houses, traditional fishing boats and old harbour. Renoir and Picasso both spent time in this picturesque fishing village and some of the residents still wear the traditional Dutch clothing.
Hotel: Movenpick City Centre
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 6: Amsterdam – Bruges Continue to medieval Bruges in Belgium. Stroll along the cobbled streets lined with high gabled houses from the Golden Age of the 16th century. Visit the market square dominated by the 272ft Belfry of the Market Hall. Then explore Burg Square with its ornate Gothic town all and glorious frescoes on the walls of the Holy Blood Chapel. Afterwards enjoy a relaxing canal cruise before dinner at the hotel.
Hotel: NH Brugge
Meal: Buffet Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7: Bruges – Paris Depart Bruges for glittering Paris. Sightseeing with a local expert takes you by the Ile de la Cite to see Notre Dame Cathedral with its famous tale of Quasimodo. Then around the imposing facades of the Louvre and Garnier's Opera House. See the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde and drive along the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe. Next, survey the city from the heights of the Eiffel Tower, built for the World's Exhibition of 1889. The rest of the day is free to enjoy at your leisure. You could stop at the sidewalk cafes lining the Seine for pastries, view the priceless masterpieces at the Louvre, or hit the designer shops.
Hotel: Le Meridien Etoile
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 8: Loire Valley ExcursionTake a day tour from Paris to visit the three most famous chateaux of the Loire Valley: beautiful Chenonceau Castle, privately owned Chateau de Cheverny and, perhaps most magnificent of them all, the Chateau de Chambord. You'll witness the glamour and grandeur of French royalty and aristocracy, and gain insights into "castle life" in these Renaissance riverside castles.
Hotel: Le Meridien Etoile
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 9: Versailles and Giverny Taking in two of Europe's most celebrated gardens; we have a full day to explore Versailles and Giverny. France's royal history is revealed at King Louis XIV's majestic palace of Versailles which, along with its magnificent garden, became the quintessential model for palaces in Europe. Visiting the luxurious Grand Apartments, the chandelier-lit Hall of Mirrors and the Chapel of Versailles, you get a glimpse into the lives of 17th century French nobility. Then we head to Giverny to view the gardens that inspired many of Impressionist Claude Monet's most famous masterpieces, seeing the Japanese Bridge which crosses the illustrious water-lily pond – as painted in Monet's magnum opus 'Nympheas'. Back in Paris, the rest of the day is at leisure.
Hotel: Le Meridien Etoile
Meal: Buffet Breakfast
Day 10: Depart Paris Your memorable journey comes to an end as you bid your Tour Director farewell. Transfers arrive at Charles De Gaulle Airport today at 08:30, 11:30 & 1800.
Meal: Buffet Breakfast.
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