Grande France – Paris to Arles

  • 23rd March 2025
  • 14 Nights
  • S.S. Joie de Vivre
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Your itinerary

  • Paris
  • La Roche-Guyon
  • Vernon
  • Giverny
  • Rouen
  • Caudebec-en-Caux
  • Rouen
  • Mantes la Jolie
  • Paris
  • Paris
  • Lyon
  • Macon
  • Tournon
  • Viviers
  • Avignon
  • Tarascon
  • Arles
Day 1

23rd Mar '25

Paris
Paris, Frances capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. More
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Day 2

24th Mar '25

La Roche-Guyon
La Roche-Guyon is a commune in the Val-dOise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the Vexin regional nature park. The commune grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon, upon which historically it depended for its existence. The communes population in 2015 was 464. More
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Day 2

24th Mar '25

Vernon
Vernon is a commune in the department of Eure in the Normandy region in northern France. It lies on the banks of the river Seine, about midway between Paris and Rouen. The city is known for its production of engines by the SNECMA group. More
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Day 2

24th Mar '25

Giverny
Giverny is a village in the region of Normandy in northern France. Impressionist painter Claude Monet lived and worked here from 1883 until his death in 1926. The artist’s former home and elaborate gardens, where he produced his famed water lily series, are now the Fondation Claude Monet museum. Nearby, the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny highlights the Impressionist art movement. More
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Day 3

25th Mar '25

Rouen
Rouen, capital of the northern French region of Normandy, is a port city on the river Seine. Important in the Roman era and Middle Ages, it has Gothic churches, such as Saint-Maclou and Saint-Ouen, and a cobblestoned pedestrian center with medieval half-timbered houses. The skyline is dominated by the spires of Cathédrale Notre-Dame, much-painted by Impressionist Claude Monet. More
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Day 4

26th Mar '25

Caudebec-en-Caux
Caudebec-en-Caux is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine. More
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Day 5

27th Mar '25

Rouen
Rouen, capital of the northern French region of Normandy, is a port city on the river Seine. Important in the Roman era and Middle Ages, it has Gothic churches, such as Saint-Maclou and Saint-Ouen, and a cobblestoned pedestrian center with medieval half-timbered houses. The skyline is dominated by the spires of Cathédrale Notre-Dame, much-painted by Impressionist Claude Monet. More
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Day 6

28th Mar '25

Mantes la Jolie
Mantes-la-Jolie is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. It is located to the west of Paris, 48.4 km from the centre of the capital. Mantes-la-Jolie is a subprefecture; in 2016, it had a population of 44,231. More
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Day 7

29th Mar '25

Paris
Paris, Frances capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. More
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Day 8

30th Mar '25

Paris
Paris, Frances capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. More
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Day 9

31st Mar '25

Lyon
Lyon, the capital city in France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, sits at the junction of the Rhône and Saône rivers. Its center reflects 2,000 years of history from the Roman Amphithéâtre des Trois Gaules, medieval and Renaissance architecture in Vieux (Old) Lyon, to the modern Confluence district on Presquîle peninsula. Traboules, covered passageways between buildings, connect Vieux Lyon and La Croix-Rousse hill. More
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Day 10

1st Apr '25

Macon
Macon is a city in central Georgia. Ocmulgee National Monument has large Native American earthen mounds from around 1000 A.D., and its museum displays artifacts spanning thousands of years. The Tubman Museum’s exhibits on African-American art, history and culture include a huge mural and the Inventors Gallery. More
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Day 11

2nd Apr '25

Tournon
Tournon-sur-Rhône is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. More
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Day 12

3rd Apr '25

Viviers
Viviers is a commune in the department of Ardèche in southern France. The administrative and religious capital of Vivarais, the town of Viviers, on the right bank of the Rhône, in southern Ardèche, retains an important heritage from its rich past, including many listed monuments. More
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Day 13

4th Apr '25

Avignon
Avignon, a city in southeastern France’s Provence region, is set on the Rhône River. From 1309 to 1377, it was the seat of the Catholic popes. It remained under papal rule until becoming part of France in 1791. This legacy can be seen in the massive Palais des Papes (Popes Palace) in the city center, which is surrounded by medieval stone ramparts. More
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Day 14

5th Apr '25

Tarascon
Tarascon, sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune situated at the extreme west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur region. Inhabitants are referred to as Tarasconnais or Tarasconnaises. More
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Day 15

6th Apr '25

Arles
Arles is a city on the Rhône River in the Provence region of southern France. Its famed for inspiring the paintings of Van Gogh, which influenced the contemporary art displayed at the Fondation Vincent Van Gogh. Once a provincial capital of ancient Rome, Arles is also known for many remains from that era, including Arles Amphitheatre (les Arènes dArles), now hosting plays, concerts and bullfights. More
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Your ship - The S.S. Joie de Vivre

S.S. Joie de Vivre brings the “joy of living” to the rivers of France. Step aboard your floating pied-à-terre in France, featuring handcrafted furniture and fine antiques, original artwork, and signature accents inspired by 20th-century Parisian design from the Golden Twenties to the free-spirited Sixties, all blending seamlessly with modern conveniences.

Flat Screen TV

Bar

Hair Dryer
Laundry Service
Personal Safe
Reception

Fitness Center

Swimming Pool

Description

S.S. Joie de Vivre brings the “joy of living” to the rivers of France. Step aboard your floating pied-à-terre in France, featuring handcrafted furniture and fine antiques, original artwork, and signature accents inspired by 20th-century Parisian design from the Golden Twenties to the free-spirited Sixties, all blending seamlessly with modern conveniences.

Entertainment

Flat Screen TV

Food and Drink

Bar

Other

Hair Dryer
Laundry Service
Personal Safe
Reception

Fitness

Fitness Center

Relaxation

Swimming Pool

Staterooms

suite

Lavishly appointed riverview stateroom (410 sq ft – 38 sq m) with a French balcony Handcraft ... ed Savoir Beds of England, built-in closet, hair dryer, safe, individual thermostat, flat-screen TV with infotainment centre and satellite, and bottled water The Grand Suite offers extra benefits, including a separate spacious living room, bathroom with a separate rain shower and tub, and secluded toilet and bidet area

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balcony

Lavishly appointed riverview staterooms (194 sq ft – 18 sq m) with a French balcony Handcraf ... ted Savoir Beds of England, built-in closet, hair dryer, safe, individual thermostat, flat-screen TV with infotainment centre and satellite, and bottled water Marble bathroom with Asprey bath and body products, plush towels, towel warmer, cosy bathrobes and slippers

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outside

Lavishly appointed riverview stateroom (162-180 sq ft – 15-17 sq m) Handcrafted Savoir Beds ... of England, built-in closet, hair dryer, safe, individual thermostat, flat-screen TV with infotainment centre and satellite, and bottled water Marble bathroom with Asprey bath and body products, plush towels, towel warmer, cosy bathrobes and slippers

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