10 night active and discovery on the seine with 2 nights in saint malo and excursion to mont st. michel (southbound) and land tour

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Length of cruise: 10 nights
Ship: Avalon Tapestry II (details)
Cruise line: Avalon Waterways

Departure port: Paris
Ports of call: Chartres, St. Malo, Mont St. Michel, Caudebec-En-Caux, D-Day Beaches, Rouen, Les Andelys, Vernon
Return port: Paris

Day Location

1
Paris
2
Paris
3
Chartres
4
St. Malo
5
Mont St. Michel
6
Paris
7
Caudebec-En-Caux
8
D-Day Beaches
9
Caudebec-En-Caux
10
Rouen
11
Les Andelys
12
Vernon
13
Conflans
14
Paris
15
Paris

The Ile de la Cite as seen from the Pont des Arts in Paris shortly before sunrise in this HDR image.

A river cruise ship sails past Notre Dame de Paris on Ile de la Cite in Paris.

Courtyard of the Museum of Louvre and its pyramid. I.M. Pei's redesign of the Cour Napoléon, the main court of the Louvre, was completed in 1989.

The ornate, stained glass dome found above the perfume department in Paris' Galleries Lafayette department store.

View of the Seine in Paris with Notre Dame in the background.

A view of the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris at night.

A nice capture of the Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Triumph), at the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris.

A wonderful evening capture of Pont des Arts, the pedestrian bridge over the River Seine in Paris. It links the Institut de France and the central square of the Louvre. You can also see Notre Dame and Sainte-Chapelle.

A corner detail of the 1700s ode to opulence, the Palace of Versailles in France.

The Louvre and its iconic pyramid at night in Paris.

A spectacular aerial view of Paris.

Interior of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

The iconic Notre Dame Cathedral on Ile de la Cite in Paris.

A bustling street in the Latin Quarter of Paris.

Sacre Coeur in Paris, France.

The Eiffel Tower, as seen from the Champ de Mars in Paris.

Panoramic of the lower chapel ceiling of Sainte-Chapelle, or La Santa Capilla, in Paris.

The upper chapel of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, built between 1242 and 1248 by King Louis IX of France and restored in the 1800s.

Saint Severin in Paris, France.

"Soleil Levant" (Impression, Sunrise) (1872), by Claude Monet, spawned the Impression movement. See it at Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris.

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