Categories 3, 4, and 5 refer primarily to varying degrees of excellence in rooms .

Land Price in U.S. $, with 1 Euro = $1.35, does not include air fair

Seasons: Low (11/1 - 12/26, 1/5 - 3/15); Medium (3/15 - 4/30, 10/1 - 10/31 ); High (5/1 - 9/30, 12/27 - 1/4)

Single, triple occupancy or families and groups, please inquire

*Basic Category 3 includes lodging with breakfast 8 nights; private transfers to and from Paris airports; 4 day rental of intermediate car with manual transmission and A/C; trip pack including vouchers, detailed daily itinerary, driving directions, maps,restaurant suggestions and guidebook; travel planning services. Full Land Package adds 3 day Paris transport pass and 2 day Paris museum pass; dinner at Eiffel Tower plus illumination cruise,; and excursion to Versailles Palace and Gardens, including transportation from central Paris meeting point and admission.

• Meet and greet plus private sedan transfers from and to Paris airports
• Eight hotel nights: choose 4 nights from our list in Paris and 4 nights in Alsace
• Continental breakfast daily
• Paris transport and museum pass:
• Four days rental of intermediate car , manual transmission**, A/C,  and unlimited miles
• Excursion to the Palace of Versailles and Gardens, including transport and admission
• Eiffel Tower dinner, illumination cruise
• Paris fashion show (on Friday)
• Maps, driving directions, and itinerary for self-guided driving tours of : either Champagne or Burgundy wine region en route to Alsace; and, the Alsace Wine Road with visits to Riquewihr, Ribeauville, Itterswiller, Rosheim and Kayersburg;.
• Maps and detailed itinerary for self-guided  walking tours of : Strasbourg including Notre Dame Cathedral and the “Petite France” district; and, picturesque Colmar, including the Unterlinden Museum.
• Shop in Obernai on market day;
• Travel planning services including trip pack with vouchers, detailed daily itinerary, driving directions, maps, and guide book.

Chauffeur and larger car for any part of the trip you prefer not to drive
Water sports, fishing, golf, tennis, horseback riding, hiking or biking
Hot air balloon ride over Alsace and/or Germany’s Black Forest
Half day wine tasting excursion
Dinner reservations at fabulous French restaurants
Pre-paid reservations for symphony or opera in Paris
Excursion to EuroDisney near Paris
Visit the medieval château of Haut-Koenigsbourg and the Abbey of Ebersmunster
Extension to the Black Forest and the German wine regions
Christmas markets in Alsace and Germany
Comprehensive insurance coverage for trip cancellation or interruption, baggage, illness, and accident at special group rates
Round-trip air transportation from the United States

Tonight enjoy your Eiffel Tower dinner and a Paris illumination cruise on the Seine. Paris, the culmination of French culture, reveals its Gothic, Renaissance, and modern faces from the banks of the River Seine, itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, and the Place de la Concorde, to the Grand and Petite Palais, the evolution of Paris unfolds before your eyes during this illumination cruise.

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If you choose the morning tour of Versailles, you have time this afternoon to visit the Musee d' Orsay and/or Pont Neuf this afternoon and  the charming district of Saint Germaine this evening. B

Paris (Fashion Show, Parisian Markets, and Gourmet Shops)
Day 5
After a leisurely breakfast, attend a fashion show of some 60 silhouettes from the season’s latest haute couture apparel and accessories by leading couturiers. 

No visit to Paris would be complete without a tour of its famous markets displaying ingredients which are the basis of French cooking. This afternoon, walk down the steeply winding rue de Buci and rue de Seine, where small, domestic shops artistically display the freshest of produce just arrived during the night from the French provinces.  The lively interaction between buyer and seller is an important ingredient in the Parisian texture of culture.  

Then visit world-famous cheese shops where, collectively, more than 200 types of cheeses are displayed, and tour one of the fashionable delicatessens for which Paris in known.

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Have a late lunch in the charming wine village of Ribeauvillé.  In the afternoon, visit the captivating old wine town of Riquewihr with its sixteenth-century ramparts, imposing thirteenth-century gate, and lovely inner courtyards.  Later, visit the Ebersmunster Abbey (the monastery of the wild boar) known for its beautiful furniture, exquisite carvings and Silbermann organ.

IOn this or any day of the tour, you may want to substitute your favorite activity: Water sports, fishing, golf, tennis, horseback riding, hiking, biking, or even a hot air balloon ride over Alsace or the German Black Forest. If you are not staying at the Hotel Arnold in the small and delightful wine village of Itterswiller, you should consider having dinner at their restaurant, which serves fabulous regional cuisine and wine.  

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Then drive to Colmar, a colorful, harmonious city built around a charming central maze of cobbled streets where restored half-timbered dwellings dating from the late Middle Ages to the Renaissance present brightly painted façades ornate with wooden sculptures.  At the Unterlinden Museum, view an outstanding collection of paintings from the Rhenan School and admire the spectacular, much-celebrated Issenheim altarpiece, which has long attracted visitors from around the globe.

There are a wide range of dining options in Colmar this evening and lively night entertainment. B

Early this morning drive to the picturesque town of Obernai and   experience the festive atmosphere of the weekly market while browsing through colorful stalls bursting with regional produce and charming handcrafted items. (We will redesign your schedule to include market day in Obernai, guided by your date of departure.) 

This afternoon, take a cruise on the canal system of the cosmopolitan city of Strasbourg (pay 5 Euros per person at the dock). Visit the famous pink granite Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame, begun in 1176; a lacy, fragile-looking structure topped by a soaring, 466-foot-high spire and filled with radiant light from superb twelfth-to-fourteenth-century stained glass windows.  Wandering past old half-timbered houses bedecked with scarlet geraniums, explore the fairy-tale “Petite France” district, charmingly criss-crossed by narrow lanes, canals, and locks.  B

Paris and Alsace by Rail with Black Forest