8D Paris Normandy

Welcome to France. Your Suite Ship® is Ready for Boarding

Flights into Paris must arrive by 2:30 pm.

Guests must be on board ship by 5 pm.

Your day is free to explore the world’s most romantic city before starting your cruise on the Seine. Get acquainted with the City of Light today with some shopping, strolling, or with a croissant and café au lait to watch the world go by amid the Parisian cityscape.

EVENING/OVERNIGHT CRUISE TO VERNON

🍽️ Dinner

Visit the Adventure Center for today’s activities with your Adventure Host.

Active ExcursionTake a Guided Bike Tour through the picturesque Normandy countryside from Vernon to Giverny, ending with a visit to Monet’s enchanting gardens and home, OR:

Classic ExcursionTake a Guided Tour of Giverny, home and inspiration of the master impressionist painter Claude Monet. Walk the grounds and see Monet’s charming residence, and the flower and water gardens captured in his masterpieces*, OR:

Classic ExcursionJoin a Guided Visit to Bizy Castle—called “Normandy’s Versailles” for its magnificent courtyard, water garden, and stables.

🍽️ Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Active Excursion

Enjoy a relaxing bike ride along the river with your Adventure Host, OR:

Classic Excursion

Take a Guided Trip along the Normandy Abbeys Route—where more than 100 medieval Benedictine and Augustine abbeys and churches were built along the Seine.

🍽️ Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Bravery on Normandy Beaches and French Farming Traditions

Classic Excursion

Join a Guided Tour of Normandy’s WWII landing beaches, visit significant U.S. sites, including Omaha Beach, the Pointe du Hoc monument, and the American Cemetery, OR:

Classic Excursion

Take a full-day Guided Tour of the British and Canadian commemorative sites, including the British cemetery, Pegasus Memorial (until the end of May replaced with a visit to the D-Day Museum), the seaside town of Arromanches, the Juno Beach Center, and the Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, OR:

🍽️ Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame and a Heroine for France

Active Excursion

Take a Guided Bike Tour to discover and explore the most famous monuments and the lesser known hidden gems of Rouen on two wheels, OR:

Classic Excursion

Take a Guided Walking Tour of Rouen—site of Saint Joan of Arc’s martyrdom—and see the medieval quarter with its 16th-century Astronomical Clock, and Notre-Dame Cathedral.

🍽️ Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Prost! Celebrate in the Rhineland
Enjoy a bike ride like the locals in Cologne with your Adventure Host, OR:
Take a Guided City Walk of Cologne—with its soaring twin-steepled gothic cathedral.
Spend free time over a glass of Kölsch pale lager—locally brewed for over 100 years!

🍽️ Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Cafés, Cathedrals and Canvases in the City of Light

Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities.
Active Excursion
Experience the Seine river by foot with your Adventure Host, OR:

Classic Excursion

Discover the ancient heart of Paris on a captivating Guided Walk featuring the Palais-Royal, Louvre pyramid, ancient sites on Île de la Cité, the Left Bank, bustling Latin Quarter, and more, OR:

Classic Excursion
Join a Guided City Tour featuring the iconic sites of Paris, which make the City of Light the most romantic and remarkable city in the world

🍽️ Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning.

🍽️ Breakfast