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Our itinerary is outlined in the table below and the map below the table.
Rows highlighted in orange represent days of "relaxed" sightseeing. Days highlighted in gray typically include a combination of city to city travel mixed with sightseeing. We tried to keep a good balance between the two, but frankly there is too little time to enjoy everything on our list in depth. Also, as you can tell from the destinations on the list, our favorite sightseeing destinations are smaller towns. However the opportunities to again visit Paris, and to touch Marseille and Bordeaux for the first time were too good to pass so we kept them in the list and accepted the fact that we may have to shortchange other destinations.
As we found on our last whirlwind tour of Europe, we expect our pace to slacken after the half way mark and to periodically enjoy nice sights from a park bench with a block of cheese, a loaf of bread, and a bottle of nice local wine. Contrary to thoughts of this being our last trip to Europe, there is always the potential of another trip to cover something we missed ... or something new ...
| Day | Date | Activity | Comment |
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| Tuesday | 10/8 | Depart Atlanta | |
| Wednesday | 10/9 | Tour Paris | Arrive in Paris ~8:00am. Reservations at Hotel Prince Albert Louvre, 5 Rue Saint Hyacinthe, Paris, France Telephone +33-142615836 |
| Thursday | 10/10 | Tour Paris | |
| Friday | 10/11 | Drive to Aosta Italy (location B on map) |
667 km / ~8 hours travel time. Reservations at Hotel Diana, Località Saint Benin 1/B, Pollein, IT Telephone +39016553120 |
| Saturday | 10/12 | Quick tour of Aosta; drive to Parma Italy (C); tour Parma |
310 km / ~4 hours travel time. |
| Sunday | 10/13 | Tour Parma and surrounding area | |
| Monday | 10/14 | Drive to Montepulciano (D); check into villa |
295 km / ~4 hours travel time |
| Tuesday | 10/15 | Tour area around Montepulciano | |
| Wednesday | 10/16 | Tour area around Montepulciano | |
| Thursday | 10/17 | Tour area around Montepulciano | |
| Friday | 10/18 | Tour area around Montepulciano | |
| Saturday | 10/19 | Depart Montepulciano; drive to Pisa(E); tour Pisa |
193 km / ~3 hours travel time |
| Sunday | 10/20 | Tour Pisa | |
| Monday | 10/21 | Depart Pisa; drive to Marseille, France (F); tour Marseille |
558 km / ~ 6 hours travel time |
| Tuesday | 10/22 | Tour Marseille | |
| Wednesday | 10/23 | Depart Marseille; drive to Millau, France (G); tour Millau |
282 km / ~3.5 hours travel time |
| Thursday | 10/24 | Depart Millau; drive to Rocamadour, France (H); tour Rocamadour, Cote Religieuse, etc |
172 km / ~3.5 hours travel time |
| Friday | 10/25 | Tour Rocamadour; depart Rocamadour; drive to Sarlat-la-Caneda, France (I) |
51 km / ~1.5 hours travel time |
| Saturday | 10/26 | Tour the area between Sarlat-la-Caneda (I) and Bergerac (J) |
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| Sunday | 10/27 | Tour the area between Sarlat-la-Caneda and Bergerac |
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| Monday | 10/28 | Depart Sarat-la-Caneda; drive to Bordeaux (K); tour Bordeaux |
178 km / ~ 4.5 hours travel time |
| Tuesday | 10/29 | Depart Bordeaux; drive to Le Pouliguen (N); bridge; tour the Le Pouliguen area |
421 km / ~ 5.5 hours travel time. The drive will take us up the coast through Rochefort (L) and La Rochelle (M). We will join the bridge group at Le Pouliguen. |
| Wednesday | 10/30 | Bridge; tour the Le Pouliguen area |
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| Thursday | 10/31 | Bridge; tour the Le Pouliguen area |
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| Friday | 11/1 | Tour the Le Pouliguen area | |
| Saturday | 11/2 | Tour the Le Pouliguen area | |
| Sunday | 11/3 | Tour the Le Pouliguen area | |
| Monday | 11/4 | Tour the Le Pouliguen area | |
| Tuesday | 11/5 | Depart Le Pouliguen; drive to Mont St Michel (O) |
226 km / ~ 3 hours travel time |
| Wednesday | 11/6 | Depart Mont St Michel; drive to Le Mans (P); tour Le Mans |
180 km / ~ 3 hours travel time |
| Thursday | 11/7 | Depart Le Mans; drive to Blois (Q) and Chateau de Chambord; tour Blois & Chateau de Chambord |
145 km / ~ 2 hours travel time |
| Friday | 11/8 | Depart Blois; drive to Paris (R) |
186 km / ~ 2.5 hours travel time. Catch flight back to USA |
Click on the link below the map to open a Google map showing our destinations, mileage, and estimated travel times. Note that the map will not open properly in a phone browser due to its multiple stops.
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