{"id":43574,"date":"2013-07-05T18:24:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T22:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/?p=43574"},"modified":"2016-04-21T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T21:34:47","slug":"river-cruise-down-the-seine-river-as-you-explore-paris-and-the-normandy-landing-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2013\/07\/05\/river-cruise-down-the-seine-river-as-you-explore-paris-and-the-normandy-landing-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"River Cruise down the Seine River as you explore Paris and the Normandy Landing Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever thought about visiting Paris and its surrounding region, why not consider taking a river cruise?<\/p>\n

The Seine, which flows through this fairytale-like city, is one of the most popular rivers on which to take a European river cruise vacation. The river cruise ship passes all the highlights of Paris including the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Arc de Triomphe and even allows for plenty of time to explore this historic city on shore.<\/p>\n

Paris is a bustling city with scores of\u00a0 the best shops, cafes and crepe stands at every corner. The “City of Love” draws over a million tourists every day, so being able to visit the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum with the guided tour included in the river cruise is an ideal way to save you hours of waiting in line. Plus, the ship docks right at the center of the city–exactly where you want to be.<\/p>\n

Avalon Waterways’ Creativity <\/em>will transport\u00a0you\u00a0from Paris to Normandy\u2019s Landing Beaches<\/b><\/p>\n

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Avalon’s Creativity<\/p><\/div>\n

When you take a river cruise with Avalon on their Paris to Normandy Landing Beaches<\/strong> river cruise, you will not only see Paris, but also the cities of Vernon, Rouen, Les Andeleys, and Conflans all in eight days\u2014without ever having to change hotels.<\/p>\n

What makes taking your vacation on a river cruise even more special is that the local culture influences the special activities on board the ship. For example\u00a0while in the port of\u00a0 Vernon, you can stay on board and participate in a cooking demonstration by a local pastry chef. In Roeun, the evening before your excursion to the Normandy Landing Beaches you are invited to attend a presentation on board the ship to learn about the history surrounding Normandy and also enjoy a specialty dinner featuring delicious local cuisine.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in really delving in deep into the history of Normandy or you are a world war history buff, CruiseExperts.com has reserved valuable space on the Avalon Creativity\u2019s special WWI History themed cruise on July 22-29, 2014<\/a><\/b>. This sailing has additional lectures and focuses on the famous war sites and\u00a0history of WWI and WWII. What a unique way to combine a vacation and history lesson! Avalon also offers a variety of other themed cruises, including a Culinary Cruise and an\u00a0Art & Impressionist cruise for art enthusiasts–just to name a few.<\/p>\n

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Viking includes an excursion to Normandy<\/p><\/div>\n

Other European river cruise lines, including Viking River Cruises, AmaWaterways and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises also offer similar itineraries round trip from Paris featuring an Excursion to the Normandy Landing Beaches. Although the itineraries are similar,\u00a0 each cruise line has something exclusive to offer as well.<\/p>\n

Viking<\/b> offers a 3-night pre- or post- extended land vacation in Paris or a stay at the Oxford & Highclere Castle in London, which is referred to as \u201cThe Real Downton Abbey.\u201d<\/p>\n

AmaWaterways<\/b> includes two nights in Paris as part of their river cruise vacation. So, it’s a seven-day river cruise down the Seine, followed by two\u00a0nights at a hotel\u00a0in Paris with guided tours around the city. \u00a0Also\u00a0added in their nine-day itinerary\u00a0is an excursion to historic Horfleur–whose picturesque port was a favorite subject for artists like Monet. You will tour the ruins of the Norman Abbey of\u00a0 Jumieges and the still-functioning majestic St. Wandrille monastery.<\/p>\n

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Uniworld’s 8-Day Paris to Paris itinerary includes excursions in Auvers-sur-Oise and Mantes-la-Jolie<\/p><\/div>\n

If you want to travel with kids on a river cruise in France, Uniworld<\/b> offers two sailings on July 13 & 27, 2014 that they call a \u201cmultigenerational family-friendly\u201d program.\u00a0Maybe you want to\u00a0get the maximum exposure to Northern France, in which case Uniworld has an itinerary that includes more cities than any other.<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, a river cruise is the best way to see Paris and all the beautiful cities along the Siene, especially when you only have a week. The river cruises all include daily guided\u00a0shore\u00a0excursions, but there is also plenty of time to explore the area on your own and try all the delicious breads, pastries and French culinary delights\u00a0 as you stroll through the cities.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in taking a European river cruise along the Siene River from Paris, please call one of our CruiseExperts.com agents accredited by the\u00a0Cruise Line International Association to help you get your cabin reserved. Contact us anytime by calling\u00a01-888-804-CRUIse (2784) or\u00a0visiting our website, www.CruiseExperts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever thought about visiting Paris and its surrounding region, why not consider taking a river cruise? The Seine, which flows through this fairytale-like city, is one of the most popular rivers on which to take a European river cruise vacation. The river cruise ship passes all the highlights of Paris including the Eiffel … River Cruise down the Seine River as you explore Paris and the Normandy Landing Beaches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":43581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,31,40,29,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","category-european","category-european-river-cruises","category-river-cruises","category-themed-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}