Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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France for three generations: Paris, Burgundy, Provence and the Riviera
12 days from Paris to Nice for grandparents, parents and children 6 and up: three nights in Paris with Versailles, two in Beaune, three in Avignon with a pool and the Pont du Gard, and three by the sea in Nice.
12 days · Paris to Nice · up to 12 guests
The French Riviera from the air, from Cap Martin towards Nice and Antibes Photo: Olivier Cleynen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Backlit_view_of_the_complete_French_Riviera.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 12 days, 11 nights
- Start and end
- Paris to Nice
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Easy
Easy walking at a family pace, about 4 to 7 km a day split into short stretches, with a bench, a café or the vehicle never far away. Steep lanes in Vieux Lyon, Les Baux and Èze are optional or reached by funicular and lift. Active options for parents and children: a vineyard bike ride, a canoe on the Gardon and the climb to Èze, each with a seated alternative for grandparents.
- Meals included
- 11 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 2 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 1,655 (estimated price)
- Season
- Best May to June and September
Highlights
Why this trip
- The Eiffel Tower by lift on the first slot, then the Seine by boat
- Sailing toy boats on the pond in the Luxembourg Gardens
- Versailles at opening, then the little train to the Queen's Hamlet and its farm animals
- The painted roofs of the Hospices de Beaune and grape juice in a winegrower's cellar
- A funicular up Fourvière and a bouchon lunch in Lyon on the way south
- The Palais des Papes with a tablet that rebuilds the rooms, and paintings moving across a quarry at Les Baux
- A picnic and a swim in the river under the Pont du Gard
- Sharks at Monaco's Oceanographic Museum and a beach-club afternoon in Nice
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 1,655 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Paris
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to your hotel in central Paris
- Early welcome dinner
- Stay in Paris
- Drive about 1 h
Fly into Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) at any time. A driver meets your family in the arrivals hall, with child seats if you ask for them at booking, for the drive into the city, 45 to 75 minutes depending on traffic. The hotel is central and has a lift, and we ask for family or connecting rooms so grandparents sleep next door.
Afternoon
Rooms are usually ready by mid-afternoon; if you land early, leave the bags and walk to a nearby park or café, or simply sleep off the flight. At 5:30 pm your See Sight Tours guide meets everyone in the lobby for a short briefing: how the days work, where the easy and active options are, and what to pack for the river and the beach.
Evening
Then we walk to a neighbourhood bistro for an early welcome dinner at about 6:30, so the youngest are in bed at a sensible hour.
Included
- Pick-up at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Early welcome dinner at a local bistro
Free time: Free until the 5:30 pm briefing
Activity: Land by about 3 pm to reach the briefing comfortably; later arrivals are met and join the group at dinner.
Paris: the Eiffel Tower, the Seine and the Luxembourg Gardens
The Eiffel Tower, a Seine boat, then the Luxembourg Gardens
- Breakfast
- Stay in Paris
- Drive about 45 min
Morning
We start at the Eiffel Tower on the first lift slot of the morning, before the queues build, and ride up to the second floor, about 115 metres, where the whole city is laid out and children can pick out Notre-Dame, the Arc de Triomphe and the Seine's bridges. From the foot of the tower a boat takes us along the river for about an hour, past the Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre and the Île de la Cité, seated the whole way, which suits tired legs.
Afternoon
Lunch is your choice near the river. Then the afternoon is free to rest at the hotel. At about 4 pm the vehicle takes anyone who wants it to the Luxembourg Gardens, where children have sailed wooden toy boats across the Grand Bassin with a stick for generations, while grandparents take the green metal chairs in the shade.
Evening
There is a carousel and a playground too, and the evening is free.
Included
- The Eiffel Tower by lift to the second floor, first slot of the day
- A one-hour boat on the Seine
- Toy sailboat hire on the Grand Bassin in the Luxembourg Gardens
Optional experiences
- The Eiffel Tower summit, when open, for a supplement
- The puppet theatre in the Luxembourg Gardens on the days it plays
Easier option: Skip the gardens and rest at the hotel; the vehicle runs everyone else there and back.
More active option: Walk back from the gardens through Saint-Germain and along the Seine to Notre-Dame with your guide, about 2 km.
Free time: Lunch, early afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 3 to 4 km on foot over the day. The tower's lifts take you up; the stairs are optional.
Versailles and the Queen's Hamlet
Paris to the Palace of Versailles and its gardens, and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Paris
- Drive about 1.5 h
The vehicle leaves at about 8:15 for the 40-minute drive to Versailles, so we are at the palace for the 9 am opening with a timed ticket. A local guide used to family groups takes us through the State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors in about 90 minutes, with stories of kings, queens and royal pets that hold a 9-year-old's attention. Then we leave the crowds for the gardens. The little train carries everyone, grandparents included, past the fountains to the Trianon palaces and on to the Queen's Hamlet, Marie-Antoinette's play village of thatched cottages, with a working farm of goats, sheep and hens.
Afternoon
Lunch is together in the park. Afterwards families can hire a rowing boat on the Grand Canal in the warm months, or sit by the water.
Evening
We are back in Paris by about 3:30 for a rest and a free evening.
Included
- The Palace of Versailles at opening with a local guide: the State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors
- The little train through the gardens to the Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet
- The Queen's Hamlet and its farm
- Lunch in the park of Versailles
Optional experiences
- A rowing boat on the Grand Canal (warm months)
- The musical fountains show on the days it runs
Easier option: Stay on the little train for the full loop and sit by the Grand Canal while the others walk the Hamlet.
More active option: Hire bikes and ride the paths round the Grand Canal, about 5.5 km, flat and traffic-free.
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free in Paris
Activity: About 4 to 5 km on foot. Versailles is closed on Mondays, so this day never falls on one. Free entry for young visitors depends on age and residence (the 18 to 25 rule is for EU residents only), so we include every ticket and confirm the children's rules when we book.
TGV to Dijon and on to Beaune
Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon by TGV, then the Route des Grands Crus to Beaune
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Beaune
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
The big cases leave by road after breakfast, so families board a mid-morning TGV to Dijon with day bags only, about 1 hour 40 minutes in reserved seats together. In Dijon your guide walks a short loop through the old capital of the Dukes of Burgundy to the stone owl on the wall of Notre-Dame, which everyone touches with the left hand for luck.
Afternoon
Lunch is your choice, and on market mornings the iron-roofed Les Halles is full of food stalls. Our vehicle and driver meet us early in the afternoon for the Route des Grands Crus, the road through the vineyard villages to Beaune, about 50 km. Before checking in we visit a working mustard mill, where children see the seeds crushed and everyone tastes the result.
Evening
There is time for the carousel in Place Carnot, and dinner is Burgundian at about 6:30, with plain dishes for small appetites.
Included
- TGV from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon, reserved seats
- Cases moved by road from Paris to Beaune
- Dijon on foot with your guide and the owl of Notre-Dame
- The Route des Grands Crus to Beaune
- A mustard mill visit and tasting in Beaune
- Early Burgundian dinner in Beaune
Easier option: Stay on a café terrace near Notre-Dame in Dijon while the group walks the loop.
Free time: Lunch free in Dijon; time before dinner in Beaune
Activity: About 3 km on foot. If moving the cases by road is not possible on your date, porters meet the group at both stations.
Beaune and the vineyard villages
Beaune to Pommard, Volnay and Meursault, and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Beaune
- Drive about 1 h
We start at the Hospices de Beaune as it opens. Built in 1443 as a hospital for the poor, it has a courtyard roofed in glazed, multicoloured tiles and a long Great Hall of the Poor still lined with red-curtained beds, which children find both strange and fascinating; the visit takes about an hour. Then the vehicle takes us a few kilometres south through Pommard and Volnay to Meursault. These vineyard plots, the climats, have been on the UNESCO list since 2015, and a short, flat walk between their low stone walls is enough to see why one slope makes a different wine from the next. In a family cellar a winegrower pours small tastings for the adults and grape juice for the children.
Afternoon
Lunch is in a village restaurant, and we are back in Beaune by about 2:30. The afternoon is free for a nap, the hotel garden or an ice cream in town.
Included
- Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu) at opening
- A short vineyard walk in the Côte de Beaune with your guide
- Cellar visit with a winegrower: tastings for adults, grape juice for children
- Lunch in a Côte de Beaune village
Easier option: Skip the vineyard walk and wait in the village square before the cellar visit.
More active option: After lunch, cycle back from Meursault to Beaune on the Voie des Vignes, a flat, mostly traffic-free path through the vineyards, about 8 km and 40 minutes; bikes with child seats or children's bikes arranged at booking.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free in Beaune
Activity: About 3 km on foot. Tastings are small pours and there are soft drinks for anyone not drinking.
Lyon for lunch, then south to Avignon
Beaune to Lyon, then Avignon
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Avignon
- Drive about 4 h
Evening
This is the trip's longest road day, about 4 hours in total, chosen over a one-night hotel change in Lyon and split in two by a long stop. We leave Beaune at about 8:30 and are in Lyon by 10:15, after 1 hour 45 on the motorway. A funicular climbs to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière and the view over the city's two rivers, and a second funicular brings us down to Vieux Lyon, where your guide shows the children the traboules, hidden passages that cut between the Renaissance houses, and the home of Guignol, the puppet born in Lyon about two hundred years ago. Lunch is in a bouchon, the Lyon bistro, at about 12:30. At 2:30 we drive on down the Rhône valley, about 2 hours 15 with a break, and reach Avignon by about 5:15, in time for a swim before supper.
Included
- Funiculars up to Fourvière and down to Vieux Lyon
- Vieux Lyon's traboules with your guide
- Lunch in a Lyon bouchon
Easier option: Stay at the Fourvière viewpoint café, then take the funicular straight down to lunch.
More active option: Walk down from Fourvière through the Rosary Gardens to Vieux Lyon, about 20 minutes of steps and slopes.
Free time: Evening free in Avignon
Activity: About 2 to 3 km on foot. The two drives are 1 hour 45 and about 2 hours 15, with a break on the second.
The Palais des Papes and the Carrières des Lumières
Avignon, then Les Baux-de-Provence and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Avignon
- Drive about 1.5 h
The popes lived in Avignon for most of the 14th century, and their Palais des Papes is a Gothic fortress with walls metres thick. We go in at opening, before the heat and the groups, and each family gets a tablet guide that rebuilds the bare rooms as they were, with banquets and furniture appearing on the screen, which keeps children looking up. Then down to the Pont Saint-Bénézet, the bridge of the song that stops after four arches halfway across the Rhône, where nobody resists dancing a few steps.
Afternoon
After lunch near Les Baux-de-Provence, about 40 minutes away, we spend the hottest part of the afternoon in the Carrières des Lumières, an old quarry where paintings and music are projected across walls and floor; it stays cool all year. A short wander in the village lanes, and we are back in Avignon by about 5 pm.
Included
- Palais des Papes at opening, with a tablet guide and your guide
- Pont Saint-Bénézet
- Lunch near Les Baux-de-Provence
- The Carrières des Lumières show
- The village of Les Baux-de-Provence
Easier option: Stay in the lower lanes of Les Baux, which are gentler, and skip the climb through the village.
More active option: Climb to the ruined castle at the top of Les Baux for the view over the Alpilles, about 30 minutes up.
Free time: Evening free in Avignon
Activity: About 3 to 4 km on foot, with stairs inside the palace. Bring a layer for the quarry. The show changes each year and the quarry closes for a few weeks in winter.
A river day at the Pont du Gard
Avignon to the Pont du Gard and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Avignon
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
We drive half an hour west to the Pont du Gard at about 9, while the morning is cool. This Roman aqueduct bridge, built in the 1st century AD to carry water to Nîmes, stands about 49 metres high on three tiers of arches and has been on the UNESCO list since 1985. Your guide walks the group across the river beside it, then into the site museum, where children can see how the Romans levelled a channel for 50 km, and to the children's discovery area.
Afternoon
Lunch is a picnic on the riverbank below the arches. In summer the Gardon is shallow and clear at the pebble beaches here, and families swim and paddle with the bridge overhead; out of season we walk the riverside paths instead. We are back in Avignon by about 2:30, and the afternoon is free for the hotel pool or a nap inside the cool walls.
Included
- The Pont du Gard, its museum and the children's area with your guide
- Picnic lunch on the riverbank
- Swimming time in the Gardon in summer
Easier option: Stay in the shade on the riverbank with a book while the others walk to the upper viewpoint.
More active option: Paddle a canoe down the Gardon from Collias to the Pont du Gard, about 8 km and 2 hours, in the warm months; children must be able to swim and minimum ages apply.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free in Avignon
Activity: About 2 to 3 km on foot on gravel paths. Bring swimsuits, water shoes and sun hats. There is no lifeguard on the river.
Aix-en-Provence and on to Nice
Avignon to Aix-en-Provence, then Nice
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Nice
- Drive about 3 h
We drive about an hour south-east to Aix-en-Provence, the old capital of Provence, and arrive by about 10. Your guide walks the group along the Cours Mirabeau, a broad avenue of plane trees and fountains, one of them a mossy spring that runs warm all year, and into the market squares of the old town. Children are given a calisson, the almond and candied-melon sweet of Aix, to try.
Afternoon
Lunch is together on a shaded terrace at about 12:30. At 2 the vehicle sets off along the motorway past the red rocks of the Esterel, about 2 hours with a stop, so we reach Nice by about 4:15.
Evening
The hotel is near the Promenade des Anglais or the old town, and the rest of the day is for the sea: a first paddle from the pebble beach, or a slow walk along the promenade at sunset.
Included
- Aix-en-Provence on foot with your guide: the Cours Mirabeau and the old town
- A taste of calissons
- Lunch in Aix-en-Provence
Easier option: Sit at a café on the Cours Mirabeau while the group walks the old town loop.
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free in Nice
Activity: About 2 km on foot. The two drives are about 1 hour and 2 hours, so no leg is over the 3-hour mark.
Monaco and the Oceanographic Museum
Nice to Monaco by the coast road, and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Nice
- Drive about 1.5 h
A short drive along the coast, about 40 minutes, brings us to Monaco for the opening of the Oceanographic Museum, built into the cliff of the Rock more than a century ago. Its aquarium in the basement has a shark lagoon, tropical reef tanks and a touch pool, and upstairs are the old whale skeletons and a roof terrace looking along the coast to Italy. At 11:55 we are outside the Prince's Palace for the changing of the guard, which children watch from the front if they arrive a few minutes early.
Afternoon
Lunch is together near the harbour, followed by a short drive past the casino and along part of the Grand Prix circuit. We are back in Nice by about 3, in time for a swim or a nap. Families who want more climbing can stop in Èze on the way back, a medieval village wrapped round a rock above the sea.
Included
- The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and its aquarium
- The changing of the guard at the Prince's Palace
- Lunch in Monaco
- A drive past the casino and along the Grand Prix circuit
Easier option: Ride the public lifts up to the Rock and stay at the palace square café while the group walks the old town lanes.
More active option: Stop in Èze on the way back and climb its lanes to the cactus garden at the top, about 45 minutes of steep steps; the vehicle then returns to Nice.
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free in Nice
Activity: About 3 km on foot, with lifts up to the Rock. The Monaco Grand Prix weekend (late May or early June) is avoided on this day.
Nice: the flower market, Castle Hill and the beach
Vieux Nice and Castle Hill on foot, then the Promenade des Anglais
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Nice
Morning
The morning starts slowly in the old town. Your guide walks the group across Place Masséna, with its chequered paving and red-ochre arcades, into Cours Saleya, where the flower and produce market runs every morning except Monday. We stop for socca, the chickpea pancake of Nice, eaten hot from a paper cone. Then we take the free lift up Castle Hill, past a tumbling artificial waterfall to the playground and the view over the Baie des Anges and the old port.
Afternoon
Lunch is your choice. In the afternoon the loungers are ours at a beach club on the Promenade des Anglais, with umbrellas, showers and a café, so grandparents can stay in the shade while children swim.
Evening
At about 6:30 we gather for the farewell dinner, with Niçoise dishes for the adults and simple food for the children, and everyone is back at the hotel by about 8:30.
Included
- Place Masséna, Cours Saleya and Vieux Nice with your guide
- A taste of socca
- The Castle Hill lift, waterfall and viewpoint
- A beach-club afternoon with loungers and umbrellas
- Early farewell dinner
Optional experiences
- The Matisse Museum in Cimiez (closed Tuesdays)
Easier option: Go straight from the market to the beach club and skip Castle Hill.
More active option: Walk down from Castle Hill by the steps to the old port, about 15 minutes.
Free time: Lunch free; afternoon at leisure on the beach
Activity: About 3 km on foot. The beach is pebbly, so bring water shoes. Out of the swimming season the beach afternoon becomes a free afternoon on the promenade.
Depart from Nice
Your hotel in Nice to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 15 min
Morning
Your last morning on the Riviera is unhurried. After breakfast there may be time for a final paddle in the sea or a walk along the Promenade des Anglais while the bags are packed. Your See Sight Tours guide arranges the transfers and sees every family off. Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) is about 7 km west of the centre, around 20 minutes by car, with direct flights to many European hubs and, in the busier months, some transatlantic routes. A driver takes your party there at the time that suits your flight, with child seats if you asked for them. Flights from about 11 am are easiest for families; for an earlier flight we arrange an early breakfast or a breakfast bag. To stay on by the sea, ask us for extra nights in Nice before you book your flights.
Included
- Drop-off at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)
Free time: Free until your airport transfer
Activity: Book a flight leaving after about 11 am for a relaxed morning.
- Paris3 nights
- Beaune2 nights
- Avignon3 nights
- Nice3 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: May, June and September are warm without the worst heat, and the river and sea are usually warm enough to swim from June to September. July and August often go above 35°C in Provence and are the busiest months on the Riviera, so sightseeing starts early and afternoons are for the pool, the river or the cool of the Les Baux quarry. In April and October the swims become riverside and Promenade walks. Lavender in Provence is only in flower from late June to mid-July.
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Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Grandparents, parents and children 6 and up who want one trip that works for all of them
- A first family trip to France with Paris, the wine country, Provence and the sea
- Families who want early dinners, a rest every afternoon and a pool or beach in the south
- Anyone who would rather not carry suitcases through stations
Not for you if you want
- Children under 6: the minimum age is 6 on every departure
- Step-free access: Vieux Lyon, Les Baux and Vieux Nice have cobbles and steps, though lifts and funiculars cover the worst
- Adults travelling without children who want a quicker pace and more wine (see our Paris, Burgundy, Provence and Riviera small group trip)
- Families who want a week on one beach
Minimum age: 6
Most guests are Children 6 and up travelling with parents and grandparents
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
11 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Paris3 nights
- Beaune2 nights
- Avignon3 nights
- Nice3 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 11 nights: 3 in Paris, 2 in Beaune, 3 in Avignon and 3 in Nice near the sea
- Central hotels of a 3-star-plus standard with lifts, air-conditioning and private bathrooms; we name each hotel when we confirm your dates
- Family, triple or connecting rooms requested for every party; an Avignon hotel with a pool requested
Transport
- Pick-up at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and drop-off at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), with child seats on request
- TGV from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon, second class reserved seats together, with cases moved by road
- Our own air-conditioned vehicle and driver in Paris, from Dijon to Nice and on the Riviera
- The Seine boat, the Lyon funiculars, the little train at Versailles and the Castle Hill lift in Nice
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from day 1 to day 12, including on the train
- Local guides used to family groups at Versailles and wherever a site requires one
- Tips for local guides, drivers and restaurant staff at included meals
Activities
- Paris: the Eiffel Tower by lift to the second floor, a Seine boat and toy sailboats in the Luxembourg Gardens
- Versailles: the palace with a local guide, the gardens' little train and the Queen's Hamlet
- Dijon: the old town and the owl of Notre-Dame
- Beaune: a mustard mill, the Hospices de Beaune, a vineyard walk and a winegrower's cellar
- Lyon: Fourvière and Vieux Lyon's traboules
- Avignon: the Palais des Papes and the Pont Saint-Bénézet
- Les Baux-de-Provence and the Carrières des Lumières
- The Pont du Gard, its museum and a river afternoon
- Aix-en-Provence and a taste of calissons
- Monaco: the Oceanographic Museum and the changing of the guard
- Nice: Vieux Nice, Cours Saleya, socca, Castle Hill and a beach-club afternoon
- All entrance fees for included sights
Meals
- 11 breakfasts
- 7 lunches: at Versailles, in the Côte de Beaune, in Lyon, near Les Baux, a picnic at the Pont du Gard, in Aix-en-Provence and in Monaco
- 3 early dinners at about 6:30 pm: welcome in Paris, Burgundian in Beaune and farewell in Nice
Not included
- International flights to Paris and from Nice
- Travel insurance
- ETIAS travel authorisation fee, if it applies on your dates
- Meals not listed, including lunches in Paris, Dijon and Nice
- Drinks outside the included tastings and meals
- Tips for your See Sight Tours guide (at your discretion)
- Optional activities, such as the Eiffel Tower summit, rowing boats at Versailles or the canoe on the Gardon
- City tourist taxes, where a hotel charges them on the spot
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 1,655 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Questions
Will this France trip work for a 70-year-old and a 9-year-old?
Yes, that is the point of it. Walking is about 4 to 7 km a day at a family pace, visits are cut to family length, our vehicle carries the bags and does the hills, and every active day has a written easy option, such as staying on the little train at Versailles or sitting out the climb in Les Baux.
What is the youngest age, and is there a child price?
Children aged 6 and up can join. Prices are per person sharing a room, and child prices are an inquiry: tell us the ages when you request to book and we quote your family, because entry fees, train fares and room rates for children differ by site and by hotel.
Can we have family rooms or rooms next to the grandparents?
We request family, triple or connecting rooms for every party at every hotel when we confirm your dates. Older buildings in Paris and Beaune have fewer large rooms, so we tell you before you pay what each hotel can offer, and where a family room is not possible we ask for rooms side by side.
What does the price include?
Eleven nights in central hotels with lifts, 11 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 3 early dinners, the TGV with cases sent by road, airport transfers, our own vehicle and driver, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, and the Eiffel Tower, a Seine boat, Versailles, the Hospices de Beaune, the Palais des Papes, the Carrières des Lumières, the Pont du Gard, the Oceanographic Museum and a Nice beach-club afternoon.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, children included, which usually means three or four families. That is small enough for the guide to slow down for a tired child or a grandparent, and for everyone to fit round one table at lunch.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the first evening in Paris to the last morning in Nice, including on the train. Local guides used to family groups lead the visit at Versailles and wherever a site requires one, and a professional driver handles the roads.
Is there a pool or a beach?
Yes, in the south. We ask for an Avignon hotel with a pool, the Pont du Gard day includes swimming time in the river in summer, and in Nice an afternoon at a beach club with loungers and umbrellas is included. From about October to May the swims become walks by the river and along the promenade.
How long are the drives?
No single drive is over about 2 hours 15. The longest day, Beaune to Avignon, is about 4 hours in two legs split by a long Lyon stop with lunch, and Avignon to Nice is about 3 hours split by a morning in Aix-en-Provence. Most other days have about an hour in the vehicle.
Does a grandparent travelling alone pay a single supplement?
Only for a room alone, and it is published up front: CAD 1,655 more on the small-group trip, about 17 percent of the price. A grandparent sharing with a grandchild, or a single parent sharing with a child, pays no supplement.
When is the best time to go?
May, June and September suit three generations best: warm enough to swim in the south, with lighter crowds than July and August. In midsummer Provence is often above 35°C, so we sightsee early and keep the afternoons for the pool, the river or the cool quarry at Les Baux. Lavender flowers only from late June to mid-July.
We are a family of six. Can we book, and can we travel on our own dates?
A party of six fills half the group, so we suggest the private trip for your family only, with your own guide and vehicle, on dates you choose, from CAD 17,550 per person. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us and we quote the same hotels, train and drivers.
How does booking work, and do children need their own passports?
Send your preferred dates as an enquiry. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. The small group is from CAD 9,750 per person sharing. Every child needs their own passport; Canadians and Americans need no visa for up to 90 days.
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