Complete France in 10 Days — 10 days
From north to south, from Paris to the Camargue. Day-by-day itinerary: Paris; Paris → Mont-Saint-Michel; Saint-Malo & Brittany; Loire Valley Châteaux.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Paris
- 09:00 — Arrival at Paris CDG
- 14:00 — Musée d'Orsay + Saint-Germain — Paris
- 20:00 — Hotel in central Paris
Day 2 — Paris → Mont-Saint-Michel
- 08:00 — Train Paris → Mont-Saint-Michel (4h)
- 13:00 — Mont-Saint-Michel — bay, abbey, ramparts — Normandy
- 20:00 — Hotel on the Mont or in Avranches
Day 3 — Saint-Malo & Brittany
- 09:30 — Bus → Saint-Malo (1h)
- 11:00 — Saint-Malo ramparts + Corsair City — Saint-Malo
- 13:00 — Breton crêpes + cider
- 17:00 — Train → Tours (3h)
- 21:00 — Hotel in Tours
Day 4 — Loire Valley Châteaux
- 09:00 — Château de Chambord — Chambord
- Drive to Chenonceaux — Chambord → Chenonceaux
- 13:00 — Château de Chenonceau — Chenonceaux
- Drive to Vouvray — Chenonceaux → Vouvray
- 16:00 — Vouvray vineyard — tasting — Vouvray
- 20:00 — Hotel in Tours / Amboise
Day 5 — Bordeaux
- 09:30 — Train → Bordeaux (2h30)
- 13:00 — Cité du Vin, Bordeaux — Bordeaux
- 16:00 — Bordeaux old town + Water Mirror — Bordeaux
- 20:00 — Canelés + Bordeaux-style steak
- 22:00 — Hotel in central Bordeaux
Day 6 — Saint-Émilion & Vineyards
- 09:30 — UNESCO Saint-Émilion — medieval village — Saint-Émilion
- 11:00 — Grand Cru Classé tasting
- 17:00 — Train Bordeaux → Montpellier (3h)
- 21:00 — Hotel in Montpellier
Day 7 — The Camargue
- 08:30 — Camargue — wild pink flamingos — Camargue Park
- Drive to Saintes-Maries — Camargue Park → Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
- 13:00 — Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer — Camargue
- 20:00 — Back to Montpellier
Day 8 — Montpellier → Marseille
- 09:00 — The Écusson — Montpellier's old town — Montpellier
- 12:00 — Train → Marseille (1h30)
- 14:00 — Old Port + Notre-Dame de la Garde — Marseille
- Walk to the Old Port — Marseille → Old Port
- 20:00 — Authentic bouillabaisse — Old Port
- 22:00 — Hotel in Marseille
Day 9 — Calanques & Cassis
- 08:00 — Calanques hike — Morgiou or En-Vau — Calanques
- Drive to Cassis — Calanques → Cassis
- 14:00 — Cassis village + Cap Canaille — Cassis
- 19:00 — Last Provençal dinner
- 21:00 — Hotel in Marseille
Day 10 — Departure from Marseille
- 09:00 — MuCEM — Museum of Mediterranean Civilisations — Marseille
- 12:30 — Last lunch in Marseille
- 15:00 — Taxi → Marseille Airport MRS
- 18:00 — Return flight from Marseille