A Scenic Enrich experience takes you to opulent Chateau de La Roche Guyon, which dates back to medieval times, for a classical concert. Among them is an 11-day Normandy & Gems of the Seine cruise. MAKE IT HAPPEN Scenic's river cruises on the Seine sail through Normandy from Paris. SCENIC SAYS 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, so walk in the footsteps of our brave Aussies on Normandy's historic beaches, the site of D-Day landings, and visit the Landing Museum at Arromanches. A wonderful variety of stylish boutiques adds contemporary flair and the chance to browse while visiting on a Scenic Freechoice excursion. It has churches devoted to sailors and shipbuilders, half-timber houses galore and a colourful harbour often painted by the Impressionists. TOP SPOT The charming fishing town of Honfleur at the mouth of the Seine River on the North Sea has a thousand-year history. Other highlights are Monet's gardens at Giverny and WWII's D-Day beaches. Rouen is a delight of lively, lived-in medieval streets, and is famously associated with Joan of Arc, whose story you learn on a Scenic walking tour. WHY HERE This northern region, wedged between Paris and the English Channel, was at the centre of French history, and is crowded with fortified towns, cobbled villages and castles such as King Richard the Lionheart's Chateau Gaillard, visited on a Scenic Freechoice option. While cruising, Scenic Culinaire provides an on-board masterclass in French cuisine, highlighting regional recipes. MAKE IT HAPPEN Among numerous options, Scenic's 12-day Breathtaking Bordeaux journey begins in Paris and sails the Dordogne River (as well as the Garonne River and Gironde Estuary) in the Bordeaux region. SCENIC SAYS Enjoy a Scenic Sundowners at lovely Chateau de la Rivie`re, surrounded by vines, and watch as a local artist paints the stunning landscape using paint made from the estate's wine.
There's plenty to choose from, and we hope you're encouraged to visit France and discover all it has to offer. Inspired by Bastille Day – France's 14 July national day, which celebrates a turning point in the French Revolution – we take you on a tour that celebrates the country's regions visited by Scenic, and tackle the difficult task of nominating a top spot for each. Scenic Enrich and Scenic Freechoice signature experiences highlight provincial character and regional nuances through visits to chateaux, cellar doors, regional capitals and villages, and much more besides. You'll realise just that in the destinations visited on Scenic Luxury Cruises and Tours, some of the country's best for regional diversity. In short, France isn't so much a single nation as a proud unity of regions, each with their own particular histories, culture and cuisines. Its cuisine is based on butter in the north, olive oil in the south and cheese in the mountains, which can be clad in snow while visitors are sunning themselves on the Riviera. France is the misty, cow-chewedmeadows of Normandy, the sunflower explosion of sunny Provence, and the wild and windswept Brittany peninsula with its distinctive cultural traditions, language and music. Scenic Sapphire on the Rhone at Avignon, Provence.
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