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( Return to Past Tours Directory ) Cornwall,
Brittany and Normandy
DAY 1: Tuesday, September 18th Departure from Toronto on our non-stop flight to London. Day 2: Wednesday, September 19th
Day 3: Thursday, September 20th After breakfast at the hotel, we will meet our local guide for a morning tour of Bath, including a visit to the Roman Baths and The Museum of Costume. In the afternoon, you may wish to visit the Jane Austen Museum, and to enjoy free time on your own. Dinner at our hotel. Day 4: Friday, September 21st
We cross the Tamar River, the boundary between Devon and Cornwall. Our hotel is located in picturesque St. Ives, overlooking the Atlantic coast, now an active artists’ colony. Day 5: Saturday, September 22nd Today is leisurely, with a morning visit to the Tate Gallery in St. Ives. The afternoon is free for you to see a few of the artistic and cultural sites –you can visit the Barbara Hepworth Museum (which features the work of this famous sculptor and is located in her own garden and studio), and the pottery studio opened by Bernard Leach. Day 6: Sunday, September 23rd
We
continue to
Mousehole (pronounced mowsel) another idyllic village with fishing
cottages built around the harbour. As a lunch suggestion, try
a Cornish pasty, the traditional meal of the tin miners. Day 7: Monday, September 24th We
leave St. Ives after breakfast.
After dinner in Plymouth, we check in for the modern ferry of the Brittany Ferries line and our overnight trip to Roscoff in Brittany. Accommodation on board the ferry is in two-berth cabins. Day 8: Tuesday, September 25th After
breakfast on the ferry, we dock in Brittany and meet our French coach.
Day 9: Wednesday, September 26th This
is a day of touring, to learn more about this scenic, charming corner
of France. Along the route, we will visit: Pont-Aven,
an area of inspiration for artists like Paul Gaugin, and a town devoted
to art; Locronan,
with its cobbled streets and originally made prosperous from the production
of sail cloth; Carnac,
the most important prehistoric site in Europe, and Concarneau,
a walled town, built on an island in the harbour.
Day 10: Thursday, September 27th This morning we will visit the oldest factory producing the highly collectible Quimper pottery. This hand-painted pottery, originally made for wedding gifts and now exported around the world, is highly prized by collectors. In the afternoon, we suggest that you visit the Cathedral Saint Corentin and the Museum of Breton Life. Day 11: Friday, September 28th This morning after breakfast, we leave Quimper and travel from Brittany to Normandy. Our route takes us to St-Malo and Alençon, home of the intricate needle lace known as "the queen of lace."
One of the highlights of the trip is our visit to Mont-St-Michel,
both a stunning sight and an amazing achievement, and justifiably
called one of "the marvels of the Western World." Day 12: Saturday, September 29th
This morning we will visit the Bayeux Tapestry.
This outstanding example of the needle arts is embroidered with coloured
wool on a piece of linen 230 feet long, created in the 11th Century.
It depicts the events of 1066 and the Norman conquest of England.
The afternoon is at leisure. You will have a chance to visit the Bayeux Lace Workshop and wander the pleasant streets of old Bayeux Day 13: Sunday, September 30th Today
we have a guided tour of the 1944 D-Day landings and the beaches associated
with the Canadian and American divisions. We will also visit the town
of Caen and the
Peace Museum.
Day 14: Monday, October 1st We
leave Normandy for Paris.
Our hotel in Paris is centrally located. Dinner will be a special occasion--an opportunity to relive the memories of the past two weeks. Day 15: Tuesday, October 2nd After
breakfast we will go to Charles de Gaulle Airport and our flight to
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From
London/Heathrow airport we will travel by private coach to our hotel
in Bath. En route we will visit the Salisbury Plain and have lunch
in the picturesque village of 
Departure
after breakfast for the fabled Celtic land of Cornwall. Our route
will take us via 
Today,
enjoy a full-day guided tour of the Cornish area. Our first stop is
Land’s End, the most westerly point of mainland Britain.
Quimper
has a distinctively Breton flavour and in the afternoon you will likely
wish to wander the pedestrian area of Old Quimper with its attractive
architecture, perhaps stopping to have a traditional crêpe and a glass
of cider. 
Later
in the afternoon, we will stop for a taste of Calvados, the special
apple brandy of the area.