LOIRE VALLEY SUMMER TOUR 2010

7-day tour of the beautiful Loire Valley with accommodation throughout in a sumptuous 4 star Chateau hotel.We start with an overnight ferry crossing to St. Malo and travel down to the Loire Valley via Vitre a charming medieval town and the Le Mans motor museum which is next to the Le Mans 24 hours race circuit.We then continue south to the Loire valley where our hotel for the next 6 nights, a stunning four star chateau hotel, formerly the home of Prince Talleyrand, is based, less than a mile from the river Loire itself.Over the next 6 days we visit impressive chateaux, fascinating museums,beautiful gardens, atmospheric wine caves and other places of interest driving on scenic backroads in this beautiful region.Our return afternoon ferry is via Caen to Portsmouth.

Photos from our 2010 tour, please click on the link below.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/classiccartoursinternational/LoireValleySummerTour2010

PORT MER : BREAKFAST STOP ON ALL OUR FRENCH TOURS

Port Mer Breakfast stop on all our French Tours.

ALPS SUMMER TOUR 2010

9-day tour starting with an 8.00am Saturday morning ferry from Dover to Dunkerque and travelling through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy back in to France and ending in Monaco.En-route we drive through the spectacular Alps crossing all the famous passes and experiencing some of Europe's most stunning scenery and its best driving roads before arriving a week later on the Mediterranean coast at Menton from where we drive along the scenic coastline through Monaco to Villefranche-sur-Mer where our hotel for the final two nights is based.Our route takes us over 20 mountain passes with a combined height above sea level of over 37,000 metres or 123,500 feet, over four times the height of Mount Everest ! Included in the "cols" or passes we drive over is Europe's highest road, the Col de La Bonnette at 2,802 metres or 9,192 feet !

Photos from our 2010 tour, please click on the link below.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/classiccartoursinternational/AlpsSummerTour2010