Depart today for your overnight flight to Paris, France. Meals will be served on board.
 

After clearing custom requirements your Perillo Tours representative will greet you and help transfer you by private air-conditioned motor coach to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure to help you adjust to your new time zone. Evening dinner at a local restaurant followed by overnight accommodations in Paris. (D.)

After a leisurely breakfast, depart for Pithviers for lunch (on your own) after, we continue to Auxerre (approx 80 miles) and visit the Orthodox Monastery of Saint-Grégoire-d'Arménie-et-Saint-Martin-le-Seul.  Continue to your hotel for check-in followed by dinner and overnight accommodations in Auxerre. (B.D.)

After breakfast In our hotel in Auxerre, we visit the abbey of Saint-Germain and the cathedral of Saint-Etienne. Stop for lunch (on your own) then transfer to  Bussy-en-Othe (18 miles). Upon arrival visit the Orthodox Monastery of Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Protection. After continue to Bourges (101 miles). Upon arrival, check into your hotel followed by dinner and overnight accommodations at the hotel. (B.D.)

Breakfast at the hotel, then spend a day in Bourges and discover the city: the Archbishop's gardens, Jacques Coeur's Palace, the Estève museum, the museum of decorative arts, the museum of the best artisans of France, stroll on the ramparts, Saint-Pierre-le-Guillard church, Notre-Dame church. Stop for lunch (on your own). Visit Saint Etienne of Bourges Cathedral located in central France. Bourges conceals a real treasure as its cathedral listed by Unesco as a World Heritage site in 1992. The surrounding area with the half-timbered houses takes one back in time to the middle ages, a time of glory for the Cathedral and Christianity. Inside, one can admire the rare stained glass windows from the 13th century as well as the tympanum and the sculptures. Over and above the technological prowess of its architecture, this Cathedral, built between the 12th and end of the 13th centuries, is today testimony to the strength of Christianity in France in medieval times. Saint Stephen is seen as an example for the Church to follow, as he is considered to be the first Christian martyr whose death contributed to the conversion of Saint Paul. This is why he was chosen as the patron saint of the cathedral. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight accommodations at your hotel. (B.D.)

After breakfast transfer to Nohant-Vic (44 miles). Discover George Sand's house and the ancient church of Nohant-Vic. After, transfer to Brinay (55 miles). Stop for lunch (on your own). After lunch visit Saint-Aignan temple then transfer back to Bourges for dinner and overnight accommodations at your hotel. (B.D.)

After breakfast depart for Poitiers (149 miles) upon arrival discover the baptistery of Saint Jean known as the oldest Christian building in France and possibly Western Europe. Visit the Palace of Poitiers, the former seat of the Counts of Poitou and Dukes of Aquitaine. After, stop for lunch (on your own). Following lunch take a walking tour of Poitiers and discover the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre, the churches of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande, Sainte-Radegonde, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, of Montierneuf and the hypogée des dunes (an underground chapel). After, transfer to Tours (63 miles) for dinner and overnight accommodations at your hotel. (B.D.)

Breakfast then depart for Chambord (49 miles). Between Orléans and Tours, 2h from Paris, the chateau of Chambord is one of the most celebrated chateaus of the Loire valley. It is also one of the biggest with 440 rooms and 365 chimneys. Discover the chateau, the many acres of garden and woods that surround it and the collections of furniture and objects from the Renaissance period. The construction of the chateau began in 1519 on the orders of King Francis. After, transfer to Chambord (34 miles). Stop for lunch (on your own). After, you’ll visit the celebrated chateau of Chenonceau situated east of Tours and 2 ½ hours from Paris. One can discover Chenonceau's splendid collections, its history and its exceptional architecture, its river and manicured gardens, (which continue to provide flowers for the chateau), the Italian labyrinth as well as the gardens of Catherine de Medicis and Diana of Poitiers. The refinement of the chateau makes it the historic site that’s most visited after Versailles. After, transfer to Chenonceau for dinner and overnight accommodations. (B.D.)

After breakfast commence with your walking tour and discover the city: the Cathedral of Saint-Gatien, the Beaux-arts museum, the place Plumereau and its medieval buildings, the hotel Gouin. Visit Saint Martin basilica in Tours and its crypt, where the relics of the saint died in 397 lay. Saint Martin, patron saint of France, was born around the year 316 in what is now Hungary. He followed in the footsteps of his father in spite of an early call to Christian vocation and joined the army at 15 years old. Completely devoted to others, one night Martin gave half of his coat to cover a poor man dying of cold. That same night, Christ appeared to him wearing the half of his coat. Even though he became bishop of Tours, his life was but poverty, mortifications and prayer up until his death. After, stop for lunch (on your own). Discover Marmoutier abbey followed by dinner and overnight at your hotel. (B.D.)

After breakfast at the hotel transfer to Saint-Mars-de-Locquenay (62 miles). Upon arrival visit the monastery of Saint-Silouane. Continue to Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis (105 miles). Upon arrival you'll first stop for lunch (on your own). After, discover Le Skit du Saint Esprit, an Orthodox Monastery. Continue after to Paris for dinner and overnight accommodations at your hotel in Paris. (B.D.)

After breakfast at your hotel you will be transfer to the airport for your flight home. (B.)