Optional Excursions

Here's a list of optional excursions you can enjoy during your vacation. Whether it's a special dinner, a local show or a special behind-the-scenes glimpse into an historical site, optional excursions are a wonderful way to enrich your vacation even further. Plus, they give you flexibility. We include the must-see sites and experiences, and we also understand that people take interest in different activities and may want to craft a more personal vacation by hand-picking optional excursions that appeal to them.

Availability is subject to sufficient participation, weather conditions, seasonal suitability, days of operation, group interests, and general feasibility for your vacation. The approximate value listed gives you a good, general idea of what you can expect to pay but may vary once you are on your vacation. Some information provided might be in a foreign currency; you can use our online currency converter for exchange rate information.

CITY: Paris

Mona Lisa's Smile And The Louvre Museum
Open to all since 1793, The Louvre Museum has embodied the concept of a truly "universal" institution. The priceless artworks housed in the Louvre are held for the benefit of present and future generations. The 35 000 works of art include such famous master pieces as the Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Venus de Milo. Our local expert will bring them to life as we have a look at the most important pieces of the various collections
Approximate value: Please check back later per person

An Evening At The Moulin Rouge
The Moulin Rouge Theater is the epitome of French cabaret shows. Enjoy a dinner at the Moulin Rouge before you admire the colorful show "Feerie" featuring more than 100 artists and dancers, and more than 1000 costumes
Approximate value: EUR €159 per person

The Artist's Quarter Of Montmartre
Join our local expert on a short walking tour of the lanes and squares around Sacre Coeur Church. Admire a spectacular view over the roofs of the City of Light and love. Listen to the stories, and admire the artwork of the artists at Place du Tertre where some of the French impressionists started their career. There is free time before your local expert provides a short orientation of the city on the way back to the hotel.
Approximate value: EUR €41 per person

Visit the Eiffel Tower
Start your encounter of Paris with a visit to its most famous land mark - the Eiffel Tower. Your local expert will accompany you up to the second floor, from where you will enjoy a breathtaking view of Paris and all its famous buildings - the Military Academy, the Louvre, the Arch of Triumph, Sacre Coeur, Notre Dame. Sign up for this excursion once you arrive at your hospitality desk. Avalon holds a reservation for preferred access to elevators. Departure of this excursion is at 1.15 pm from your Meeting Point Hotel - limited number of seats available
Approximate value: EUR €29 per person

CITY: Rouen

Visit to Honfleur
The estuary of the Seine has always exercised its fascination on numerous artists, painters, writers and musicians such as: William Turner, Johan Bartold Jongkind, Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, Charles Baudelaire and Erik Satie. Honfleur is a medieval town and it reveals her riches to all those who take the time to look. The old town hall, the former Salt Halls, St. Catherine's Church and old docks are inviting places for a stroll or to have a cafe au lait or simply to relax and enjoy the atmosphere of this picturesque city. Our local experts guide you through the secrets of this jewel of Normandy. Before heading back sample some local specialties in a nearby village and find out what a Pommeau tastes like.
Approximate value: EUR €49 per person

Norman Abbey Road
Rivers were always a trade route since medieval times. The Christian spirit developed and spread along these arteries of life. The Seine river is no exception and along its banks monasteries came into existence. St. Wandrille is one of the most famous ones and still active nowadays, in spite of Viking raids and the French revolution. A guided inside visit shows the monastic life of Benedictines. Via the ruins of Jumieges' Abbey we will see the remains of the former abbey of St. Martin de Boscherville. Especially worth seeing here are the former monastery's garden which have been transformed nowadays into a safe place for ancient varietals of local fruit, vegetables and flowers of Normandy.
Approximate value: EUR €39 per person