Detailed Itinerary

Friday, 16 May Depart London Embankment - Crossing via Channel Tunnel - drive to Orléans - overnight Orléans



Sites include the Cathedral of Ste-Croix and Orléans old town.

Saturday, 17 May Depart Orléans 8:30 – lunch in Tours, visit to the remains of the Old Basilica of St Martin - drive to Saintes – Saintes

Sunday, 18 May All day in Saintes



Sites include the Arch of Germanicus; Roman amphitheatre; the Cathedral; the Abbaye aux dames; the church of St Eutrope and the old town

Monday, 19 May Depart Saintes 8:30 – all day in Poitiers


Sites include Baptistery of St-Jean; the Cathderal; Notre-Dame-la-Grande; St-Hilaire-le-Grand
and the old town

Tuesday, 20 May Depart Saintes 8:30



       Talmont-sur-Gironde

       site Gallo-romain-du Fâ

       Pons (lunch)

       Aubeterre-sur-Dronne

Wednesday, 21 May Depart Saintes 8:30


Tumulus de Bougon

Niort (lunch)

Abbaye de Maillezais

Thursday, 22 May Depart Saintes 8:30

       Aulnay

       St Jean d'Angely (lunch)

       Melle

       The churches in the delightful small towns of Aulnay,
       St Jean d'Angely and Melle have some of the best
       Romanesque sculpture in the area

Friday, 23 May

Depart Saintes 8:30

Brouage The town was established in 1555. Its harbour was the first European place for trading in salt.

In the first half of the 17th century, it was transformed by Richelieu into a catholic bastion in order to fight against the rival town of La Rochelle. The walls, built between 1630 and 1640, surround the city in a square enclosure of 400 metres on each side.

Châtellerault (lunch)

Orléans (overnight in Orléans)

Saturday, 24 May Depart Orléans – drive to Calais - Crossing via Channel Tunnel - Arrive London Embankment

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