Cruise description

4 Night Cruise sailing from Paris roundtrip aboard A-Rosa Viva.

4 Night Cruise sailing from Paris roundtrip aboard A-Rosa Viva.

All the things that have happened in Paris ... All these buildings recalling the belle époque and can-can dancers in the Moulin Rouge, as painted by a certain Toulouse Lautrec. And then there’s the art and literature of the roaring twenties, when Josephine Baker met Salvador Dalí. No other city can awaken the sensuous joie de vivre than Paris. The Seine is its lifeline, and if you can bear to tear yourself away, it leads to beautiful Normandy: to blossoming apple trees, brown cows, lush green valleys, Calvados, oysters and creamy Camembert. Every kilometre of the river is of historical and economic significance. Rouen is virtually an open-air medieval museum. It owes its wealth to the sea port, where more than 3,400 ships call every year. The Seine is the key to the nation’s soul, and sailing on it gives a glimpse into the heart of France.

Highlights of this cruise:

Paris
Paris is the capital city of France and every year millions of people come to Paris to marvel at its beauty, savour its exceptional cuisine and indulge in its world-famous shopping. Known as the 'City of Light', Paris benefitted from a huge re modelling program that started in 1852 which gave rise to its current layout, boulevardes, gardens and parks.

The most famous part of Paris is the Champs Elysees, a wide Boulevarde running from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde.
Paris has some of the best know landmarks in the world, apart from the Arc de Triomphe it boasts Notre Dame, The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre and more. Its great gardens include the Tuileries and Luxembourg gardens.

Divided by the River Seine the City of Paris is relatively easy to enjoy on foot as many of the key landmarks are relatively close to each other. For the bolder tourist Paris now has the ‘Velib’ bike rental system which offers a very cheap and practical way to get around the city.

Rouen
Rouen is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. It is situated on the River Seine, approximately 90 minutes drive north-west (135 km) from the centre of Paris.

Rouen was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe which can be seen in the many monuments and buildings which have been preserved in its historical centre. Its architectural treasures include Gothic monuments like the Notre Dame Cathedral, St Ouen Abbey, Saint Maclou Church and the Palais de Justice or Renaissance style monuments like the Gros Horloge, Saint Maclou Ossuary and the Bourgtheroulde Mansion.

After the historical centre, there is ‘Sainte Catherine’ hill nearby, from where you can admire a magnificent view of the city and the meandering River Seine or walk along rue Eau de Robec where some watermills, testament to an important textile history when people were making a living out of the cloth manufacturing industry, which is now represented by the sheep symbol.