GARDEN TOUR TO HOLLAND & FRANCE MAY 2011

Day 9 Monday 23 May 2011

• Breakfast
  
• Coach transfer to the train station
  
• TGV to TOURS
  
• Coach transfer to CHATEAU DE RIVAU
  
• Visit on your own of CHATEAU DE RIVAU
  
• Lunch on your own
  
• Visit of CHAUMONT GARDEN FESTIVAL
  
• Transfer to TOURS
  
• Dinner and Night in TOURS

Day 10 Tuesday 24 May 2011

• Breakfast
• 10:00   Guided visit of the old town of TOURS, capital of TOURAINE
  
• Lunch on your own
  
• Guided (or free) visit of a castle, or cruise on the Loire River, or visit of a Wine cellar
  
• Night in TOURS

Day 11 Wednesday 25 May 2011

• Breakfast
• Early train to LYON
  
• Train to AVIGNON
  
• Visit on your own of AVIGNON, a strategic site in the Rhône Valley, owes its origin to the Doms rock, a natural refuge. With the arrival of the popes in the XIV th Century, the city became a second Rome. It was enriched property up to the French revolution. Since then, the city has become bigger and spreads out beyond the walls. Sightseeing : Pope’s palace. :, ST BENEZET Bridge, the walls
  
• Lunch on your own
  
• To PERTUIS
  
• Visit on your own of Château VAL JOANIS
  Option: wine tasting
  
• To NICE
  
• Night in NICE
  Nice: the largest resort on the Mediterranean coast and the fifth biggest city in France, with its second busiest airport, Nice was founded by the Greeks and colonized by the Romans. This glittering past has contributed to Nice
  becoming capital of the Côte d’Azur.

Day 12 Thursday 26 May 2011

• Breakfast
  
• Free day in NICE
  
• Night in NICE

Day 13 Friday 27 May 2011

• Breakfast
  
• To MENTON
  Menton’s beaches, with the Alps and the golden buildings and Belle Epoque villas of the Old town as a backdrop gardens and citrus fruits thrive in its perfect climate, Mild even in February for the famous lemon festival.
  
• Visit of LE CLOS DU PEYRONNET
  
• Visit of the garden of PALAIS CARNOLES at MENTON
  
• Night in NICE

Day 14 Saturday 28 May 2011

• Early breakfast Visit of the flowers market of NICE
  
• To EZE
  
• Visit on your own of “Le Jardin Exotique d’Eze”
  
• To ST JEAN CAP FERRAT
  
• Lunch on your own
  
• Guided visit of the Villa Ephrussi de Rotschild
  http://www.villa-ephrussi.com/fr/ephrussi/
  Visit on your own of the PARC FLORAL PHOENIX at NICE : 2 500 different kind of flowers and plants over 7 hectares... A marvellous discovery of nature...
  
• Night at NICE

Day 15 Sunday 29 May 2011

• Breakfast
  
• To BIOT
  Biot, a medieval jewel perched against a backdrop of verdant countryside, is ideally located between Nice and Cannes. It has managed to protect a quality of life and an identity linked to its history and art craft. The arrival of artists such as Fernand Léger, whose museum stands at the foot of the village, and the installation of La Verrerie de Biot, have brought in new creative energy that can be felt
  in the numerous art and craft workshops in Biot.
  
• Visit of “la Verrerie de Biot”
  http://www.verreriebiot.com/gb/index.php
  
• To ANTIBES
  ANTIBES area is one of the biggest European centre for the production of flowers. (roses, pinks, anemones, tulips..).
  
• Lunch on your own
  
• Free time to discover JUAN LES PINS
  
• Back to NICE
  
• Farewell dinner on the Promenade des Anglais
  
• Night in NICE

Day 16 Monday 30 May 2011

• Breakfast
  
• Transfer to NICE airport
  End of our services

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Contact: Garry Menendez

Associate Professor
Plant Sciences & Landscape Design
Phone: (865) 974-0216
Email: menendez@utk.edu