This trip across Normandy and Brittany could rightfully be named the legends' tour.

In Giverny we will meet Claude Monet, the father of impressionism, the artistic movement named after his painting "Impression Soleil Levant". In his last years Monet painted his particularly famous series of water lilies in his magnificent garden in Giverny, as well as on the banks of the Seine on which we will row.

In Caen, let us pay tribute to the D-day heroes and row under Pegasus Bridge, taken by the British Sixth Airborne Division on the morning of D-day.

The Mont-Saint-Michel is the top French tourist destination outside of Paris. The abbey, built on a rock in the middle of a vast bay, is topped by the archangel Saint Michael slaying the dragon, a legend from medieval times.

In the fortified harbour Saint-Malo, the local hero is Surcouf, the most famous french corsair.

We will stop at Chartres. Its cathedral has the largest and best preserved collection of medieval stained glass windows in the world.

We will row on the Seine, the Orne, the Rance, the Sarthe (or the Loir), the Couesnon and, if local conditions permit, in the Channel in Saint-Malo.

 

Programme 

Saturday: Hotel check-in

Sunday: Drive to Le Mans. City tour and lunch. Rowing in Vitré on the Vilaine. Night in Vitré.

Monday: Drive to Dinan. Visit of the medieval town. Rowing on the Rance. Night in Saint-Malo

Tuesday: Coastal rowing in Saint-Malo (weather permitting). Visit of Saint-Malo. Night close to Mont Saint Michel

Wednesday: Visit to Mont Saint Michel. Rowing on the Couesnon. Night near Caen

Thursday: Rowing in Caen on the Orne. Visit to WW II memorial and beaches. Night near Caen.

Friday: Drive to Giverny. Visit to the Monet garden and museum. Rowing on the Seine in Vernon. Night in La Roche Guyon.

Saturday: Visit to the château in La Roche Guyon. Lunch and return to Le Perreux at arpund 32pm.

 

Boats used: touring quads / yolettes / C-Vierer, except in Saint Malo: coastal quads

Daily rowing distance; average 15 km, maximum 18 km

 

Cost: 1990€ (+380 in single room) ALL inclusive: accomodation, meals incl. drinks, boat rental, visits, transfers, support team 

 

Post tour services:

Rowing in Le Perreux on the Marne on saturday afternoon: free

Saturday to sunday night in Neuilly-Plaisance: 55€ in double occupation, 100€ in single occupation

 

Participants: Min 8, max 12