We meet at London St Pancras International before boarding the Eurostar to Paris. From here, we continue by rail to Nice on the French Riviera and check in to our hotel ready for the adventures that await us on this fantastic holiday.
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2024 Tour code: FIR24
About the tour
Experience the carefree lifestyle of the French Riviera. Enjoy a guided tour of the Côte d'Azur's stylish cities, Nice and Monaco, visit the charming hill-town of St-Paul-de-Vence - where Picasso and his contemporaries left their mark -and see the highlights of Provence.
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We meet at London St Pancras International before boarding the Eurostar to Paris. From here, we continue by rail to Nice on the French Riviera and check in to our hotel ready for the adventures that await us on this fantastic holiday.
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4.2 / 5 · 10 reviews
Mr Vaughan
Submitted 7/Sep
La Malmaison Hotel was a disappointment. Room was dark,but spacious. En suite was arranged in such a way that made the toilet difficult to use. No level access to reception from entrance. No restaurant and only a small bar area, which was a part of the reception. Breakfast, whilst adequate, was similar to that you would get in a Premier Inn. Badly positioned for both the beach and the town centre. No swimming pool…altogether no up to the standard we have come to expect from GRJ
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Gerald cox
Submitted 4/Jul
Carefree experience, great time
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Mark Warrick
Submitted 3/Jul
It was good to have a few days in Nice to start our holiday. Guided tours of Nice and Monaco, and included visits to other local places, were well--chosen and there was a whole free day as well as other free time: A good balance. If I have a criticism it is that finding our own dinner when arriving on a Sunday night was a bit of a struggle. The cruise was extremely relaxing. Amadeus Provence is the best river cruise ship we have ever experienced and the crew made sure we were well-fed. All the excursions were interesting and allowed just enough free time for a quick look at each place. There were some opportunities for our own time ashore, too, but a lot more time cruising on the river. The sunshades were seldom available on the sundeck, and the sundeck closed quite often, for low bridges and locks, but the river terrace and the pool deck (there was a small swimming pool) were always available. Some, but not all, excursions required a fair bit of coach travel, but the coaches were comfortable and these were OK. Personally I found the visit to Arles the most interesting of the tour, learning a lot about Van Gogh and his world. Arrival back in London was early enough for an easy onward journey home for me in the East Midlands. We certainly had a brilliant holiday and would recommend it to anyone who wants to have a brief introduction to the Riviera and the Rhône valley.
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J Wright
Submitted 29/Jun
It was fine and well organised. The boat and crew were excellent. The food was mainly very good. The guides were knowledgeable with excellent English. The only downside was having to drag the luggage around everywhere.
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Antoni Janik
Submitted 13 Sep 2022
The Rhone cruise was excellent, the Amadeus Provence immaculate with great cabins and an amazing friendly and helpful crew. The off ship excursions were well organised and of just about the right duration. I would give 5 stars to this part of the tour The journey to the French Riviera by train and then back to Lyons was spoilt by the commuter train we took from Nice to Marseille which was very crowded, otherwise the trains were comfortable and we had allocated seating. The Aston Scala hotel in Nice was disappointing, room was average, food just adequate and it is the first hotel I have ever stayed in where we were refused a drink with our meal even when we went to the bar to request one! Not sure what was going on at the hotel but the manager needs to get his act together. Despite that we had a great holiday and will definitely travel with GRJ again.
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David Pink
Submitted 10 Jul 2022
Spoiled by Camargue trip. No chance to see wildlife and taken to a poor seaside resort that was not mentioned in the itinerary
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