Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Chalon-sur-Saone to B Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon Poetry II · from Chalon-sur-Saone

$4,926 per person · next sails Apr 27, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Chalon-sur-Saone (GVA)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into GVA, home from BNE · $8,190 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Chalon-sur-Saone

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

143 mi from Chalon-sur-Saone

Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe

Your voyage · 7 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Chalon-sur-Saone Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Private Guided Tour of Abbaye Saint-Philibert, Tou… · $626 for two with Private-Excursion.com – Official Private Guide Tournushow to make it yours → ·
Days 3–4
Vieux Lyon & Fourvière · $370 for two with Context Travel Lyonhow to make it yours →
Day 5
Vivarais Steam Train · $48 for two with Chemin de Fer du Vivarais (Train de l'Ardèche)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Palais des Papes · $846 for two with Context Travel – Avignon City Walking Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
A Brush with Genius<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Get your daily dose of exercise through a Power Walk in Arles with your Adventure Host
⚙ Curating A Brush with Genius<SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Get your daily dose of exercise through a Power Walk in Arles with your Adventure Host’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Your cruise ends with breakfast this morning.Flights should not leave Marseille airport before 10 am.<SPAN CLASS=meals>(B) Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Chalon-sur-Saone

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

71 mi from Chalon-sur-Saone · fly GVA

Lyon, Where Roman Ruins Meet Michelin Stars

Culture and Gastronomy Capital

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74 mi from Chalon-sur-Saone · fly LYS

Alpine Wildlife, Glacier Treks & Savoyard Spirits in Chamonix

Alpine Adventure & Gastronomy

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74 mi from Chalon-sur-Saone · fly LYS

Lyon: Silk, Secrets & Saône Valley Wine in Three Perfect Days

Gastronomy Meets Medieval Grandeur

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Home

Fly home from B (BNE)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into GVA, home from BNE · 2 travelers $8,190 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Chalon-sur-Saone · River~$74
Cruise fare7 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$9,852
Shore excursions4 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,890
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$20,186
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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