Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Lyon to B Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon Poetry II · from Lyon

$4,926 per person · next sails May 11, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Lyon (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 Lyon

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.

98 mi from Lyon

Bossons Glacier Guided Trek with Glaciologist

Led trek across the Bossons Glacier with interpretive guidance from a glaciologist explaining ice formation, climate impact, and historical recession…

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.

Days 1–2
Lyon Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
Chocolatiers and Railway Engineers in the Twin City Gorge <SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE For a unique experience and panoramic views
⚙ Curating Chocolatiers and Railway Engineers in the Twin City Gorge <SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE For a unique experience and panoramic views’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
River Gorge Kayaks
⚙ Curating River Gorge Kayaks’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Palais des Papes · $846 for two with Context Travel – Avignon City Walking Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
A Master Painter and a Matador in Provence Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities. <SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Experience the legends of Val d’Enfer with a Guided Hike; an area taking its name from the unique white limestone
⚙ Curating A Master Painter and a Matador in Provence Join your Adventure Host for today’s special activities. <SPAN CLASS=active>ACTIVE Experience the legends of Val d’Enfer with a Guided Hike; an area taking its name from the unique white limestone’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhoneport guide →
Private 4x4 Camargue Safari · $445 for two with Camargue Safari (Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer local operator)how to make it yours → ·
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 Lyon

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

12 mi from Lyon · fly LYS

Alpine Wildlife, Glacier Treks & Savoyard Spirits in Chamonix

Alpine Adventure & Gastronomy

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12 mi from Lyon · fly LYS

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

Gastronomy Meets Medieval Grandeur

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69 mi from Lyon · fly GVA

Lyon, Where Roman Ruins Meet Michelin Stars

Culture and Gastronomy Capital

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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 · Lyon · River~$155
Cruise fare7 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$9,852
Shore excursions2 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,291
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$19,668
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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