Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

14-Night Paris to Bordeaux Cruise Adventure

Avalon · Avalon Tapestry II · from Paris

$9,760 per person · next sails Oct 6, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Paris (CDG)

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

Open-jaw · fly into CDG, home from BOD · $6,154 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Paris

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.

0 mi from Paris

Louvre Museum

1 mi from Paris

L'Arpège

Three-Michelin-star establishment where Chef Alain Passard grows vegetables on his own farms and creates plant-forward tasting menus—a singular vision…

Your voyage · 14 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
Paris Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Normandy D-Day Beaches · $300 for two with Normandy Victory Tours (official)how to make it yours →
Day 3
Caudebec-les-Elbeufport guide →
Rouen · $410 for two with Ophorus Private Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Heroic Bravery on Normandy Beaches and French Farming Traditions <SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Join a Guided Tour of Normandy’s WWII landing beaches
⚙ Curating Heroic Bravery on Normandy Beaches and French Farming Traditions <SPAN CLASS=classic>CLASSIC Join a Guided Tour of Normandy’s WWII landing beaches’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Normandy D-Day Beaches · $637 for two with Loire Secrets – Rouen Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Conflans-Sainte-Honorineport guide →
★ Palace of Versailles — how to make it yours →
Day 7
★ Eiffel Tower — how to make it yours →
Day 8
Your Suite Ship® is Ready for BoardingThis morning
⚙ Curating Your Suite Ship® is Ready for BoardingThis morning’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
On the Steps of Montesquieu<SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Join a delicious onboard experience in Bordeaux wines with a presentation by a worldclass wine sommelier.
⚙ Curating On the Steps of Montesquieu<SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Join a delicious onboard experience in Bordeaux wines with a presentation by a worldclass wine sommelier.’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Cussac-Fort-Medocport guide →
Médoc Wine Route · $238 for two with Ophorus Private Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Private Guided Tour · $302 for two with Travel Real Francehow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
The Village Amid the Vineyards<SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Enjoy a guided visit to Saint-Émilion to discover one Bordeaux’ must-see wine-growing towns and celebrate your day with a wine tasting
⚙ Curating The Village Amid the Vineyards<SPAN CLASS=discovery>DISCOVERY Enjoy a guided visit to Saint-Émilion to discover one Bordeaux’ must-see wine-growing towns and celebrate your day with a wine tasting’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
★ Saint-Émilion Private Wine Estate Tour & Grand Cru… — how to make it yours →
Day 14
Seas
⚙ Curating Seas’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
Bordeaux Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Paris

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

14 mi from Paris · fly CDG

Paris Beyond the Postcard: A Perfume-and-Palace Itinerary

Luxury Culture & Sensory Indulgence

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219 mi from Paris · fly LHR

Churchill's Kent, Glyndebourne at Dusk & London's Secret Side

English Country Culture & City Grit

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219 mi from Paris · fly LHR

Cornwall's Wild Coast: Tin Mines, Tidal Castles & Beach Bars

Rugged Coastal Heritage Adventure

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Bordeaux

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

279 mi from Bordeaux · fly BCN

Barcelona Beyond the Crowds: Gaudí, Galician Seafood & Montserrat

Modernist Architecture & Catalan Feasting

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282 mi from Bordeaux · fly LYS

Alpine Wildlife, Glacier Treks & Savoyard Spirits in Chamonix

Alpine Adventure & Gastronomy

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Home

Fly home from Bordeaux (BOD)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into CDG, home from BOD · 2 travelers $6,154 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Paris · River~$248
Cruise fare14 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$19,520
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,887
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$27,989
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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