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 · $5,712 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…

The voyage · 14 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 8 of your 8 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach.

Blaye
Private Citadel of Blaye · $12 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Cussac-Fort-Medoc
Médoc Wine Route · $238 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Paris
Eiffel Tower · $79 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Vernon
Monet's Giverny · $16 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Caudebec-les-Elbeuf
Giverny · $27 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Rouen
Normandy D-Day Beaches · $637 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Palace of Versailles · $22 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Bordeaux
Saint-Émilion Private Wine Estate Tour & Grand Cru… · $324 for twohow to make it yours → ·
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 $5,712 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Paris · River~$248
Cruise fare14 nights · Avalon · 2 guests$19,520
Shore excursions8 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,355
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$27,015
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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