Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Lyon to Avignon Cruise Adventure

Viking River · Viking Delling · from Lyon

$3,299 per person · next sails Jun 9, 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 MRS · $1,476 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.

70 mi from Lyon

Patek Philippe Museum

The voyage · 7 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 5 of your 5 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach.

Lyon
Vieux Lyon & Fourvière · $370 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Vienne
Schönbrunn Palace · $125 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Tournon
Vivarais Steam Train · $48 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Viviers
Gorges de l'Ardèche · $41 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Avignon
Palais des Papes · $846 for twohow to make it yours → ·
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Avignon

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

43 mi from Avignon

Atelier de Cézanne

124 mi from Avignon

Musée Marc Chagall

Home

Fly home from Avignon (MRS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into GVA, home from MRS · 2 travelers $1,476 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Lyon · River~$155
Cruise fare7 nights · Viking River · 2 guests$6,598
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,430
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$9,839
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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