Add avalon waterways to the list of travel companies traveling through the famous Bordeaux wine area.
This week the famous river cruise operator will start its first sailors on the Garon and Dordogne rivers of France, who will cut through the viney -french area known for some of the world’s most famous red wines.
Taking place at Avallon’s 128-Tatri Avlon Artistry 2, seven-night trips will start and end in the city of Bordeaun, the capital of the area starting on Tuesday.
Cadilac-Sur-Garon, Libborn, Bourg and Blah river cities will be involved in stopping the sailors, which will serve as points off points for several wine tour in the region, but other attractions including historical sites.
Avallon President Palm Hophy said on Sunday during a press conference on Board Avalon Artistry 2, “People clearly think about boards and think about alcohol, and this is a big part of the experience. (But) We wanted to make something that was more than that.”
The press conference came during a brief, four-night preview of the new journey program for media and travel agents, which included the taste of some experiences in the store for passengers.
As the TPG saw the first hand during preview, these included a lot of excursions, including a wine-breaking class, with a wine-branding class, a wine with a winers with a wine and chocolate chocolate for chocolate and chocolate to taste chocolate, in the famous Margex section of the Burdeox area. But he also included a non-wine-related tour for such historical sites, such as UNESCO’s world heritage site, large-scale strongholds of Blae.
As specific to Avalon visits, the choice of seizures also included active options such as a long growth through grape gardens of the Margax region (starting at the front gate of Cheto Margax, one of the world’s most famous vinery) and a bike through historical and alcohol-focused town of St. Emilian.
During the press conference on the board, Hoff said that Avlon was trying to separate the region as compared to some of his rivals, such as the Seiside Town of Archchan, is known for its Victorian villas and oyster fields. He suggested that the winery tour and tasting were designed to make more intimate and off-right-foot.
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“We are going to a small family -owned vinery and are really a immersive experience,” he said.
As is always with avalon trips, all travels including winery tours and testing have been included in the price of cruise.
Originally designed to raise the Rhine River, where it is based from 2013, Avallon Artistry 2 began to pass through a major overhaul before it was transferred to the Bordeaux area. Makeover brought fresh decorations to public places, from floor to furniture; A new sky deck with all new decorations; And along with advanced internet service -other improvements.
Like all ships currently in Avallon Fleet, Avallon Artistry 2 is part of the 2 Avlon’s suit class of ships, which began to debut in 2011.
Series ships are known for their large number of additional-wide cabins, called panorama suites that provide more captivating views of passing scenes than the standard rooms found on many other river ships.
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Avlon Artistry 2 has 52 of these panorama suits, which provide 200 square feet of living space. This standard river ship is about 30% more square footage than cabin.
Evelyon has long postponed panorama suites as a major difference between their vessels and other river lines in Europe that completes North Americans. About 80% of the cabins are made on the suits of the eloon and have many unusual features. Among them: floor-to-sealing, wall-from panoramic windows that are 11 feet wide and 7 feet wide.
Established in 2004, 21 -year -old Evelyon is known for a young fleet of vessels with a stylish, contemporary design, and avalaon artistry is no exception. There are modern furniture, clean lines and lots of glass walls in public areas that flood the spaces with light.
At a distance of 361 feet in length, Evlialon Artistry is shorter than most vessels of 2 Evelyn, which usually measures about 443 feet in length and catches 166 passengers. It gives a particularly intimate experience.
The latest major river line is just the latest major river line to connect the river revolutions through the Avalon Bordeaux area. Many of its biggest contestants including Amawaterways, Viking and Uniworld Boutique River Crosis have been working in this field for almost a decade.
Like other river cruise lines, which fulfills North Americans, Avallon has particularly increased in the last two decades. With several additions in recent years, it now has 15 ships in Europe. It also operates a ship in Asia on the Mekong River and also sells trips on the Nile River in Egypt and Amazon in South America.
The fare for sailors of the new seven-night boards starts at $ 2,830 per person.
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