Suite dreams for a fortunate few
Australian travel writer and wine columnist, David Ellis, will be tour escort in July next year for a 21-day fly/cruise package for just eight couples (or couples and singles).
The tour includes seven nights aboard the world’s highest-rated boutique motor-cruiser SeaDream I from Amsterdam to Bordeaux, followed by six nights through the French wine lands on a boutique hotel barge.
Guests will have two nights in Amsterdam with a day’s tour of Zaanse Schans (the “windmill village,”) the famous Alkmaar Friday cheese market, a night in Bordeaux with a day tour of local wineries, and two nights in Epernay for a day sightseeing and tasting in the Champagne and Reims wine regions.
To round it out, there’s return business class air from Sydney, Melbourne or Perth, and 5-star hotels in Amsterdam, Bordeaux and Epernay.
Tour escort David Ellis has been writing travel and wine for over 30 years and is a veteran “SeaDreamer,” having notched up over 125 nights aboard SeaDream I and sister-ship SeaDream II in the Mediterranean and Caribbean.
Put together by Far Horizons, prices start from $31,400pp twin-share ex-Sydney or Melbourne, $31,360 ex-Perth including all meals, transfers, guides, entries and gratuities;
For a brochure or visit www.farhorizons.com.au
Ian Jarrett
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