FRANCE

Tour highlights include the great Cathedral and medieval Petite France district of Strasbourg; the quaint wine villages of Alsace; the major sights and a guided tour of Lyon; the spectacular natural phenomenon of the giant cores of solidified lava in Le Puy, churches balancing on top; the volcanic region of Auvergne; the Châteaux of Blois; the Châteaux of Chenonceau and the beautiful sound and light show; the Chartres Cathedral; and, in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre, Montmartre, a boat cruise on the Seine...

Perform in the Cathedral or an 11th-century church in Strasbourg, in the Luxembourg Gardens of Paris, or in a jazz club in Lyon. Performances will be arranged at appropriate venues of each city, based upon your interests and repertoire.

This concert tour includes planning and promotion of goodwill concert performances in each city, guided sightseeing tours and excursions, most meals, first class hotel accommodations, round trip air transportation, deluxe motor coach transportation, and a professional multi-lingual tour escort.

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Great Gothic Cathedrals of France

Great Gothic Cathedrals of France Tour - The Gothic style emerged in the 12th century at a time of growing prosperity and scholarship in France. Accompanying this secular revival was a simultaneous growth in religious fervor and donations to the cathedrals greatly increased. The first Gothic church, Saint Denis, was completed in 1144. By the time of Louis IX's death in 1270, France was the best governed and most prosperous country in Europe. In affluent mercantile towns, skilled masons constructed towering Gothic cathedrals of revolutionary design. With their improbable height and lightness, they were a testimony to both faith and prosperity. This tour will take your choir to the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Sainte Chapelle Church in Paris, and to the Cathedrals of Amiens, Bourges, St. Denis, Chartres, Reims and Strasbourg. Performances will be arranged in several of the cathedrals (informal and formal concerts) and in other local venues.

Catholic Pilgrimage Tour to Santiago de Compostela (France, Spain, Portugal)

Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage Tour - More than a thousand years ago, a spot called the Field of Stars was identified as the last resting place of the Apostle Saint James. It soon became a place of worship for millions of Medieval pilgrims coming from all parts of Europe. The church established official pilgrimage routes through France and Northern Spain, converging on the capital of Medieval Christiandom, Santiago de Compostela. Many beautiful cathedrals, churches and abbeys were built along the routes to welcome the pilgrims. This tour, offered by Ambassador Tours, follows the footsteps of the medieval pilgrims, with stops at the Basilica of Vézelay and Puy-en-Velay (two starting points of the pilgrimage), the Abbey of St. Foy in Conques, housing the most important collection of medieval and Renaissance gold work in western Europe, the Cathedral of Leòn, containing one of Sapin's finest collections of stained glass, and, of course, Saintiago de Compostela and its magnificent Cathedral. Choirs will perform concerts and participate in Mass at the major churches, cathedrals and basilicas. Options include housing in a monastery en route and walking the last miles to the pilgrimage. Your itinerary can also include a stop at the shrine of Lourdes.