Your itinerary
Day 1
Edinburgh
Arrive at Edinburgh Airport. If you have arranged a Uniworld arrival transfer, you will be greeted and taken to Kimpton Charlotte Square for a 2-night stay. Join your fellow guests for a Welcome Dinner.
Meals: Dinner
Day 2
Edinburgh
Explore Edinburgh Castle with a guide, then meet a former bagpiper to the royals. Choose between a visit to the 17th-century Mary King’s Close and a whisky tasting.
Day 3
Alnwick
Visit Alnwick Castle with a Local Expert, then travel through the English countryside to the Lake District. Enjoy dinner and stay at a country house hotel overlooking Lake Windermere.
Meals: Dinner
Day 4
York
Cruise across Ullswater in the Lake District and stop for lunch at a traditional English pub. Continue to York and stroll the cobbled lanes of The Shambles with your Travel Concierge.
Meals: Lunch
Day 5
York
Choose an expert-led tour of York Minster or a walk along the 13th-century city walls. At Castle Howard, enter through the landscaped gardens, then enjoy traditional English afternoon tea and a private tour of the house.
Day 6
York
Stroll through Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace. Travel through the villages and hills of the Cotswolds before arriving in Bath.
Day 7
Bath
Take a guided tour of Bath’s Georgian architecture and Roman heritage, then have a Michelin-starred lunch at The Olive Tree. Choose to visit either the Jane Austen Centre or the Roman Baths and Georgian Pump Room.
Meals: Lunch
Day 8
Stonehenge
After a relaxed start, visit Stonehenge. Continue to London for the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London, then spend the evening at The Rubens at the Palace.
Day 9
London (Greenwich)
See Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus. Visit the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, then enjoy a Celebration Dinner at The English Grill.
Meals: Dinner
Day 10
Paris
Travel by high-speed train to Paris, settle aboard your floating hotel and begin cruising the Seine River.
Day 11
Vernon
Choose a scenic hike or a visit to the hilltop Château de La Roche-Guyon, with its gardens and views over the Seine. Later, explore Monet’s gardens, traveling there by bicycle through the countryside or by coach.
Day 12
Rouen
Explore Rouen’s medieval historic quarter, including the cathedral painted by Monet and the cross marking where Joan of Arc was martyred.
Day 13
Caudebec-en-Caux
From Caudebec-en-Caux on the Seine Estuary, travel through the Calvados countryside to the seaside harbor of Honfleur.
Day 14
Rouen
On a full-day outing to the Normandy beaches, choose to visit the American, British and Commonwealth, or Canadian beaches. Afterwards, take part in a private memorial ceremony commemorating Operation Overlord.
Day 15
Mantes-la-Jolie
Visit the private rooms of the Palace of Versailles, built by the Sun King.
Day 16
Paris
Choose a panoramic overview of Paris or a walk through two neighborhoods with a local expert.
Day 17
Paris
Disembark the ship. If you have arranged a Uniworld departure transfer, travel to Charles de Gaulle Airport for your flight home.