• 15 Breakfast (B)
• 3 Dinner (D)

• London: You’ll need Essential Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)From?January 8, 2025, UK law means that if you’re entering/transiting through border control in the United Kingdom (UK) and Northern Ireland you’ll need an?Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)?before you travel. Confused? Don’t be – just read on here.
• London: A modular trip means fellow travellers will join and leave at various locations. There’ll be some goodbyes, sure, but there’ll also be plenty of hellos with new like-minded travellers.
• London: You’ll stay in a Twin share room (meaning you’ll be paired with a fellow traveller of the same gender, and will have two separate beds). If you’re booking your trip with a friend/travel companion – just let us know, so we can join your bookings and ensure you share a room. Need a lil’ more privacy? You’re welcome to opt for a single supplement if you like.
• London: Yep. If you’re booking a twin room as a couple, you’ll be roomed together.

• Paris: Take a dreamy jaunt around the city of romance. Fall in love with landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Champs-Élysées and Notre-Dame Cathedral.
• Paris: Take in the historic heart of Paris aboard a cruise on the River Seine.
• Bordeaux: Stroll around this chic metropolis to see the Palais de la Bourse and downtown Bordeaux. Then make time for a nice glass of red by the river. 
• Barcelona: We’ll check out the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s world-renowned masterpiece. Work began on the church in the 1880s and while it was technically never finished, it’s still a wonder to behold.
• French Riviera: Glide through the winding coastal roads of the French Riviera with your Contiki crew.
• Monaco City: Walk in the footsteps of Grace Kelly at the Royal Palace and see the Monte Carlo Casino (where the car park looks like a Fast & Furious set).
• Nice: Your chance to learn the art of fragrance at a French perfume house. You know it makes scents! (soz).
• Cinque Terre National Park: We’ll take care of your rail pass, so you can just zip around the iconic clifftop villages and focus on the Insta stories. Wanna hike around too? You’re welcome to explore on foot along the way.
• Pisa: Your ultimate chance to ‘hold the tower up’ as you pose for that classic Insta snap. 
• Amalfi Coast: Definitely one for the bucket list. Your chance to view one of Europe’s active volcanoes from a distance. 
• Rome: Stroll around the Italian capital, ticking off some sights on your bucket list on a locally guided walking tour of Rome. 

Follow your host through backstreets to graze on pintxos—bite-size culinary art perched on bread. Learn bar etiquette, pairings and why Basque cooks prize seasonal produce, all with sips of txakoli or local cider.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Salty anchovy, creamy idiazabal and grilled seafood tell a delicious regional story, one counter at a time.

Feel the pulse of Andalusian art in a traditional tablao, where guitar, cante and stamping footwork build to a fierce crescendo. Dancers’ silhouettes, ruffled dresses and palmas hand-claps electrify the room.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Choose a show-only seat or include dinner for the full night out in Barcelona.

Pedal a scenic seafront path with the Mediterranean as your backdrop. Gentle routes trace beaches and headlands, with time to stop for coastline photos and café breaks as you breathe in salty air and pine scent.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It’s an easygoing way to cover more Riviera scenery under your own steam.

Explore Parte Vieja’s cobbled lanes, where pintxo bars spill onto plazas and balconies flutter with Basque flags. Wander to the crescent of Playa de la Concha and the Belle Époque curve of its balustrades, framed by green hills and a sheltered bay.

Hear how royal summer holidays shaped the town’s elegance and why San Sebastián is a culinary capital. The route blends seaside breezes with Old Town charm for a relaxed sense of place.

Glide the winding coastal roads of the Côte d’Azur, where sapphire waters, pastel villas and umbrella pines line dramatic corniches. Curves reveal cinematic views of bays and capes, perfect to pause for photos and reflection.

Hear how artists, actors and aristocrats helped turn these once-sleepy fishing towns into glamorous resorts. Sun-washed limestone and glittering marinas frame a quintessential Mediterranean scene.

Cruise the River Seine to see Paris from its most graceful angle. Drift beneath historic bridges, circle the Île de la Cité, and admire the waterside silhouettes of the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay as commentary reveals the city’s layers from medieval to modern.

Gentle currents and river breezes pair with postcard views—stone embankments, gilded statues and elegant riverfront mansions—creating a serene introduction to Parisian life on the water.

Stroll Bordeaux’s riverfront quays to the Palais de la Bourse, where the Miroir d’Eau reflects 18th-century facades in a shimmering sheet of water. Your host points out graceful squares, wine bars and café-lined streets for later exploring.

Learn how maritime trade and wine wealth shaped this UNESCO-listed center, reading the city’s neoclassical stones as you go. The walk ends with time to relax by the Garonne and soak in Bordeaux’s easy rhythm.

Stand before Gaudí’s Sagrada Família, a basilica where stone seems to grow like a living organism. Take in the storytelling reliefs of the Nativity and Passion facades and the forest-like spires reaching skyward.

Learn how construction began in 1882 and continues through modern craftsmanship and engineering. Even from the outside, organic curves, symbolism and light-capturing surfaces make this Barcelona icon a study in devotion and design.

Step inside a traditional perfume house to learn how signature scents are composed. Discover extraction, distillation and blending as a nose explains top, heart and base notes, then sample accords inspired by the Grasse tradition.

From jasmine and rose to citrus and herbs, Riviera botanicals take center stage. You’ll gain insight into an art that has perfumed Europe for centuries—an elegant counterpoint to the coast’s sea breeze.

Walk the cobbles of Monaco-Ville to the Prince’s Palace square, gazing over yacht-filled harbors and cliffside lights. Continue to the famed Monte Carlo Casino, where supercars gleam beneath Belle Époque facades.

Stories of Grace Kelly, grand prix drama and princely ceremony set the scene for Europe’s most glamorous microstate. It’s a taste of Riviera sparkle wrapped in old-world charm.

Use your included pass to zip between the Cinque Terre villages—Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso. Wander pastel harbors, terraced vineyards and cliff-edge lanes carved high above the Ligurian Sea.

Choose to stroll sections of the coastal footpaths or linger over local pesto and crisp white wines. Sun-warmed stone and salt air set a timeless Riviera rhythm in this UNESCO-listed landscape.

Enter the lawned expanse of the Piazza dei Miracoli to see the Duomo, Baptistery and the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. Line up that playful perspective shot or focus your lens on marble arcades and Romanesque detail.

Hear how soft subsoil and centuries of stabilisation shaped the tower’s tilt. It’s a light-hearted encounter with medieval engineering and Tuscan grace.

Watch artisans practice the skilful art of leather—cutting, embossing and burnishing—rooted in Florence’s Santa Croce tradition. See how careful tanning and hand-finishing turn hides into bags, belts and journals.

Learn why guilds and Renaissance trade made leathercraft a Florentine hallmark. The scent of worked hide and the sheen of polished edges reveal centuries of know-how in Italy’s design capital.

Cruise the Bay of Naples to the island of Capri, arriving beneath sunlit limestone cliffs and bobbing gozzi boats. Ride up to lively Piazzetta cafés, wander designer lanes, or admire views toward the Faraglioni sea stacks.

Roman emperors holidayed here for good reason: perfumed gardens, bright water and cliff-top panoramas create an effortless Mediterranean mood throughout your island day.

Take in long views of Mount Vesuvius, the brooding cone that dominates the Bay of Naples. Your route frames the volcano against coastal plains and blue water, a striking counterpoint to pastel towns.

Hear how the AD 79 eruption reshaped history, preserving daily Roman life in ash. It’s a moment to connect landscape and legend, camera at the ready.

Join a locally guided walking tour through the Eternal City, linking the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navona. Learn how emperors, popes and artists layered temples, palaces and fountains into today’s open-air museum.

Stories of ancient engineering, Baroque theatrics and coin-toss traditions bring Rome’s streets to life. Expect cobblestones, gelato stops nearby, and a head-spinning cast of icons.

Settle in for an evening of feathers, footlights and chanson at a classic Parisian cabaret. Sip wine, enjoy a multi-course meal and take in live music and high-energy dance beneath a velvet curtain.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It’s a spirited slice of Belle Époque glamour updated for today—pure Paris after dark.

Join a sommelier-led stroll to sample regional wines that made Bordeaux a global benchmark. Compare Left Bank Cabernet structure with Right Bank Merlot plushness, and discuss terroir, blends and appellations in inviting wine bars.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Notes of cassis, cedar and violet meet lively conversation—a refined taste of the Garonne’s lifeblood.

Circle Capri by boat to cruise sea caves and cliffs, gliding past the Faraglioni and grottoes etched by emerald water. When conditions allow, plunge in for a swim over luminous depths.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It’s Capri’s raw coastline—sun on the deck, spray in the air and a view of villas perched improbably high above.

Walk Roman streets preserved by the AD 79 eruption on a guided tour of Pompeii. See the Forum, baths and frescoed villas, and learn how daily life—from bakeries to taverns—was frozen in ash.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Archaeology and storytelling combine for a vivid window into the ancient world.

Savor a convivial Tuscan evening of antipasti, regional pasta and Chianti poured beneath warm brick vaults. Expect rustic flavors—perhaps ribollita or pappardelle al ragù—served family-style at a lively local spot.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It’s the heart of Florence on a plate, matched with stories of vineyards and village kitchens.

Roll dough, shape tagliatelle or ravioli and simmer sauces in a hands-on Roman kitchen. Under chef guidance, you’ll make fresh pasta from scratch, then sit down to enjoy your creations with wine.

This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour. Flour-dusted fun meets delicious payoff—an edible souvenir of your time in Italy’s capital.

Join a guided panoramic tour of the City of Light as monuments blaze to life after dusk. Glide along the Champs-Élysées toward the Arc de Triomphe, circle the floodlit Eiffel Tower, and admire Notre-Dame and the Seine embankments sparkling against Haussmann’s grand boulevards.

Hear tales of royal pageantry, revolution and artistic reinvention as Paris reveals its night-time elegance. Elegant facades and river reflections set the tone for your time in France’s capital.

Contiki

Visit the Valley of the Somme, where quiet farmland hides the scars of the Western Front. Trace gentle ridgelines and meadowed fields that once echoed with the Battle of 1916, taking time to pause for photos and reflection amid roadside memorials and crosses.

Gain context on trench warfare and the enormous human cost that shaped modern Europe. Your team shares stories that bring the landscape to life, offering space for contemplation before the journey continues toward Paris.