Starting price reflects land-only tour cost. Great Value: see our Tour Cost page for pricing that Includes International Airfare. This journey is specially designed for a small group of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers and offers outstanding travel value. Throughout this tour, travel in the company of an exceptional Smithsonian Study Leader. John Sweets is a historian in 19th- and 20th century European studies, with expertise in 20th-century France. He is professor emeritus at the University of Kansas and author of many publications on France. John will lead the April and September 2012 departures. Linda Seidel, Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago, is an art historian with special expertise in medieval French architecture and its decoration, northern European Renaissance painting, and art historical methodology. Linda will lead the May 2012 departure.Enjoy an exclusive visit to Château des Milandes, former residence of Josephine Baker.Tour the Fontevraud Abbey, site of the original graves of King Henry II of England and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.Visit Château Clos Lucé, where Leonardo da Vinci spent his final years.Tour the caves at Lascaux II to view replications of the prehistoric cave art.This tour features the following World Heritage sites in France: - The Medieval Fortified City of Carcassonne
- The Loire Valley
- Mont Saint Michel
- Paris and the Banks of the Seine
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