RFP 455 Addendum 1

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #455
Travel Study Tours 2011
Division of Continuing Studies
RFP #455
Addendum #1
CL OSI NG DATE AND T I M E:
By 14:00:00 Pacific Time on July 29, 2010
CL OSI NG L OCATI ON
STREET A DDRESS:
M AI L I NG A DDRESS:
Purchasing Services Department
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Room 110 Saunders Annex
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2
Fax Number: (250) 721-8327
Phone Number (250) 721-8326
Email: [email protected]
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RFP 455 Travel Tours 2011 - Addendum #1 – additional information
Please see revision (below) to Provence to Paris tour, the itinerary was changed and has now been
altered to incorporate these changes.
From Provence to Paris: A journey of discovery through France
May 16 to June 1, 2011
Days 1 – 2 (Victoria to Paris) Monday, May 16 – Tuesday, May 17
via Seattle? Air France (code-share with Alaska Airlines Victoria-Seattle) non-stop Seattle to
Paris, arriving CDG about 8:30am Friday morning (the 6½ hour layover in Toronto via Air
Canada is very tiring; alternative: WestJet to Toronto then Air France to Paris? WJ and AF
will probably have their code-sharing in place by then)
From the airport, direct to Lyon via TGV (current schedule departs at 11:30am, 2 hours travel
time); arrive Lyon mid-afternoon and transfer to hotel – rest of day free. Four nights in Lyon.
Suggested Lyon hotels:
preference: Grand Hôtel des Terreaux – 16, rue Lanterne
OR
Hôtel Carlton Lyon – 4, rue Jussieu
or equivalent—hotel should be walking distance from Vieux Lyon and other attractions,
preferably in the Presqu’ile. A quiet location is a must, and the bathrooms need to be
spacious enough to be comfortable for older travellers. We need a hotel with a good-quality
continental breakfast available.
Day 3 (Lyon) Wednesday, May 18
From mid-morning to mid-afternoon, a walking tour of Vieux-Lyon with a local guide (relaxed
pace)
Arrange group lunch at Les Terrasses de La Tour Rose
22, rue du Bœuf (in Vieux Lyon)
or at Café Epiceries
2, rue du Bœuf
or equivalent
Arrange welcome dinner at:
L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges
40 Rue de la Plage
Collonges au Mont d'Or
Day 4 (Lyon) Thursday, May 19
Guided tour of Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine from morning to early afternoon; time
for lunch at the museum at participants’ cost
Evening concert – National Orchestra of Lyon (include ticket)
(Poulenc, Bartók) – 8:30 pm, l’Auditorium de Lyon
Day 5 (Lyon) Friday, May 20
Musée des Beaux-Arts (self-guided), Place de Terreaux
lunch at a characteristic Lyonnais ‘bouchon’ (include)
afternoon return to Musée des Beaux-Arts OR
Musée de l'Imprimerie de Lyon (Jamie’s preference!), 13, rue de la poulaillerie
evening free, or entertainment…jazz? chamber music?
Day 6 (Lyon-Avignon) Saturday, May 21
Travel by coach leaving Lyon mid-morning, to Avignon (200km), with lunch at some pleasant
restaurant in the country featuring vins de la région; or (Jamie’s preference) a more extensive
wine tour with stops at a few Côtes-du-Rhone communes between Vienne and Valence.
OR
day-long river cruise from Lyon to Avignon
in any case, arrive Avignon late afternoon. Five nights in Avignon. Preference : Hôtel de
l'Horloge – 1, Rue Felicien David, Place de l'Horloge or similar – within the city walls, on a
quiet street, walking distance to the Palais des Papes; reasonably-sized bathrooms;
continental breakfast in the hotel or easily accessible nearby
Evening free
Day 7 (Avignon) Sunday, May 22
Morning river cruise to Villeneuve Lez Avignon, to visit the Fort and Abbaye Saint-André with
its gardens and views of Avignon. Rest of day free.
Perhaps a concert or other entertainment in the evening.
Day 8 (Avignon) Monday, May 23
Palais des Papes (guided tour)
Pont Saint-Bénézet
remainder of day and evening free or concert etc. Possibly evening river cruise?
Day 9 (Avignon) Tuesday, May 24
Morning coach departure to Camargue Nature Centre (Bouches du Rhône)
Musée camarguais, l’Étang de Vaccarès
lunch at Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer ?
then coach to Pont du Gard (self-guided walking, interpretive centre)
Return to Avignon late afternoon
Dinner at La Fourchette (or perhaps Hiély-Lucullus)
(or this could be on Day 8 depending upon entertainment possibilities)
Day 10 (Avignon) Wednesday, May 25
Early morning by coach to St. Remy-de-Provence (20km) to experience the Wednesday
market there. Lunch in St. Remy—or even better, somewhere charmant, à la campagne;
then on to Glanum and Les Baux de Provence, all within 20km. Return to Avignon late
afternoon.
Day 11 (Avignon-Paris) Thursday, May 26
Depart mid-morning via TGV, Avignon to Paris (2 hours 40 minutes); arrive Gare de Lyon
early-afternoon and transfer to hotel…
We prefer a hotel on a quiet street in the Marais or Latin Quarter (suggest Best Western La
Jardin de Cluny, Hotel du College de France, Hotel Saint-Jacques, Hotel Acte V)
see hotel comments above!
Evening concert – Orchestre National de France @ 8 pm (Schubert, Liszt) – please reserve
second from top priced tickets
Day 12-14 (Paris) Friday - Sunday, May 27-29
to choose from…
Salle Pleyel (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – Friday, May 27 @ 8 pm)
or Cité de la musique—check listings as soon as available
Musée de Cluny (“Lady and the Unicorn” tapestries--guided)
Musée Rodin (self-guided: many requests for this on the last tour)
Musée Cognacq-Jay (18th-century Paris—highly recommended)
Louvre, l’Orangerie, Musée d’Orsay optional during free time—or we’ll choose one of these
based on their exhibition schedule
Day 15 (Paris) Monday, May 30
day trip to Fontainebleau (guided)
return to Paris late afternoon
evening free
Day 16 (Paris) Tuesday, May 31
free day to see what was missed so far…or to explore the flâneur option!
evening: farewell dinner: Plaza d’Athénée? Le Jules Verne? Guy Savoy? Les Bouquinistes?
(we can dream can’t we?)
Day 17 (travel Paris-Victoria) Wednesday, June 1
via Seattle gets us back Saturday mid-afternoon