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WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Monaco and Monte Carlo

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Monaco and Monte Carlo

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Monaco and Monte Carlo Globus Day 11: We have explored the entire southern coastline of France on previous trips, so it was only fitting that we decided not to take any of the optional excursions offered on our Globus La France tour. So at last we had a […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Pont du Gard and Avignon

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Pont du Gard and Avignon

WJ Tested: Globus La France Tour – Pont du Gard and Avignon Day 10 – Pont du Gard Hooray, the day’s weather was sunny, dry and felt like summer. So our 7 a.m. wake-up call wasn’t too bad and we were able to enjoy breakfast on the hotel patio before our 8:45 a.m. departure. The […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Carcassonne and Nimes

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Carcassonne and Nimes

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Carcassonne and Nimes Day 9 – Carcassonne Today the wake-up call helped us rise bright and early at 6 a.m., even though we didn’t depart from Lourdes until 8 a.m. for our journey to the medieval walled-city of Carcassonne – one of our most favorite places to […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Biarritz and Lourdes

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Biarritz and Lourdes

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Biarritz and Lourdes Day 8 – Biarritz Being in France for Bastille Day, the largest public holiday of the year, meant that our tour needed to depart from the hotel in Bordeaux by 7:30 a.m. After driving for 2 hours we had a 30-minute comfort stop at […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Saint Emilion

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Saint Emilion

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Saint Emilion Day 7 – Exploring Saint Emilion The morning started bright and early again for those signed up for the optional excursion to The Great Dune of Pilat (Dune du Pyla) – the largest in Europe. But for those of us that decided not to go […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Loire Valley & Bordeaux

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Loire Valley & Bordeaux

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Loire Valley & Bordeaux Day 6: Anyone who loves French chateaux and manor houses will enjoy a visit to Château de Chenonceau, known in English as Chenonceau Castle. Visiting the elegant Chenonceau manor house was the first stop on our Globus La France motorcoach tour after leaving […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review Loire

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review Loire

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review Loire Angers and Loire Valley Day 5: This morning we were able to sleep in until the 7:30 a.m. wake-up call abruptly shook us from our slumber. With the luggage outside our room before the appointed hour, we had plenty of time to relax over the included […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Normandy and Brittany

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Normandy and Brittany

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour – Normandy and Brittany Day 4: Today our Globus La France motorcoach tour would visit Normandy and Brittany. Our 6:15 a.m. wake-up call was punctual and we had our luggage outside our door before going to breakfast at 7 a.m. The buffet breakfast in the hotel dining room […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review – Normandy

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review – Normandy

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review – Normandy Day 3 – Exploring Normandy: Today our group of 15 Americans, 3 Canadians, 4 Kiwis and 4 Aussies leaves Paris and ventures west to Normandy. This is the first time either of us have explored this area of France and we are both very excited […]

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review Paris City Tour

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review Paris City Tour

WJ Tested: Globus La France Motorcoach Tour Review Paris City Tour Day 2: Although our Globus La France tour was spending a second night at Pullman Paris Bercy Hotel, our morning still started early with a 6:20 a.m. wake-up call. On the agenda for today an included city tour of Paris was scheduled to depart […]

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