This trip across Brittany and Normandy could rightfully be named the legends' tour.

On our way to Brittany we will stop at Chartres. Its cathedral has the largest and best preserved collection of medieval stained glass windows in the world.

In the fortified harbour Saint-Malo, the local hero is Surcouf, the most famous french corsair.

Mont Saint-Michel, right at the border between the two provinces, is the top French tourist destination outside Paris. Its abbey, built on a rock in the middle of a vast bay, is topped by the archangel Saint Michael slaying the dragon, a legend from medieval times.

In Caen, let us pay tribute to the D-day heroes and row under Pegasus Bridge, taken by the British Sixth Airborne Division on the morning of D-day.

In Giverny we will meet Claude Monet, the father of impressionism, the artistic movement named after his painting "Impression Soleil Levant". In his last years Monet painted his particularly famous series of water lilies in his magnificent garden in Giverny, as well as on the banks of the Seine.

We will row on the Marne, the Mayenne, the Rance, the Orne and the Seine and in the Channel in Saint-Malo.

Programme 

Saturday: Hotel check-in

Sunday: Rowing on the Marne in Le Perreux. Drive to Chartres. Lunch and visit to the cathedral. Drive to Laval. Night in Laval in a fifteenth century manor house

Monday: Rowing on the Mayenne. Drive to Mont Saint-Michel. Visit to the abbey. Night near Saint-Malo

Tuesday: Coastal rowing in Saint-Malo. Saint-Malo city tour. Night near Saint-Malo

Wednesday: Rowing on the Rance in Dinan. Medieval city tour. Drive to Caen. Night near Caen

Thursday: Rowing in Caen on the Orne. Visit to WW II D-day memorial and beaches. Night near Caen.

Friday: Drive to Giverny. Visit to the Monet garden and museum. Rowing on the Seine in Vernon. Night in La Roche Guyon.

Saturday: Visit to the château in La Roche Guyon. Lunch and return to Le Perreux at around 3pm.

Boats used: touring quads / yolettes / C-Vierer, except in Saint Malo: coastal quads

Daily rowing distance; average 15 km, maximum 18 km

Cost: 1990€ (+380 in single room) ALL inclusive: accomodation, meals incl. drinks, boat rental, visits, transfers, support team 

Post tour services:

Rowing in Le Perreux on the Marne on saturday afternoon: free

Saturday to sunday night in Neuilly-Plaisance: 55€ in double occupation, 100€ in single occupation

Participants: Min 8, max 12