Trip Summary
Celebrate Celtic culture during an eight-night cruise to France, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Aboard Ocean Victory, your exclusively chartered, deluxe small ship, sail from Honfleur, France, to Fairlie, Scotland. Along the way, visit cultural landmarks and delve into the history of this storied region. Visit Normandy’s D-Day battlefields and discuss one of the 20th century’s most consequential military campaigns with guest speaker Dwight David Eisenhower II, historian and grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Choose to explore the UNESCO-listed Caernarfon Castle or the Victorian-era Bodnant Garden. Stand in the shadow of Scotland’s beloved Eilean Donan Castle and delight in the contrast of landscapes: the rugged, windswept islands of Iona and Skye and the botanical panoramas of Tresco Abbey Gardens in the Isles of Scilly. See the legendary Book of Kells at Trinity College during a city tour of Dublin. Soul-stirring performances of Welsh airs, traditional Irish music, and dancing complete your experience.
Event Itinerary
Day 1: Depart Home City
Day 2: Paris, France/Honfleur/Embark Exploris One
Day 3: Caen for Arromanches and Omaha Beach
Day 4: Caen/Cherbourg for Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc and Sainte-Mére-Èglise
Day 5: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, England
Day 6: Dublin, Ireland
Day 7: Holyhead, Wales, for Caernarfon
Day 8: Isle of Iona, Scotland/Tobermory, Isle of Mull
Day 9: Kyle of Lochalsh, Isle of Skye
Day 10: Fairlie/Disembark/Return to Home City
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Discover the Celtic legacy of France, Ireland, Wales and Scotland on a 9-day, 8-night cruise from Honfleur, France, to Fairlie, Scotland, aboard the deluxe small ship Exploris One.
- Two full-day Normandy excursions to visit historic Omaha and Utah Beaches, Sainte-Mére-Èglise and the American military cemetery.
- Special guest speaker Dwight David Eisenhower II, grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Visit UNESCO World Heritage site Caernarfon Castle, Wales — plus the Book of Kells, inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
- Included meals | 2 receptions, 8 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 8 dinners
- Paris and Giverny Pre-Tour Extension and Edinburgh and Glasgow Post-Tour Extension. (Available at additional cost.)
**Itinerary and pricing subject to change. See operator terms and conditions.**
Meet Your Faculty Expert
Nancy Marion
Nancy Marion is the George J. Records 1956 Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Dartmouth. She also served as Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Social Sciences and as Chair of the Department of Economics. As an international economist, she studies the economic linkages among countries and how they shape economic outcomes and policy choices. Her continuing scholarly interests focus on why certain countries suffer currency crises, banking crises and/or sovereign debt crises, why these crises are economically costly, and whether they can be predicted or prevented. Her work has been published in leading scholarly journals and featured in the financial press. She has served as a consultant to the International Monetary Fund and was a frequent lecturer at the IMF Institute. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.