This is the preliminary itinerary. For the brochure with full information, please click here:
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2016/08/amsterdam-paris-ballet-trip-may-2017.html
Signup deadline is SEPTEMBER 10.
http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2016/08/amsterdam-paris-ballet-trip-may-2017.html
Signup deadline is SEPTEMBER 10.
There are already over 30 people who will receive priority notification when booking opens in August, so if you want to be one of them, send an email to toursenlair@gmail.com. This does not commit you to joining the trip.
Amsterdam
and Paris
in
Tulip Time
30
April – 10 May 2017
11
days, 10 nights
3
ballet performances + 1 optional
The
world's first ballet company,
Paris
Opera Ballet, plus Dutch National Ballet in an all-Balanchine
program, and its Junior Company performing works by
the three major
Dutch choreographers,
Hans
van Manen, Rudi van Dantzig, and Toer van Schayk
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| Amsterdam |
Sunday
April 30 AMSTERDAM
Arrive
Amsterdam. Check in to hotel, a few minutes walk from
Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.
Monday
May 1 AMSTERDAM
1030
am: Private guided tour of the highlights of the Rijksmuseum (1
hour). Afternoon at leisure. Evening: 3-course welcome dinner
followed by performance of Dutch National Ballet Junior Company:
works by the
three major Dutch choreographers, Hans van Manen, Rudi van Dantzig,
and Toer van Schayk, plus 3 other works.
Tuesday
May 2 AMSTERDAM
Day
at leisure
Wednesday
May 3 AMSTERDAM
Noon: Depart by
private coach for the spectacular Keukenhof Garden
1240
pm: Arrive Keukenhof. Visit Keukenhof (about 90 minutes). Evening performance
of Dutch National Ballet: Apollo,
Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Tarantella, Theme and Variations
(all Balanchine)
Thursday
May 4 AMSTERDAM
Day at leisure.
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| Ghent |
Friday
May 5
AMSTERDAM
– GHENT - PARIS
830am: Check out
of hotel. Transfer by luxury washroom-equipped private coach to
Paris. Noon: Arrive Ghent, Belgium. 12-minute cruise by private boat
along the river from coach park to central Ghent. Lunch, followed by
private guided 90-minute walking tour of historic Ghent, with a visit
to St. Bavo's Cathedral and van Eyck's masterpiece “The Adoration
of the Mystic Lamb”. Free time to stock up on Belgian chocolate,
have a waffle or a cherry beer at an outdoor cafe, or stroll along the canals.
4 pm: Depart Ghent
for Paris
830
pm: Arrive at 4-star Les
Jardins du Marais
hotel in the lovely Marais district.
Saturday
May 6 PARIS
Day
at leisure. Evening: 2-course dinner before Paris Opera Ballet
performance: In G
(Robbins), La Valse
(Balanchine),
Bolero
(Cherkaoui) at the historic Palais Garnier opera house.
Robbins In G:
Sunday
May 7 PARIS
Day
at leisure. Evening: Optional Paris Opera
Ballet performance: Walkaround Time
(Cunningham),
Trio, Workwithinwork (both
Forsythe).
Monday
May 8 PARIS
Day
trip by private coach to Claude Monet's house and garden at Giverny.
Private guided tour of the Musée des Impressionismes. Lunch. Return
to Paris. Evening at leisure.
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| Le Moulin de Fourges restaurant |
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| Gardens at Giverny |
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| Claude Monet's house |
Tuesday
May 9 PARIS
Day
at leisure. Guided tour of Paris Opera
Garnier before farewell dinner.
Wednesday
May 10 PARIS
Check
out of hotel and depart Paris.
GROUP
SIZE LIMITED TO 25!
Do you love ballet but have a travelling companion who would like something less ballet-intensive? Check out our "Wine-Food-Sightseeing-and-a-bit-of-ballet" trip to the south of France in July 2017. More info here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2016/08/food-wine-sightseeingand-ballet-trip.html
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