Van Gogh Cruise 3 days / 2 nights

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Chantilly

Chantilly Castle, thanks to Prince Condé for the sightliness.
Auvers sur Oise welcomed many artists, Van Gogh, Pissaro, Cézanne, Daubigny, this medieval looking village still breathe with the impressonnist spirit from the nineteenth century.

Chatou island, in the middle of the river Seine, inspired Renoir and Guy de Maupassant.
Pierre Auguste Renoir discovered Chatou and the Seine banks in 1868. Monet and him start painting on the flotting barge café "La Grenouillère". Water, light and boating are the beloved themes of the impressionnists. Renoir stayed regulaly in Chatou to paint the nature and the people.

Day1 : " Chantilly -> l'Isle Adam"
- Welcome on board Yacht at Beaumont sur Oise from 5 pm
- Cruising the river Oise to l'Isle-Adam
- Dinner on the yacht
- Overnight call in l'Isle-Adam

Auberge RAVOUX

Day 2 : "Isle Adam -> Conflans Ste Honorine"
- Breakfast on board
- Free time:
  - Wandering along the river Oise
- Cruising to Auvers sur Oise
- Free time for visits to :
  - Auvers castle
  - Van Gogh brothers' grave
  - Ravoux museum or Doctor Gachet's house
- Lunch possible at "l'Auberge Ravoux" (Van Gogh's house)
- Cruising the river Oise to Conflans Sainte- Honorine
- Free time for visits to
- - The parc and the bargees museum
  - "la Tour Carrée"
  - The largest frenc bargees port
- Dinner on the yacht
- Overnight call in Conflans-sainte-Honorine

Jour 3 : "Conflans Ste Honorine -> Chatou"
- Breakfast on board
- Cruising the river Seine to Chatou
- Call on Chatou Island
- Lunch on board
- Visit to Fournaise museum
- End of the cruise
options
- Welcome at Chantilly castle around 10 am
- Visit to Chantilly castle and Prince de Condé' stables
- Lunch at "La Capitainerie" in Vatel's kitchens
- transfer by car and visit to Royaumont abbey and her park
- transfer by car to the yacht Kitikaé