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Golf tour in Normandy & Paris - September 2010
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Open Fairways
Golf tour in Normandy & Paris - September 2010
Open Fairways
Golf tour in Normandy & Paris – September 2010
Suggested itinerary
* Day 1
Arrival in France at CDG airport– Welcome by France Golf Tours – Transfer to Deauville
Deauville, lady of the French coast, its most glamorous seaside resort, symbolizes elegance, prestige and sophistication. This 5 000 dwellers sea side town has been a fashionable place since one century. Its lovely harbor has become an international meeting centre for all sorts of pleasure boats. In addition of being a terrific place for shopping, Deauville is also famous for its beaches, casino and magnificent race-track.
* Day 2
Overlooking Deauville’s bay, players putt under the windows of the Grand Hotel at Deauville Golf, an old and challenging course designed by Tom Simpson.
A large variety of trees such as oak, elm, ash, apple trees (symbol of the Calvados country) surrounds the fairways, where remain some piece of wall of the Marquis de Lassay’s castle.
Deauville is one of the most exclusive golf course in Normandy where many foreign golfers come from all over the world to enjoy golf, relax and …gambling at the famous casino.
Visit of Honfleur and its famous painters’port, with its colourful fishing boats and timber-beamed houses, which has been a haven for artists since the beginning of the impressionist period.
Tasting Visit of a Calvados liquor distilleryChâteau de Breuil
Nestling in a verdant setting in the heart of the Pays d'Auge, the Château de Breuil is one of the finest examples of the region's architectural heritage.
The Château de Breuil stands proud amidst a vast parkland with hundred-year-old trees.
Built in the 16th-17th centuries, many a noble family has resided there, such as the Bouquetots, the Montgomerys, the Bences…
Today, the Château de Breuil is also one of the region's most prestigious Calvados distilleries (established in 1954). It offers visitors guided tours and vintage Calvados tasting sessions every day of the year.
Lodging at Deauville’s Hotel du Golf
* Day 3
Lodging at Deauville’s Hotel du Golf
* Day 4
Golfers:
Situated at the top of Etretat’s cliffs and overlooking the worldwide known natural arches in the cliffs (Aiguille Creuse), this outstanding golf course is considered as one of the most spectacular in Europe.
Like all the authentic links, Etretat Golf Course offers windy conditions and dreadful gorse surrounding some of the fairways requiring long and straight iron shots, which represent a tough challenge for the golfers. Even though you have reached the green, the difficulties remain with the up and down slopes and the flagsticks bending in the gusts.
Non – Golfers:
Relax at your Hotel or shopping in Deauville
End of the Afternoon: Transfer to Paris
Lodging at Hilton Arc de Triomphe
A few steps from the Champs-Élysées, Hilton Arc de Triomphe Paris takes its inspiration from the Art Deco period, bringing to life the sophistication of the 1930s while incorporating all the latest high-technology advances. The hotel has a variety of elegant rooms and suites from which to choose, some with terraces overlooking Paris. The hotel also has a Carita and Decléor Spa, with hydro-tonic bath, steam bath, sauna, gym and ten treatment rooms.
The rooms, each one as elegant as the next, have furniture, colours and materials inspired by the great artists of the '30s, while at the same time incorporating the latest technological innovations such as broadband internet access, TV, video, individually adjustable air conditioning
OR:
Lodging at Lancaster Hotel
Located in the heart of Paris, just off the Champs Elysées, the Hotel Lancaster is a luxurious hideaway, constructed in a 19th-century private mansion. It is an intimate address, with the feel of an elegant private residence. The hotel offers 46 rooms and 11 suites over 8 floors, in a plush atmosphere that cultivates a certain art of living à la Française. Traditional furniture, paintings by old masters, antiques and the re-creation of historical fabrics celebrate the decorative arts in the best light. Its interior courtyard has become a Zen garden retreat. All the feel of a thoroughly charming traditional home