Open Enrollment Tour

Côte à Côte

Côte à Côte traces the full length of France in ten days, moving from the grand boulevards of Paris to the granite ramparts of St. Malo and finally to the sun-bleached coastline of the Côte d'Azur. The tour's shape is the thing: rather than lingering in one region, your group experiences France as a country of genuine contrasts — the urban density of the capital, the seafaring history of Brittany, the château-studded Loire Valley, and the Mediterranean light of the south. By Day 9, students who arrived wide-eyed at Charles de Gaulle will have crossed nearly the entire country.

Departure dateMonday, June 7, 2027

Duration10 days · 9 nights

CountriesFrance

Cities4 stops

Group size6 – 80+ travelers

What makes us different

City-center hotels
Authentic local meals
Career Tour Directors
5.0★ on Trustpilot
Family-owned since 1992

Destination guide: Paris →

Arrival Paris

Arrival transfer

Dinner

Overnight

At a glance

Days10

Nights9

Countries1

Cities4

OvernightsParis 3, St. Malo 1, Loire Valley 1, Côte d'Azur 3

MealsAll breakfasts & dinners

Curriculum fit

Analyze how Baron Haussmann's 19th-century urban redesign shaped the spatial logic and social character of modern Paris.
Compare the defensive coastal architecture of St. Malo's walled city with the inland Renaissance château designs encountered in the Loire Valley.
Trace the influence of French Renaissance patronage on the concentration of châteaux and formal gardens along the Loire River.
Examine how geography and Mediterranean climate shaped the distinct cultural and economic identity of the Côte d'Azur relative to northern France.
Evaluate how regional dialects, culinary traditions, and architectural styles reflect France's internal cultural diversity across the regions visited.
Interpret primary visual and built sources at each site to reconstruct the political and social priorities of successive French rulers and regimes.

Drafted from the day-by-day. Use as a starting point for your syllabus.

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Overall

“Great tour! We loved being in only 2 hotels and we were able to move at our own pace. One of our best tours ever.”

Passports post-tour evaluation · Group leader · April 2026

Overall

“Passports, I cannot begin to thank you enough for helping craft such a spectacular tour! Being a theatre educator, having some arts experiences was important to me — and you delivered. My students and I were talking about the workshop for days! Josephine and the Mouse Singer at the Greek National Opera House was unlike anything my students or I had experienced before.”

Passports post-tour evaluation · Group leader · March 2026

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