CAA Trip to the South of France & Monaco,
May 1-10, 2024
Oh là là! Nine nights on the Côte d'Azur and in Provence
The trip is currently sold out. To join the waiting list, please contact Andrea Axelrod by email or phone (917/554-7800), indicating if there would be one or two in your party.

ITINERARY
DAY ONE Wednesday, May 1st
NICE - THE WINTER CAPITAL OF THE BELLE ÉPOQUE

MENTON, THE CITY OF LEMON, AND THE HAUTE CORNICHE



DAY FOUR Saturday, May 4th






After our lunch, we stop at Pont Julian, a Roman bridge built in the time of and named after Julius Caesar. We drive up the lovely hills to Bonnieux and down on the southern side to walk through Lourmarin, a beautiful little village full of Provençal charm, with narrow streets decorated with flowers, coffee shops, and arts and crafts shops.
We cross the Durance river at the cistercian abbey of Silvacane and reach our hotel in Aix-en-Provence. Dinner in a nice restaurant close to your hotel in the old town.
DAY NINE Thursday, May 9th
VIBRANT AIX-EN-PROVENCE
There are some direct flights between JFK or Newark Airport and Nice Airport.
Bon voyage!
Hotels, Cost, Registration, Etc.
OUR HOTELS
NICE: **** ASTON LA SCALA
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
- transfers and excursions in comfortable tour coach with AC /heating, with bottled water supplied on the coach
- 9 overnight stays in 3-star superior to 4-star hotels
- 16 dinners or lunch / light lunch in selected restaurants; breakfast in the hotel; wine and water at meals; ticket for the mentioned concert at the Monte Carlo Opera House
- all entrance fees
NOT INCLUDED
- airfares and transfers from Sernhac to airport or train station
- €10 entry fee to enter the Casino de Monte Carlo (which contains the Opera House), as each participant must register, show a passport and pay on site individually
- pre-concert drinks/snacks at the Casino de Monte Carlo before the piano recital
- housekeeping gratuities
- cocktails, wine other than that served with meals
PAYMENT
You must be a CAA member to register (and can bring one guest for a double room).
Deposit due at time of registration;
Balance due: February 19, 2024
Double room (for two individuals)
Trip cost: € 6,560 / $ 7,200
Deposit (due w/registration): € 1,300 / $ 1,450
Single room (for one individual)
Trip cost: € 3,830 / $ 4,200
Deposit: € 775 / $ 850
CANCELLATION/REFUNDS
Cancellation Aug. 31, 2023 – March 5, 2024:
Cancellation March 6 – April 3, 2024:
loss of 50 percent of trip cost.
Cancellation April 4, 2024 till departure:
loss of 100 percent of trip cost.
Cancellations should be made to Ken Jablon (212-799-9525).
OPTIONAL
Additional night before tour starts at
Aston La Scala, Nice:
Double room (for two; park view)
€ 265 / $ 293
Double room for single use (city view)
€ 200 / $ 221
If interested, please contact Wolfgang Friedl, our tour guide, at office@bel-art.at.
THE SMALL PRINT: Click here
WAIVER
The CAA must receive a signed waiver within three weeks of registering for your reservation to be official.
For additional information, please contact
Ken Jablon.
WAITING LIST
The trip is currently sold out. To join the waiting list, please contact Andrea Axelrod by email or phone (917/554-7800), indicating if there would be one or two in your party.
PARTICIPANTS
Minimum of 27 participants, maximum of 32
Look Who's Coming
(32 as of Thursday, Aug. 24 at 3 pm (Eastern)
Paul & Ann Brandow (Dover Plains, NY)
Janin & Diane Campos (London, UK)
Wolfgang & Gerlinde Fenkart-Fröschl (Vienna, Austria)
Rainer Franz & Lubomira Slusna-Franz (Vienna, Austria)
Toni Geyelin and Claire Irving (New York, NY)
Ottho Heldring (Towson, MD)
Paul Heller & Ruth Acker (New York, NY)
Ken & Ann Jablon (New York, NY)
Kathy & Mike Jiang (Southlake, TX)
Bob Mitchell (Westport, CT)
Donna Morrell (New York, NY)
Tom & Marianne Reifenheiser (Stamford, CT)
Jean Claude Schaeffer & Myriam Bechter (Luxembourg)
Ed & Mary Tan (Monticello, NY)
Harry & Suzanne Tether (Sunapee, NH)
Maria V. Trinidad (New York, NY)
Rudi von Geymueller (Krems Hollenburg, Austria)
Eberhard van Wangenheim (Kuesnacht, Switzerland)
Denise Ward (Spring Lake, NJ)
Jeanne Warner (Keene, NY)
Meet Your Tour Guide, Wolfgang Friedl
I studied Tourism Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business as well as Art History, and Roman Archaeology, first at the University of Naples, then at the Vienna University. In 1996 I founded my Tour Operator company „BEL-ART“, specializing in art and music tours as well as enogastronomical tours.
