Joan of Arc Tour

Highlights

• City tour of Paris, to include famous statues of Joan of Arc and the Abbey of Saint-Denis, burial place of French monarchs and where Joan blessed her armour.
• Compiegne, where Joan was captured and the Church of St Jacques where she prayed.
• Reims and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, where Charles VII was crowned.
• Vaucouleurs, where Joan persuaded Robert de Baudricourt, the French Captain of Vaucouleurs to support her mission.
• Birthplace of Joan of Arc, her house and the church where she was baptised.
• Orleans, where Joan celebrated her first great victory and inspired the French army to end the famous siege of Orleans. See the Cathedrale Ste-Croix and the stained glass windows telling the story of her life and the house where she stayed during the siege.
• The picturebook castle in Sully-sur-Loire, where she was kept by Georges la Tremoille, who opposed her influence over the King.
• The strategic towns of Meung and Beaugency, recaptured in a joint offensive by Joan, the Duke of Alencon and the Constable of France.
• Chinon Castle, where Joan was first presented to Charles VII and the Castle of Saumur, residence of Yolande of Aragon, the King's mother-in-law.
• Rouen, where Joan's trial was held in 1431. See the ruins of Chateau de Bouvreuil, where Joan was imprisoned and the Abbey of Saint-Ouen, the site of Joan's public recantation and the old market square where she was publicly burnt at the stake.
• The large cross and St Joan of Arc Church marking the location of her execution.
• Beautiful Chateau of Chenonceau, one of the most stunning of the famous Loire chateaux.