Twenty meters below the bustling boulevards lies a silent empire of bones — the Catacombs of Paris. Six million Parisians rest here, stacked in macabre walls that have watched centuries pass. Above, cemeteries hold poets, painters, and rebels whose stories are etched in stone.

Yet not all rest easy. Visitors have felt a sudden chill, heard whispered names, and caught the faint strains of music where none is played.

Tonight, you step into this city’s most storied shadows for a private paranormal investigation — whether in the hallowed avenues of Père Lachaise, the quiet crypts of Montmartre, or the haunted halls of the Conciergerie. What will follow you back to the ship is yours alone to know. 

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Lyon awaits, but Paris gives you one last glance over her shoulder — a city that knows how to keep her secrets.

Together we will board the famed Parisian Speed Train and travel to Lyon. By choosing this mode of transportation, we indulge in the adventure that only the rails can take us through. Besides that, it saves us a couple of hours as oppose to the traditional coach service!

Early afternoon we arrive to Lyon, a small thriving city in Southern France. It's hidden corridors called traboules twist between buildings, once sheltering silk merchants and wartime resistors. Many say they shelter other things as well — the unseen, the unrecorded, the uninvited. Tonight is for calm waters and quiet curiosity… tomorrow, the whispers will return. 

By evening, the mood shifts as you step aboard your floating home on the Rhône and board the MS Van Gogh. Be welcomed by the Captain and his staff to YOUR ship, exclusively prepared to meet the needs of our very special travelers!

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Lyon’s traboules conceal centuries of commerce, conspiracies, and curious disappearances.

As the ship glides to Mâcon, the sun dips behind the Saône, and the streets fall into shadow. Beneath the timbered façades and wine-laden cellars, stone walls have absorbed centuries of voices. Some speak of a monk still pacing the crypts of the Abbaye Saint-Philibert; others of cellar doors that refuse to stay shut.

Tonight, in the glow of lantern light, you will cross that threshold and see what stories the stones are willing to tell. 

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The Abbey of Cluny was once the beating heart of medieval Christendom — a seat of power that shaped kings, popes, and wars.

Though reduced by time and revolution, its surviving walls echo with plainchant and prayer. Visitors have reported the scent of incense in empty chapels, or the rustle of robes behind cloister columns. Whether relic of faith or echo of something older, Cluny’s stones hold their silence until they choose otherwise. 

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Vienne was a jewel of the Roman Empire, where gladiators fought and emperors walked.

The grand theatre still stands, its stage long since fallen silent — though locals swear they’ve heard phantom applause under the moonlight. In the Cathedral of St. Maurice, candle flames waver in still air, and some say the figure of a veiled woman drifts between the pews.

As the Rhône carries you southward, you may wonder which spirits still walk its ancient banks. 

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Avignon’s Papal Palace was a fortress of faith and ambition, where whispers of poison, heresy, and dark alliances echoed through its halls.

In Arles, the past grows heavier — the Alyscamps Necropolis stretches into the distance, lined with stone sarcophagi carved for Roman nobility. Painters came here for beauty, mourners for closure. Yet under the cover of night, the air changes. Footsteps crunch where no living soul walks. Tonight, you will be there to find out who — or what — still guards the city of the dead. 

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Viviers is a town of crooked lanes and weathered shutters, a place where the medieval and the modern have learned to coexist.

From the shadow of its cathedral to the echo of footsteps in empty alleyways, the town wears its age proudly. Legends tell of a knight whose oath to protect Viviers outlived his mortal life — and of a healer whose cures came with a cost. 

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Perched above the Rhône, Tournon’s castle has watched over the town since the Middle Ages.

It has seen sieges, betrayals, and blood feuds — and some say the echoes of those nights remain. Guests have claimed to hear the clatter of unseen armor, or to feel a cold hand upon the stairwell bannister.

Tonight, you’ll raise a glass in the great hall, honoring both the living and the long-gone. 

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As Lyon’s skyline comes into view, your journey’s final chapter begins.

You’ve walked in the footsteps of saints and sinners, explored the grand and the grim, and sought the unseen in France’s most storied places. Whether you leave with photos, journal notes, or something less tangible, the Rhône has a way of following those who travel her waters. 

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Wish to spend a few more days in France? We will be offering an extended small 3-day package that will return us to Paris to finish up some of the delights that we were not able to fit in when we first arrived.

You will be notified of this Option as it becomes available.

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