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16-Day Food, Wine, and Exploring Trip Through Europe: Paris, Colmar, and Tuscany

16 days of food + wine + exploring

  • Champagne day tour
  • Little Venice in Colmar. We stayed in a 15 century building that is now an apartment - the stairs are no joke here
  • Chianti Vineyards
  • 16-Day Food, Wine, and Exploring Trip Through Europe: Paris, Colmar, and Tuscany
justinesmithsea
by justinesmithsea
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EuropeFrance, Italy14 days / September - October 2023

Highs & Lows

Champagne region is a MUST

Finding a taxi in Colmar

Itinerary Overview

5 days - Paris + champagne region day trip 

3 days - Colmar/Alsace wine region 

6 days - Tuscan countryside 

2 days - Florence 

  • 5 Nights: Paris
    Food, wine, art
  • 3 Nights: Colmar
    Wine and food
  • 6 Nights: Tuscany
    Wine and relaxation
Paris - Food, wine, art
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Paris Food, wine, art

Paris - Food, wine, art - Champagne day tour
Champagne day tour

I love Paris! sitting at a cafe drinking coffee and people watching is the best! 

- the museums are the best and they have a lot of free ones

- dinner cruise on the seine river 

- food walking tour in saint germaine and Montmarte - great way to try so many good things 

- crazy horse cabaret show was fun 

Colmar - Wine and food
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Colmar Wine and food

Colmar - Wine and food - Little Venice in Colmar. We stayed in a 15 century building that is now an apartment - the stairs are no joke here
Little Venice in Colmar. We stayed in a 15 century building that is now an apartment - the stairs are no joke here

Such idyllic landscapes and so many great restaurants and food options . Definitely go in a wine tour or rent a car to drive. 

Tuscany - Wine and relaxation
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Tuscany Wine and relaxation

Tuscany - Wine and relaxation - Chianti Vineyards
Chianti Vineyards

Q & A

  • What would you have changed?

    We only did Airbnb and those hard European beds and flat pillows (mostly doubles) got to me. Would do a hotel for part of the trip. We ended up booking a hotel room in Florence for 2 nights last minute.

  • Anything go wrong during the trip?

    We couldn’t find an Uber or cab to pick us up at 6am in Colmar to take us to the train station so we had to run a mile with our luggage to make our early morning train.

  • Restaurant recommendations?

    Paris - Eels for food and Candelabra for a great speakeasy in the marais Champagne day tour - hire a driver it was an amazing experience Colmar - JYs - fancy but go for lunch and order the fixed menu

  • Packing tips?

    Save room to bring home wine

  • Transportation Tips?

    The trains leave on time!!

  • Booking details?

    Use the SNCF connect appt to book trains

Lodging