2024 France & Paris Olympics Golf Tour

2024 FRANCE & PARIS OLYMPICS GOLF TOUR

JULY 26 – AUGUST 14

• LUXURY FRENCH GOLF TOUR

• FROM PARIS – TO LE TOUQUET, NORMANDY, LOIRE VALLEY, BRITTANY

• 3 DAYS, TICKETS TO THE 2024 OLYMPICS

• GOLF @ LE GOLF NATIONAL

• 11 CHAMPIONSHIP FRENCH GOLF CHALLENGES

• AND MORE!

Etretat, Normandy

Bonjour!

This will be one of our ‘Great Tours’. We not only visit France, an exquisite country, and Paris, one of the world’s most beautiful cities, but we also attend the world’s greatest sporting event: The Olympics – 2024 in France. Ooh la la, read on…

Yes, we have guaranteed tickets to three days of golf at the 2024 Olympics in Paris: Men’s Day 1, Men’s Day 4 Final and Women’s Day 4 Final. Be in the crowd wearing your silver fern or green and gold at Le Golf National Albatross Course cheering on the medal favourites.

Golf Le National will be the 5th course in history to host golf at the Olympics (2nd time in Paris). Since it opened in 1991 it has become known as the Flagship of the French Federation, celebrating champions from French Opens and the legendary 2018 Ryder Cup.

More ooh la la because there’s more… not only do we get to walk and cheer on the Olympic players, we have guaranteed tee times to play this amazing course! All this as we take you on a magical 20-day golf tour of Northern France.

PaR nz Golfing Holidays is delighted to be your hosts for our 2024 France & Paris Olympics Golf Tour. In addition to the Paris Olympics, we visit four northern regions to play some of France’s best golf challenges. We stay in unique historic hotels, enjoy French cuisine, sample some fabulous French wines, visit a castle or two and tour war memorials honouring our ANZACs and Allies, including at the Normandy D-Day Beaches.

On tour we play 11 championship courses: Hardelot and Le Touquet on the Côte d’Opale, Deauville and Etretat in the Normandy region, the Loire Valley’s Les Aisses, Dinard in Brittany and five courses around Paris – Saint-Germain, Chantilly Old Course, Courson, the magnificent Fontainebleau and the grand finale, a round on the Albatross @ Le Golf National. Ooh la la for the third time!

Our array of accommodation is quintessentially French. On tour we enjoy stays at the boutique Hôtel Barrière Le Westminster in Le Touquet, Deauville’s Hotel du Golf, the well-located Bedford Hotel in Paris close to the Concorde Plaza and Champs Elysees, the Loire Valley Chateau d’Artigny, a grandiose 18th century style castle and Brittany’s Le Grand Hôtel Barrière de Dinard.

We take in sightseeing in Le Touquet, an amazing, lively seaside town. We visit one of France’s most picturesque villages, Beuvron-en-Auge. We have time in Honfleur, a historical 11th-century fishing village, a favourite hangout for the Impressionist painters, and we visit Chateau de Chantilly Musee Conde right beside the golf course. And we visit historic French castles in the Loire Valley, with lunch at Château de Chenonceau and wine tasting at Chateau Moncontour. Further sightseeing includes the fortified city of Saint Malo, the iconic Mont Saint Michel and Chateau de Versailles. Sounds like a lot – well yes, it is – but the golf and our programme has been carefully mapped out, travelling leisurely, so that you don’t miss out on being in Paris during the Olympics, and around the regions to enjoy France in the summertime. Who doesn’t love France? Come join us. Merci and je vous envoie mes pensées amicales.

Denise & Kim Denise & Kim

The ooh la la PaR nz Team denise@parnz.co.nz | kim@parnz.co.nz

Itinerary

Day 1

Friday July 26th: Depart from Paris to Pozieres to Le Touquet

We meet in Paris – pre-night stays at the Bedford Hotel can be arranged.

From Paris we travel north to the village of Pozieres on our first stop to honour the ANZAC forces. We take in a guided tour of Pozieres, a memorial which symbolises the first engagement of the Australian troops in July 1916. We visit the Franco-Australian Museum which tells the story of Australians particularly on the Western Front in 1918. An ANZAC visit is not complete without seeing the immense National Australian Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux and Australian Memorial of Le Hamel, honouring the successful war strategies of General Monash.

In the afternoon we arrive in the seaside holiday resort of Le Touquet on the Côte d’Opale and check into the 5-star Hôtel Barrière Le Westminster for two nights. A welcome French style dinner with wine awaits!

Day 2

Saturday July 27th: Golf d’Hardelot (Les Pins Course)

Golf d’Hardelot Les Pins Course, designed in 1931 by Tom Simpson, one of the best golf architects, is a true testament of classic British architecture. Its original layout was characterised by fairways heavily lined with pine trees dating back to the era of Louis XIII. A major renovation of the course in 2014 by Pont & Boissonnas dramatically changed the pleasant walk in the forest but elevated the international rating of the course to make a more visually arresting layout.

Post golf we visit Le Touquet, a wonderful and lively seaside town with many pedestrian streets that offer shopping, entertainment, and dining at local seafood restaurants.

Le Touquet

Pozieres

Hôtel Barrière Le Westminster

2024 France & Paris Olympics Golf Tour

Day 3

Sunday July 28th: Golf Le Touquet (La Mer Course)t

Designed by the great Harry Colt in 1931– the creator of Muirfield and Wentworth – Le Touquet is a masterpiece with an international reputation. As a five times venue of the French Open, this pure Scottish links course features undulating fairways lined with sand dunes and sparse vegetation. Its defence is large classical bunkering with slick run off areas. The signature hole is the 18th where you can view the English Channel (La Manche) from its elevated tee. As with many links courses, the wind often blows and then the challenge begins! Le Touquet in 2015 underwent a significant renovation to rescue the course from the ravages of time and restore Harry Colt’s design to its open duneland origins. This is a course not to be missed by those looking for pure traditional golf. After golf we travel south on to Normandy and check into the Hôtel Barrière du Golf Deauville for three nights. This is an impressive resort hotel and spa, styled on Norman

architecture dating from the early 20th century. The hotel has a traditional but surprising contemporary atmosphere decorated in Scottish tartans and Chesterfield furniture. The golf course surrounds the hotel, making it the perfect stay. The hotel is located only 10 minutes from one of the most famous French shopping areas (Deauville) and 30 minutes from the magnificent Honfleur painters’ port.

The town of Deauville is the lady of the French coast. This glamorous seaside resort, symbolises elegance, prestige and sophistication and has been this way since the 18th century when international travel for the rich and famous became fashionable. The harbour has become an international meeting centre for all sorts of pleasure boats. It’s a great destination for high-end shopping and celebrity spotting on the beaches. It is also a gambler’s delight with a casino and regular racetrack outings.

Le Touquet (La Mer Course)

d’Hardelot Les Pins

Hôtel Barrière L’Hôtel du Golf Deauville

Day 4

Monday July 29th: Golf Deauville

Overlooking Deauville’s Bay and racetrack, the Golf Deauville is another old English course designed by Tom Simpson (1929). A revamp of the 27-holes by Sir Henry Cotton in the 1960s has created a wonderful parkland course where golfers are routed on undulating fairways around the hotel. A large variety of trees – oak, elm, ash, apple (symbol of the Calvados country) – surround the fairways. The remains of a wall of the Marquis de Lassay’s castle features on the course.

Deauville is one of the most exclusive golf courses in Normandy where many foreign golfers come from all over the

world to enjoy golf, relax and gamble at the famous casino. Golf Deauville is back to hosting world-class events on its course with the 2023 Lacoste Ladies Open de France.

Evening time in Beuvron-en-Auge if you fancy; one of the most beautiful villages of France, located east of Deauville. Almost every house in the village is built in the gorgeous halftimbered style for which Normandy is famous. Many of the houses are now shops selling local produce such as cider and calvados, or cafés and restaurants, as well as several antique shops and artist workshops.

Beuvron-en-Auge

Club d’Etretat

Day 5

Tuesday July 30th: Golf Club d’Etretat

Eroded over centuries by the sea, the white chalk cliffs of Etretat are famed for their stunning beauty and wave-cut arches. The golf course built in 1908 along the cliff tops is considered one of the most spectacular and easily recognisable courses across Europe. Two of the three arches, Porte d’Aval and Ported’Amont, can be seen from the golf course, while the third, Manneporte, is further south.

Like all the authentic links, the wind has a challenging effect on play. The undulating fairways are generously wide, and elevated tees makes the course an enjoyable outing. But stray from the fairway and the thick grassy rough awaits along with

the gorse to gobble balls in a flash! But the views are to die for!

Post golf we stop in Honfleur, an old town mentioned in historical documents as early as the 11th century. At that time, it was an important township in the Duchy of Normandy. Visit the small town and its famous painters’ port, with its colourful fishing boats and timber-beamed houses. The area has been a haven for artists since the beginning of the Impressionist period. Among the artists seduced by these landscapes and atmospheric phenomena were: Bonington, Turner, Huet, Leprince, Corot, Isabey, Boudin, Jongkind and Monet, to name a few.

Honfleur

Day 6

Wednesday July 31st: Back to Paris and Golf de Saint-Germain

Located in the magnificent forest of Saint-Germain and not far from the heart of Paris, Saint-Germain Golf Course built in 1924, is one of the most beautiful courses in the city area. Many consider Saint-Germain, architect Harry Colt’s finest continental design. Expertly crafting the course from a flat woodland area crossed by railway tracks, Colt created a gem that oozes quality and old-world English charm. The wooded clubhouse respects the British architectural tradition and boasts a gastronomic menu, serving up-market wines. Saint-Germain has welcomed many famous players over the years and

hosted multiple French Opens, the last won by Seve Ballesteros in 1985. Seve still owns the course record of 62.

We check into the Hotel Bedford, Paris for 5 nights. The hotel has been family owned for over 100 years and is located in a quiet haven in the heart of Paris close to the Concorde Plaza, Paris Opera and Champs-Élysées. The Bedford is elegant and unobtrusive with spacious rooms, and efficient service; while the restaurant has retained its 19th century character. The Bedford, prides itself on welcoming guests as friends in this charming hotel!

Saint-Germain Golf Course

Bedford

Hotel

Day 7

Thursday August 1st: Attend Olympic Golf Tournament Day at Le Golf National (Men’s Day 1) – say no more!

Day 8

Friday August 2nd: Golf de Chantilly Old Course

Regularly ranked among the Top 10 courses in Continental Europe, Chantilly Old Course is a wonderful historic experience for golfers. The course has a gently undulating parkland layout surrounded by the Forest of Chantilly. Designed in 1920 by Tom Simpson, the course layout today remains true to the original design. Chantilly has hosted the French Open 10 times. We will have time post golf to visit Château de Chantilly

Musée Condé. Rising above the river, Château de Chantilly stands at the heart of a vast domain covering 7800 hectares, including one of the largest forests near Paris. The Château and estate date back to the Middle Ages. The Château de Chantilly has one of the finest museums of historical paintings in France (after the Louvre in Paris), (Raphaël, Poussin, Watteau, Ingres, Delacroix), and a library well stocked with rare and precious books and manuscripts.

Le Golf National

Château de Chantilly

Paris

Day 9

Saturday August 3rd: Time out in Paris

Time out today – time for your own sightseeing and shopping in Paris - Montmartre, Saint-Germain des Près, Notre Dame Cathedral, Le Louvre Museum, Champs Elysées, The Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe all await!

Paris Paris

Sunday August 4th: Attend Olympic Golf Tournament

Le Golf National for Men’s Day 4 Final Round – let’s hope our Kiwis and Aussies are in the medals!

Le Golf National

Day 11

Monday August 5th: Golf Les Aisses and travel onto Loire Valley

After the excitement of the Men’s Golf at the Olympics we briefly leave Paris to travel to the Loire Valley and play Les Aisses along the way. Located in the heart of the Sologne forest, Les Aisses, built in 1992, is a 27-hole international class golf course that features magnificent oak, pine, and silver birch woodlands. The course meanders around marshland type ponds with swathes of heather. In addition to the peaceful atmosphere, golfers will enjoy the diversity of this challenging

course, which offers a remarkable combination of huge bunkers and water hazards along the fairways.

Our next stay for two nights is special; lodging at Château d’Artigny, a grandiose 18th century style castle located in the heart of the Loire Valley and not far from Vouvray wineries. Set in a 65-acre estate, the Château d’Artigny offers palatial bedrooms and an opulent dining room that overlooks magnificent formal gardens. Marble, wood panelling, frescoes make this chateau hotel of the utmost elegance.

Château d’Artigny

Day 12

Tuesday August 6th: Tour of Loire Valley Castles

A day for French castles and wine! First, we visit Château de Chenonceau, an architectural mix of late Gothic and early French Renaissance built in 1513 by Thomas Bohier, François, the 1st Intendant of Finance. The Château Is now renowned worldwide for its five-arched bridge which spans the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceau. Other than the Royal Palace of Versailles, it is the most visited château in France. Its magnificent gardens were inspired by the wives of past Kings including Diane de Poitiers, (the Poisoned Favourite) and Catherine de Medici (the Serpent Queen). We enjoy lunch at Château de Chenonceau.

Castle #2 is Chateau de Cheverny, built by the Hurault family from 1624 to 1630, on the site of an earlier feudal castle. One of the last Loire Valley castles to be built, the castle at Cheverny is constructed of white stone, and follows the classical style that was popular at the time of Louis XIII. Unlike other castles, such as Blois and Chambord, whose interiors are empty, Cheverny boasts magnificent interiors and a collection of furniture, old masters paintings, tapestries, and objects d’art.

Time for some shopping in Amboise, a wonderful village along the Loire River featuring traditional craft stores and narrow cobbled streets which surround the Château d’Amboise. The Chateau wais the 15th-century residence of King Charles VIII and features Leonardo da Vinci’s tomb, as well as royal chambers, gardens and underground passageways. Just outside town, Château du Clos Lucé is Leonardo’s former home, where he lived until his death in 1519. It houses a small museum displaying working models of his designs.

Last stop of the day – we enjoy some wine tasting at Château Moncontour: The vineyards were first created around the 4th century. These vineyards are among the most ancient of the Loire Valley, where the caves have been dug into the tuffeau cliffs to vinify and preserve the precious wines. The Moncontour Domaine elaborates its wines in a historical site which is as elegant as its castle. It is one of the very few wine producing chateaux in the Loire, a sign of distinction.

Château de Chenonceau

Wine tasting

Wine tasting

Day 13

Wednesday August 7th: Travel to Brittany and Mont Saint Michel

On our way to the Brittany region on the coast, we visit Mont Saint Michel with its impressive Romanesque and Gothic abbey, as well as the Merveille, a 13th century three-story collection of rooms and passageways, built around and on top of the Monastery. A Museum about the “Birth of the Bay” is situated close to Mont Saint Michel. It explains the history of the Bay and how this astonishing natural phenomena has given the Bay and its Monastery its unique character.

We spend two nights at The Grand Hotel de Dinard, a prestigious hotel with architecture dating back to the 2nd Empire. The hotel overlooks the sea and faces the ramparts

of Saint-Malo. Close to the beaches and just one stone’s throw away from the Casino, The Grand Hotel de Dinard has all the charms of a typical seaside resort and was a favourite destination for aristocratic families during the 19th century.

While in Dinard we visit Saint Malo, a fortified city built in granite rock, home of the Bretons of the famous blue and white stripe shirts. Saint Malo is known for its castle, the cathedral of Saint Vincent, its 14th century ramparts which overlook the sea, and famous corsairs (such as Surcouf) and explorers (like Jacques Cartier or Jean Baptiste Charcot). Saint Malo is the birthplace of famous French writer and statesman, Chateaubriand.

Mont Saint Michel

The Grand Hotel de Dinard

Saint Malo

Day 14

Thursday August 8th: Golf Dinard

Dinard is the second oldest golf course in France dating back to 1887 (and after Pau GC 1856). With its rolling fairways set along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and Emerald Coast, this traditional links course designed by Tom Dunn has conserved its original Scottish design. Even though the course’s length

appears short (par 68, 5700 yards), the wind coming from the ocean makes it much longer and club selection at Dinard is a permanent question for players. An exciting feature of the course is the 13th tee set on top of a concrete WW2 bunker.

Day 15 Friday August 9th: Normandy D-Day Beaches and Travel back to Paris

On our way back to Paris we take a guided tour of the famous D-Day sites including Omaha Beach, the site of one of the bloodiest beach battles on June 6 1944. We tour Pointe du Hoc where Colonel Rudder’s 225 rangers showed enormous courage in breaking through enemy lines by surprise. We make a sobering visit to the American Cemetery which contains the graves of 9,387 soldiers killed during the Normandy campaign. A Chapel, Memorial and a Garden of the Missing honours those who took part in the liberation of Europe and the sacrifice they made during Operation Overlord.

While in Paris we stay a further 5 nights at the Hotel Bedford.

Statue at Omaha Beach

Dinard

Day 16

Saturday August 10th: Attend Olympic Golf Tournament

A day at Le Golf National for the Women’s Day 4 Final Round – go Lydia and Minjee.

Le Golf National host of the 2018 Ryder Cup

Day 17

Sunday August 11th: Golf Courson

Designed in 1991 by the famous Robert von Hagge from Texas, Courson is a great combination of target golf and links course. Straight hitting and a sharp short game are the keys on this course where brains are almost as important as your clubs. In addition to some very long holes, greens are often huge, multitiered and defended by magnificent bunkers. Courson is one of the most challenging golf courses in the Paris area.

After golf we take in a guided tour of Château de Versailles – originally a hunting lodge used by Louis XIII, father of the

Sun King, Louis XIV. Louis XIV made Versailles his residence in the second half of the 17th century while Versailles served as his political instrument and theatre. This royal palace features splendid apartments as well as magnificent gardens, which are a perfect example of French landscape gardening. Louis XIV was very fond of architecture and ordered the addition of the Le Grand Trianon, a long Italian palace with its columns. The mirror gallery, recently restored, and the king’s room remain places not to be missed.

Château de Versailles

Le Golf National built for the Big Occassions

Day 18

Monday August 12th: Golf Fontainebleau

In the extensive forests which surround the aristocratic town of Fontainebleau, you will find this quintessentially ‘English’ heathland gem. Designed in 1909 by Tom Simpson, the course is famous for its excellent use of the undulating wooded terrain and sandstone quarry, and has been ranked among the top three courses in France and Top 10 in Continental Europe.

With its narrow and undulating fairways, surrounded on both sides by dense forest and numerous bunkers, this magnificent and peaceful course requires great accuracy. The massively sized sandstone rocks are scattered throughout the course, especially on the 12th, a short par 5 where strategy will prevail over power. In 1953, Ben Hogan played here for American soldiers.

Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau

Day 19

Tuesday August 13th: Golf @ Albatross Le Golf National

The Le Golf National Albatross Course, site of the French Open, has been ranked by Golf Weekly Magazine as the 3rd best European professional tournament venue. Selected as the 2018 Ryder Cup and now the 2024 Olympic Golf host, it has a distinct links feel like many Scottish and Irish courses. With the wind, the Albatross course can be considered as one of the toughest courses in Europe where playing to handicap

Day 20

Wednesday August 14th: Au Revoir

is a great performance. Many of the holes have been created with moulded dunes giving the course a natural amphitheatre. Water hazards threaten on the opening two holes and again on the final stretch of four holes, including the 18th a short par 5. The Albatross is an exciting challenge as our last round of golf on tour.

We finish our 2024 France & Paris Olympics Golf Tour in Paris with a French dinner sensation – Au Revoir – till next time.

Fond farewells and departure from Paris – thanks and safe travels home.

Albatross, Le Golf National

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2024 France & Paris Olympics Golf Tour

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INCLUSIONS

The 2024 PaR nz 2024 France & Paris Olympics Golf Tour includes: Accommodation with full breakfast daily

• 2 nights Hôtel Barrière Westminster, Le Touquet

• 3 nights Hôtel Barrière Golf du Hôtel Deauville

• 5 nights Hotel Bedford, Paris

• 2 nights Château d’Artigny, Loire Valley

• 2 nights Hôtel Barrière Le Grand Hotel Dinard

• 5 nights Hotel Bedford, Paris

2024 Paris Olympics Golf Tickets @ Le Golf National (Guaranteed)

• Entrance tickets Men’s Day 1, category B

• Entrance tickets Men’s Day 4 Final Round, category B

• Entrance tickets Women’s Day 4 Final Round, category B

Championship Golf with carts (11 rounds)

1. Golf d’Hardelot (Les Pins Course)

2. Golf Le Touquet (La Mer Course)

3. Golf Club d’Etretat

4. Golf Deauville

5. Golf de Saint-Germain *

6. Golf de Chantilly (Old Course) *

7. Golf Les Aisses

8. Golf Dinard

9. Golf Courson

10. Fontainebleau*

11. Golf Le National (Albatross Course)

*Indicates walking courses with trundlers

Transport

• Luxury coach air conditioned throughout

Hospitality

• Welcome dinner with wine in Le Touquet

• Farewell dinner with wine in Paris

• Lunch with wine Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley

• Wine tasting Château Moncontour, Loire Valley

• Entry tickets and guided tours:

~ Pozieres

~ Loire Valley Castles

~ Mont Saint Michel

~ Normandy D-Day Beaches

~ Versailles Palace

Services

• On tour PaR nz Golfing Holidays’ experienced tour guides and golfers

• Souvenir tour clothing

• Exclusive electronic Tour APP

• Souvenir tour booklet

• Travel tips, maps and restaurant suggestions

• Relaxed travel itinerary with many inclusions

• PaR nz fun daily golf competition