Nice → Avignon → Paris
Southern France
Riviera light, Provençal wine, Parisian evenings — on your own terms.
- Next departure
- May 14 – 22, 2027
- Length
- 9 days · 8 nights
- Group
- Explore independently, together
- From
- $2,615per person
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Base trip includes
The important stuff is handled.
Add only what you want.
8 nights in well-located hotels
Three in Nice, two in Avignon, three in Paris. Breakfast included.
Trains: Nice → Avignon → Paris
Reserved seats. Tickets in your app.
Your Guide, in the app
Your Route day by day, maps, our recommendations, Your Group chat and a human on support.
Free things we do together
A morning jog on the Promenade, sunset at Castle Hill, the ramparts after dinner in Avignon, a run along the Seine. No charge, no sign-up, turn up or do not. They are how a group that booked different rooms ends up on the same trip.
Your group
Group chat and the roster open as soon as your booking is confirmed.
Trip support
A private line to Guideless in the app, before and during the trip.
Photos from Southern France
Photo 1 of 10
Nine days from the Mediterranean to the Seine. We book the hotels and the trains. You fly into Nice, meet Your Group on the first evening if you like, and explore each city at your own pace.
Three cities, three rhythms. Nice for sea and light. Avignon for slow lunches and vineyards. Paris for everything else. Your Route lives in the app: where you are staying, when the train leaves, what is worth a walk, and hours of free time on purpose. Add a boat day, the Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine afternoon if you like; skip them if you don't.
Everything planned. Nothing forced. This is the route we would send a friend on, with a group to share it and no one telling you where to stand.
Comes with every booking
The Guideless app runs the trip. You enjoy it.
- Your Route
- Every day of this trip, with hotels, trains and the free time in between.
- Your Group
- Meet the others if you want to. Suggest a plan and see who is in.
- Extras
- Add a boat day or a tasting from the app. Nothing is bundled in.
- Support
- Message us from the app. We can already see your itinerary.
Two ways to do this
One itinerary, or your trip.
Traditional group tour
- Fixed itinerary, decided for you
- Mandatory activities and group meals
- Large groups and a guide everywhere you go
- One price for the whole thing
Guideless
- Start with the essentials: hotels, trains, the app
- Choose your accommodation tier and the experiences you want
- Your days are yours; the itinerary is a plan, not a schedule
- Add more later, from your account or the app
- Meet the group when you want to, not because you have to
Where you stay
Pick your tier.
What each price band buys you: the area, how far it is, and what is in the price. You see the actual properties when you build the trip. The same four tiers apply to add-ons.
- Explorer
- Best price. More basic accommodation. Maximum value.
- Classic
- The standard Guideless experience.
- Premium
- Better rooms and better locations.
- Elite
- Luxury. The best available.
ExplorerNice centre · Avignon intramuros · Paris 9e
Well-located hotels
Three good hotels, three walkable neighbourhoods.
Included
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- Included
- Room
- Double or twin
ClassicNice Carré d'Or · Place de l'Horloge · Paris 11e
A better room, same streets
Four stars in all three cities, for a few hundred more.
+$685per person
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- Room
- Double or twin
PremiumNice Carré d'Or · a 16th-century cloister · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Design-led, in the best part of town
Buildings worth staying in.
+$2,780per person
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- Room
- Double or twin
ElitePromenade des Anglais · beside the Palais des Papes · Place de l'Opéra
The best room on the route
The Negresco, a cardinal's palace, and the Opéra.
+$6,495per person
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- Included
- Room
- Best available double
Your own room is the default. Two travelers can share and each save $350. Two per room, never more.
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Also optional
Add on what you like.
Everything here is optional, paid only if you choose it, and visible to the group so you can see who else is in.
Photo of the area · The Baie des Anges in Nice, not this boat Experience
Boat day along the Riviera
$1,345for your group1 left
- When
- Sat 15 May · Day 2 · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
The whole boat from the old port to Villefranche and Cap Ferrat with swim stops. Skipper and snorkels aboard, up to ten of you. Day 2, 10 am; the app shows who from Your Group is in.
Photo of the area · Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards, not the domaine you visit Experience
Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine afternoon
$110per person
- When
- Tue 18 May · Day 5 · 2:00 PM–6:00 PM
Day 5, 2 to 6 pm: a driver-guide from A la Française takes up to eight of you by minivan from Avignon's tourist office to two Châteauneuf-du-Pape wineries for guided tastings, with a stop at the ruins of the popes' summer castle. Lunch is not part of it, so eat in town first. It runs once two people are booked on it. The app shows who from Your Group is in.
Transfer
Private airport transfer
$45for your group
- When
- Fri 14 May · Day 1
Your own car from Nice airport to the hotel. Handy if you land late or with more luggage than a tram wants.
ExplorerPhoto of the area · Paris along the Seine, not your hotel Extra night
Extra night in Paris
$355per person
- When
- Sat 22 May · Day 9
Stay one more night in the same hotel after the trip ends. Breakfast included.
- Classic
Photo of the area · Paris along the Seine, not your hotel Extra night
Extra night in Paris
$405per person
- When
- Sat 22 May · Day 9
Stay one more night in the same hotel after the trip ends. Breakfast included.
- Premium
Photo of the area · Paris along the Seine, not your hotel Extra night
Extra night in Paris
$650per person
- When
- Sat 22 May · Day 9
Stay one more night in the same hotel after the trip ends. Breakfast included.
- Elite
Photo of the area · Paris along the Seine, not your hotel Extra night
Extra night in Paris
$1,285per person
- When
- Sat 22 May · Day 9
Stay one more night in the same hotel after the trip ends. Breakfast included.
Dinner
Dinner at L'Ambassade d'Auvergne
$43per person
- When
- Fri 21 May · Day 8 · 8:00 PM–11:00 PM
Day 8, 8 pm: dinner at L'Ambassade d'Auvergne, a Marais bistro since 1966. We reserve a table for however many of you add it, on the Bougnat menu: three courses with a choice of two at each, from Puy lentils to Salers beef stew. Drinks are ordered at the table. Optional, like everything else.
Booking with a friend’s code? Enter it at checkout for $50 off the trip. They earn a $100 discount code for their next booking after your trip is paid in full, has taken place and can no longer be refunded.
Day by day.
Times are local. Anything marked Optional is exactly that. The dashed blocks are free time — on purpose.
Day 1Nice Arrive in Nice
Land, settle in, find the water. An optional meet-up at eight for whoever feels like it.
- Flight:
Arrive at Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE)
Land when it suits you. Tram line 2 runs from both terminals to the centre in about 25 minutes; a private car to the hotel is an optional add-on.
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
- Recommendation:
Airport to the old town
Tram line 2 from either terminal, about 25 minutes to the centre. If you would rather be met, a private car is an optional add-on.
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
- Check-in:
Check in
Your Nice hotel
- Free time:
Explore Nice
Walk to the water. It is ten minutes.
- Live Moment:
First evening, together
An optional meet-up at 8 pm at a bar in the old town. Come and go as you like; the app shows who's coming.
A bar in the old town
- Flight:
Day 2Nice Nice, your way
Old town, Cours Saleya market, the Promenade. Free all day.
- Meal:
Breakfast at the hotel
Your Nice hotel
- Live Moment:
Morning jog along the Promenade
Free. Out along the Promenade des Anglais at 7:30 and back for breakfast. Go at whatever pace you like, or walk it.
Promenade des Anglais, Nice
- Free time:
Old town and Cours Saleya market
Socca from Chez Thérésa. Climb Castle Hill for the view.
Vieux Nice
- Recommendation:
Recommended lunch
See Explore for three options within a ten-minute walk.
- Free time:
Afternoon on the Promenade
Rent a bike, swim, or do nothing. Boat day is an optional add-on today for those who chose it.
Promenade des Anglais
- Meal:
Day 3Nice The coast
Villefranche, Èze or Antibes by train — pick one. Or stay and swim.
- Free time:
Coastal day trip
Regional trains leave every 30 minutes. Villefranche is 8 minutes; Antibes is 25.
Nice-Ville station
- Free time:
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Day 4Avignon Train to Avignon
Morning train along the coast and up the Rhône. Afternoon in the walled city.
- Check-out:
Check out
Bags can be stored at reception until you leave for the station.
Your Nice hotel
- Train:
Train to Avignon
Reserved seats. Ticket in your app under Documents.
Nice-Ville → Avignon Centre
- Check-in:
Check in
Ten-minute walk inside the walls.
Your Avignon hotel
- Free time:
Explore Avignon
Palais des Papes, the bridge, Place de l'Horloge.
Intra-muros
- Live Moment:
Evening walk around the ramparts
Free. A slow loop of the old walls after dinner, an hour, no agenda.
Remparts, Avignon
- Check-out:
Day 5Avignon Wine afternoon
Free day in Avignon. The Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine afternoon, 2 to 6 pm with A la Française, is an optional add-on.
- Free time:
Free morning
Les Halles market opens at six.
- Meeting point:
Meet for the wine afternoon
For everyone who added the wine afternoon: the A la Française minivan leaves from the tourist office at 2 pm. Have lunch in town first.
Avignon tourist office, 41 cours Jean Jaurès
- Experience: Add-on
Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine afternoon
Two wineries, guided tastings and the view from the popes' summer castle, back at the tourist office by 6 pm. An optional add-on.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Free time:
Evening in Avignon
- Free time:
Day 6Paris Train to Paris
TGV to Paris. Evening free.
- Check-out:
Check out
Your Avignon hotel
- Train:
TGV to Paris
Avignon TGV is outside the walls: take the five-minute shuttle train from Avignon Centre, or a taxi, and leave the hotel by 11:00.
Avignon TGV → Paris Gare de Lyon
- Check-in:
Check in
Your Paris hotel
- Free time:
First evening in Paris
Walk the river. Eat late.
- Check-out:
Day 7Paris Paris
Free all day. Our recommendations are by neighborhood.
- Live Moment:
Morning run along the Seine
Free. Down to the river at 7:30 for a flat, easy few kilometres before Paris wakes up.
Quai de la Tournelle, Paris
- Free time:
Paris, all day
Our recommendations are organized by neighborhood — pick one and stay in it.
- Live Moment:
Day 8Paris Paris, and dinner in the Marais
Free day. Dinner at L'Ambassade d'Auvergne at eight for whoever added it.
- Free time:
Paris, again
- Experience: Add-on
Dinner at L'Ambassade d'Auvergne
Dinner at L'Ambassade d'Auvergne in the Marais for whoever added it: a table at 8 pm, the Bougnat menu, three courses. Optional add-on; reserve when you book or any time in the app.
L'Ambassade d'Auvergne, Le Marais
- Free time:
Day 9Paris Depart
Check out. Fly home or keep going.
- Check-out:
Check out
Bags can be stored if your flight is later.
Your Paris hotel
- Flight:
Fly home
RER B to CDG is about 45 minutes; metro line 14 to Orly is about 25 minutes from Châtelet. Allow time to reach the station and your terminal, and check RATP for live service. Or add an extra night and leave tomorrow.
CDG / ORY
- Check-out:
Dates & prices.
Prices are per traveler in your own room and include everything under “Guideless handles”. Reserve with a deposit; the balance is due before departure.
Every price on this trip, updated 18 October 2026
- Open
May 14 – 22, 2027
$750 deposit
$2,615
from, per traveler
- Open
Jun 11 – 19, 2027
$750 deposit
$2,845
from, per traveler
Who handles what.
The one thing every traveler should know before booking.
Guideless handles
8 nights in well-located hotels
Three in Nice, two in Avignon, three in Paris. Breakfast included.
Trains: Nice → Avignon → Paris
Reserved seats. Tickets in your app.
Your Guide, in the app
Your Route day by day, maps, our recommendations, Your Group chat and a human on support.
Free things we do together
A morning jog on the Promenade, sunset at Castle Hill, the ramparts after dinner in Avignon, a run along the Seine. No charge, no sign-up, turn up or do not. They are how a group that booked different rooms ends up on the same trip.
You book
Flights
Fly into Nice (NCE) and out of Paris (CDG or ORY). We tell you exactly when to arrive.
Most meals
Breakfast is included. The rest is yours — we have recommendations.
Travel insurance
Strongly recommended, and yours to arrange. Our cancellation policy refunds what we control; insurance covers your flights, your health and everything you booked yourself.
Museum and attraction tickets
Yours to buy, as and when you choose. Experiences we can book for you are optional extras, priced separately.
Optional add-ons
The Riviera boat day, the Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine afternoon, dinner at L'Ambassade d'Auvergne, a private airport transfer, an extra night in Paris. Pick them at booking or any time in the app, and pay only for what you choose.
Before you book.
What everyone on this trip has to be able to do. Check these now, not in May.
Check passport, visa and entry requirements for your nationality
For most non-EU travelers visiting France, a passport must have been issued within the previous 10 years and be valid for at least 3 months after leaving the Schengen Area. Nationality and residence affect visa and document requirements. Check Your Europe's official passport and visa guidance. Before departure, check ETIAS eligibility and current launch guidance at travel-europe.europa.eu/etias; it does not apply to every traveler.
Ages 8 and up, with a parent or guardian
The person booking must be 18 or over. Everyone else must be at least 8 on the departure date, and anyone under 18 travels with a parent or legal guardian named on the same booking for the whole trip; each adult can bring up to two children. The wine afternoon and the cellar visit are tastings for adults, and some other extras show their own minimum age. We check dates of birth when you book. If you give us a false date of birth, you lose your deposit and the booking is cancelled without refund.
Travel insurance
Strongly recommended, and yours to arrange. Our cancellation ladder is generous early and falls away as our own commitments become non-recoverable; a policy covers the gap.
The company behind your trip.
From the founder
Guideless comes from many miles in Europe and the same observation every time: nobody wanted a guide, and everybody wanted the annoying parts handled. So we book the hotels and the trains, then get out of the way.
Nobody from Guideless travels with the group. There is no guide and no substitute for one: the company books the trip, the app carries it, and you can request support when you need help. Someone may be on a departure with a camera, checking how it actually went. That is the extent of it, by design.
Kyle CannonFounder · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Questions about this trip.
Is there really no guide?
There is no tour guide. Your itinerary, maps, recommendations and support live in the Guideless app. The in-app assistant answers at any hour, and people at Guideless cover 8 AM to 10 PM in your local time while you travel.
Do I have to do things with the group?
No. Group moments are optional. Many travelers come to the first evening and add the wine afternoon, and otherwise go their own way.
What if my train is late or a hotel has a problem?
Message support in the app. We see your trip, your itinerary and today's route, and we fix it.
Can I book for two people?
Yes. Add each traveler at checkout. Everyone gets their own room unless two of you choose to share one, which lowers the price for both.
What are add-ons?
Optional extras with their own price: the Riviera boat day, the Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine afternoon, dinner at L'Ambassade d'Auvergne, a private airport transfer, an extra night in Paris. Choose them when you book or later in the app. The app shows who else from Your Group is doing each one.
When do I meet the group?
Your Group opens in the app as soon as you book: see who is coming, say hello, or don't. In person, it starts with an optional meet-up at 8 pm on night one.
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