Paris, Mont-Saint-Michel & Annecy

Depart EWR on the overnight flight; keep this travel evening simple and plan around Julia's sleep.

Arrive at ORY and transfer to Paris lodging for Sep 12–14. Keep arrival gentle with check-in, a nap or quiet rest, a bakery stop, and an early dinner; choose either Luxembourg Gardens or a short Seine walk depending on energy.

Keep the Île de la Cité, Notre-Dame, and Latin Quarter cluster together. Use a long lunch and Julia's nap/rest as pacing anchors, with the Louvre, Palais-Royal, and optional culture choice flexible rather than mandatory.

7:30 AM

12:00 PM

Check out of Paris lodging and drive Paris → Chartres (about 1h15) → the Mont-Saint-Michel area (about 3h west). Begin the mainland Mont-Saint-Michel stay Sep 14–16, ideally at a hotel with parking in Beauvoir/Ardevon. Keep arrival and dinner easy; use the Mont view at golden hour only if practical, without committing to a late island visit.

Make the confirmed English conference tour the non-negotiable centerpiece and follow its imported time and details exactly. Keep the existing abbey and village activities only where their imported times do not conflict; otherwise let the tour take priority. Use a gentle morning, simple lunch, and flexible village or rampart time afterward, then return to the mainland hotel for a nap and early evening.

9:30 AM

Check out after an unhurried mainland morning and return to Paris by car or train, allowing generous contingency for the journey. Stay in Paris Sep 16–17 near the next morning's Gare de Lyon departure; keep Le Marais as a light evening walk or replace it with dinner and rest if Julia needs an early night.

8:00 AM

Check out of Paris and take the preserved morning direct TGV from Paris Gare de Lyon to Annecy (about 3h45). After arrival and check-in for the Annecy stay through Sep 20, take an easy old-town walk and keep the evening quiet.

6:00 PM

Visit Château d'Annecy at 10:30, then spend an unhurried afternoon at Plage d'Albigny. Plan a picnic dinner on the lawn, with flexibility for weather, naps, and an earlier return.

Choose a boat or drive along Lake Annecy and tentatively arrange a Talloires lunch. Keep the Chamonix/Mer de Glace option weather-dependent and family-paced.

6:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

4:30 PM

Book the earliest direct TGV from Annecy to Paris and aim to reach Gare de Lyon around 11:00. Use station lockers for bags, have one last long lunch, then transfer to ORY by roughly 16:30 for the booked 18:50 departure; allow generous contingency time.

Booking checklist: reserve Paris lodging for Sep 12–14 and Sep 16–17; reserve a mainland Mont-Saint-Michel hotel with parking for Sep 14–16; reserve Annecy lodging for Sep 17–20; book the Sep 14 Paris→Chartres→Mont-Saint-Michel rental car or other transfer; confirm the Sep 15 English conference tour details exactly as imported; book the Sep 17 morning Paris–Annecy TGV and earliest direct Sep 20 Annecy–Paris TGV; reserve Talloires lunch for Sep 19 if desired. Verify timed Notre-Dame, Louvre, and any optional culture entry through official channels, and keep all optional sightseeing subordinate to Julia's naps and the fixed tour.