AUP students by the Seine.

Study Trips

Vallon Pont d'Arc, Chauvet Caverne Study Trip

Friday, September 15, 2017 - 08:00 to Sunday, September 17, 2017 - 20:00

FB9 CM2004 Comparative Communications History
FB9 PY1091 Introduction To Memory Studies

This trip takes you to the Ardèche Valley to see the newly created replica of one of France’s most unique and earliest ‘places of memory’ – the 35,000 year-old Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and museum featuring stunning Paleolithic cave paintings. Hike and take a light kayak ride under the famous archway over the Ardeche River. The trip concludes with a tour of the historical ruins in the beautiful city of Avignon.

Led by Profs. Charles Talcott, Brian Schiff

Cost: €460 (includes round-trip train transportation, hotel accommodations w/ breakfast, on-site transportation, entrance fees, guided visits, professors’ trip costs and VAT)
Last day to register/cancel: September 10
Late cancellation fee: €460


Payment for study trips must be made no later than September 22 for the Fall 2017 semester.