MONET, MONET, MONET

Delay a spring cruise on the Seine until early June (summer starts officially on June 21) and with luck the water lilies immortalised by Claude Monet will be in flower. His Giverny gardens are not to be missed; trips to Honfleur and Auvers-sur-Oise, where Van Gogh died, reveal more about the impressionists.

● avalonwaterways.co.za. mosques, plus a wildlife reserve, where saltwater crocodiles lurk. There are only two departures in 2018, both in March, on a vessel that holds just 32 passengers.

● pandaw.co.uk.