Overview

Discover Provence Custom 4-Night Itinerary

Discover Provence on this custom 4-night culinary vacation based in Avignon.


Trip Details

Your hands-on cooking class will take place in Avignon.

Itinerary

Bedroom at hotel in Avignon

Day One

  • Private transfer from Avignon TGV station to your hotel.
  • Check-in to your 4-star hotel in central Avignon.
  • Time to explore two of Avignon’s most known sites, the Pope’s Palace and St. Benezet Bridge! Your tickets are included, as are a “histopad” and an audioguide.
  • Dinner on your own and overnight.

Marekt in Provence


Day Two

  • After breakfast, depart for a full-day tour with an English speaking driver/guide on a shared mini-bus (max 8 people). First stop will be the Luberon hill range and picturesque villages, such as Roussilon with its ochre cliffs, and Gordes, completely built with dry stones called ‘lauze’.
  • Next stop is Fontaine de Vaucluse, where you will see the cave from which emerges the River Sorgues.
  • Free time for lunch on your own in either Gordes or Fontaine de Vaucluse.
  • After lunch it is on to the Unesco-rated Pont du Gard, which is the best preserved part of a Roman aqueduct that sent the water from Nimes to Uzes during the Roman civilization. From there head to Les Baux de Provence, a medieval hilltop village in the heart of the Alpilles hill range.
  • Return to Avignon for dinner on your own. Overnight.

The Pont du Gard, France


Day Three

  • Breakfast.
  • Shared full-day wine tour today featuring an interactive wine-education in a friendly environment with a professional wine expert. Your tour will start with a scenic drive to the foot of the Mont Ventoux through the vineyards of the Ventoux appellation. You will discover an outstanding wine estate and enjoy a guided tour of the cellar.
  • Practice wine-tasting (discover your 5 senses, the wine’s aroma also called nose) and learn how to sample to improve your tasting ability and knowledge. To truly taste a wine, the guide will explain how you must use the nose to pick up the flavor scents and the tongue to help discern the tastes. You will taste 4/5 wines (1 white, 1 rosé and 2/3 red wines). After the tasting session, a picnic lunch will be served on the terrace of the chateau, sheltered by centenary plane trees. Taste terroir products (seasonal fruits and vegetables, tapenade, goat cheese) pairing with the wines of the domain.
  • In the afternoon, your tour will continue toward the vineyards of Tavel and Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
  • Visit and taste wines in 2 different appellations : Appellation Tavel : where the rosé wines are dry, crisp and refreshing, perfect on summer day; and Appellation Chateauneuf du Pape : one of the finest wines (Red and white) in the Rhone valley.
  • Return to Avignon, dinner on your own and overnight.

Vineyard in Provence


Day Four

  • Breakfast.
  • After visiting the market with the chef, begin your first cooking class in his professional kitchen. Lunch to follow, based on your efforts.
  • Afternoon on your own to enjoy Avignon.
  • Dinner on your own.

Delicious dinner in France


Day Five

  • Breakfast.
  • Checkout of the hotel and return to the Avignon TGV train station.

Trip Details

Included in the 4-Night Trip

Accommodations

  • 4 nights accommodations in 4* hotel in the center of Avignon

Food & Beverages

2 lunches

Classes & Instructors

Your hands-on cooking class will take place in Avignon.

Excursions

  • 2 Shared minibus tours with driver/guide as listed in itinerary

Transfer Details

  • Round-trip transfers to/from Avignon TGV train station. (Transfers to/from Marseille airport available for an additional price).

Miscellaneous

  • Tickets for the Popes’ Palace

Not Included

  • Local tourist tax (a couple Euros per person per night, paid locally)

Accommodation Information

Located in the center of Avignon and near the Popes’ Palace and many cafes and shops, is the Hotel de L’Horloge. The hotel was once a 19th-century house, and it now boasts 66 modern, cozy rooms with air conditioning, Wi-Fi, mini-bar, safe, and satellite TV. (If unavailable a comparable property will be proposed.)

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Pricing & Tour Dates



Pricing:

4-night Program

US$1750 per person based on double occupancy

  • Add US$360 for single occupancy (use of a double room by 1 person)

30% deposit due to confirm booking.
Balance payment due 60 days prior to tour start date. Questions? Please contact us!

Transfer also possible from Marseille airport: please inquire for cost.


Tour Dates

June 7-11, 2020

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