Flavours and Tastes of Provence

6 days/5 nights
2210 € (Euros)/person

Your program includes the visit of Les Baux de Provence, Lourmarin, Gordes, Menerbes, Roussillon, Venasque which have been selected as ones of France's Most Beautiful Villages. The itinerary will allow you to discover these unique places.
This programm is set on the basis of 4 persons sharing double rooms and includes:

  • All breakfasts and dinners, drinks included.
  • Return Train tickets in 1st Class, with the TGV, 3 hours from Paris to Avignon.
  • All private transfers from the arrival in Avignon TGV train station. Our driver will stay with the group all trip long. The minibus has comfortable seats with Air Conditioning system.
  • 5 nights in 3 and 4 star hotels see details below. Twin or double shared.
    Single rooms are available with extra cost.
  • Lunches are included in Les Baux de Provence, Roussillon and Venasque.
  • An afternoon cooking class in Venasque and a wine tasting session in Menerbes.
  • Guided visit in English of : 1. Les Baux de Provence, 2. Olive Producer, 3. Bories' Villages,
    4    . Senanque Abbey, 5. Ochre Museum and cliffs, 6. Wine Producer.
DAY 1 - Avignon, Les Baux de Provence Morning TGV trip 1st Class tickets from Paris Gare de Lyon to Avignon TGV train station Transfer in a private minibus from Avignon TGV train station to Avignon city center. Free Lunch followed by a free visit of Avignon and Pope's palace
Transfer in a private minibus from Avignon city center to Les Baux de Provence, one of France's Most Beautiful Villages.
Dinner and night at Les Baux de Provence at La Riboto de Taven in a troglodytic room. You will adore the traditional taste of olive oil that you find in every dish thanks to their flavorsome, home-style cooking. Fine cuisine is a mystery that you discover through taste.
DAY 2 - Discover Olive and Oil

Guided visit of Les Baux de Provence
Lunch at la Reine Jeanne restaurant
Discovery of Olives and Olive Oil.

  • CRUSHING
  • MALAXATION
  • PRESSING
  • DECANTATION
  • STORAGE
  • CONSERVATION.

Transfer in a private minibus from Les Baux de Provence to Lourmarin. Check in and dinner at Mas de Guilles, in Lourmarin, one of France's Most Beautiful Villages.

Description of the hotel in Lourmarin. Located in the heart of the "Luberon" near the protected village of "Lourmarin" this 3 star Hotel will offer you, in a fifty acres estate, a privileged place for a stop-over or a longer stay for your leisure, rest and relaxation. The comfortable and spacious bedrooms, each windows opening on the magic of a timeless countryside, will welcome you in a typical Provençal atmosphere.
A swimming pool along which you will relax yourself in order to benefit from the sun of Provence. And if you are a gourmet mood, the restaurant will enjoy your visit. The Mas de Guilles' restaurant will receive you on its shaded patio or in a vaulted dining room, to enjoy the chef's suggestions - Home-made duck fois gras pâté, Provencal casserole of sweatbreads and shoulder of lamb, Iced lavender parfait… Each dinner in Lourmarin, will take place in this excellent restaurant and include Entry, Main Dish, Dessert and Drinks.
DAY 3 - Gordes: Provencal Market, Bories and Senanque Abbey

Transfer in a private minibus from Lourmarin to Gordes, one of France's Most Beautiful Villages.
Free time in the typical Provencal Market,
Free Lunch in Gordes This village can boast about being amongst one of the most beautiful villages in France.
Gordes is also proud of its castle firmly planted in its very core. Today, the castle acts as both a Town Hall and a Museum sheltering the works of art of the painter Pol Mara.
Guided Visit of Les Bories village Gordes also extends its territory to include the Bories village, those curious igloo-shaped structures made of stones - no mortar.
Guided Visit of Senanque Abbey
Transfer back to Lourmarin in a private minibus.
Dinner at Mas de Guilles, in Lourmarin

DAY 4 - Roussillon, Ochre Cliffs and Museum
 

Free time in the morning.
Transfer in a private minibus from Lourmarin to Roussillon, one of France's Most Beautiful Villages.
Lunch in Roussillon in front of Ochre Cliffs
Guided visit of Ochre Cliffs and Ochre Museum Transfer back to Lourmarin in a private minibus.
Dinner at Mas de Guilles, in Lourmarin

DAY 5 - Menerbes, Wine Tasting and Lourmarin

Transfer in a private minibus from Lourmarin to Menerbes, one of France's Most Beautiful Villages.
Guided visit of Domaine de la Citadelle, Luberon wine producer,
Wine tasting.
Transfer back to Lourmarin in a private minibus.
Free time and lunch in Lourmarin.
Transfer back to the hotel in a private minibus.
Dinner at Mas de Guilles, in Lourmarin

DAY 6 - Venasque and Cooking Class

Free time in the morning
Transfer in a private minibus from Lourmarin to Venasque, one of France's Most Beautiful Villages.
Lunch followed by a cooking class in Venasque. Free time in Venasque.
Transfer back to Avignon TGV train station. TGV from Avignon to Paris 1st Class tickets