(Rates per person)

Includes car rental, 5 nights, 5 breakfasts, 2 gourmet dinners and 1 gourmet lunch with fine wines, 10 fine wines tasting, day tour in Burgundy with Countess de Loisy, 

one of the world top Burgundy Wine expert.

All other Excursions and site visits are just suggestions.

$2040.00 (2 traveling) $1800.00 (4 traveling) $1770.00 (6 traveling)
 
 

  Day 1: Provence (Aix and area) 

Morning arrival at Aix en Provence TGV railroad station. Pick up car rental. Drop off your luggage at Hotel Le Pigonnet in Aix. Lunch at leisure. Walking tour of Aix, "on the trail of Cézanne " (1 h30). Take your car and go to Cézanne studio (10minutes) for a tour 

(30 minutes). On to Montagne Ste Victoire area that Cézanne painted so often (complete driving tour of 1h30). Dinner at leisure in old Aix. Overnight le Pigonnet, town mansion.
 
 

Day 2: Provence. (Avignon, St Remy, Les Baux, Arles)

Breakfast at the hotel. Suggested departure time: 9:00am. On to Avignon (1h). Tour of Palace of the Popes (1h15). Tour of Avignon by little touristic train leaving in front of Palace of the Popes (50 minutes). On to saint Remy de Provence (30 minutes). Free time for lunch and to walk through this typical" Provence town". On to Les Baux (10 minutes) Tour of the "ghost castle" and medieval town overlooking the whole region. (1h30). On to Arles (40 minutes) for tour of the roman arenas and the old town. (1h30). Back to Aix (1h30) for dinner at leisure and overnight at Hotel Le Pigonnet.
 
 

Day 3: Provence. (Luberon perched villages)

Breakfast at the hotel. Suggested departure time: 10am.On to Isle sur la Sorgue (1h) (if Sunday) for Antique Market. Or if other day on to Gordes (1h), for a dramatic view from this perched village. Free time for shopping and strolling through its vaulted, arcaded medieval lanes. On through scenic road to Roussillon (20 minutes), stunning hilltop village built with inviting deep ochre. (Pink colors). Lunch at leisure (le bistro de Roussillon). On to Menerbes (15 minutes), a 16^th century village, which current life was described by Peter Mayle in his Year in Provence Book. On to Lacoste (10 minutes) where you will see the ruins of Marquis de Sade’s castle. On to Bonnieux (10 minutes) where you might want to pay a visit to the bread making Museum. On to Lourmarin (15 minutes) where the countess d’Agoult bore Franz Liszt 3 children, one marrying Richard Wagner. On to Abbaye de Silvacane (10minutes) for tour of this 12^th century Cistercian Monastery. Back to Aix (45 minutes) for dinner at leisure. Overnight Hotel Le Pigonnet

Day 4 –Provence. Burgundy (via Lyon).

Wine conference, wine cellar, wine tasting

Breakfast at the hotel. Suggested departure time: 9; 30am. On to Lyon (3h). Free time for lunch in this capital of Gastronomy. On to Domaine de Loisy in Nuits St Georges in Burgundy (3h). The Countess De Loisy, one of the top Burgundy wines Connaisseur will be your hostess.6pm casual presentation of the Burgundy wines by the Countess. (1h30). Tour of wine cellar with tasting of 4 white Burgundy wines. Gourmet dinner at Domaine de Loisy with the countess including same wines. Overnight Domaine de Loisy.
 
 

Day 5: Burgundy, Winetours, Winetasting

at the Domaine.Departure in your car with the Countess as your guide for an exceptional day tour: Morning Tour of Cotes de Nuits and its grand vintages: tour and wine tasting in 13th century winery. Top vintage wine route tour including visit of Clos Vougeot and a small wine maker’s winery with wine tasting off the barrel. Buffet Lunch at Domaine de Loisy.3pm departure for tour of Cote, Haute Cote de Beaune and Cote de Blancs wine country followed by the tour of the Flemish style architecture medieval Hospital Museum in Beaune. Back to Domaine de Loisy around 6pm.7pm wine tasting of 4 red grand vintage wines, comparing Cote de Beaune, Cote de Nuits and old vintage wines. Gourmet Dinner with wines and overnight at Domaine de Loisy.
 
 

Day 6: Burgundy Paris.

Breakfast at the Domaine. Suggested departure time 10am.On to Vezelay (2 hours). Picturesque village built along the ridge of a rocky spur with 12 th century Ste Madeleine’s Basilica (bones relics of Mary Magdalena), with its marvelous Tympanum of the central doorway. Lunch at leisure. On to Fontainebleau (1h45). Tour of the château, which was lived in from the Capetian Kings to the time of Napoleon.1h30). Back to Paris (1h45).