HEART OF PROVENCE

5 days/4 nights - 5***** hotels and gastronomic food

 

Day 1 : MARSEILLE / AVIGNON / ST REMY DE PROVENCE

 Arrival on your own in Aix en Provence TGV station or Marseille Airport in the afternoon.

Transfer to the rental office located close to the airport/TGV where clients will fill the rental contract and have a briefing regarding the bikes

rental.

Lunch on your own (your road book will give you some good places !).

Avignon city tour personal discovery by foot, with a stop and visit suggested to the Popes’ Palace.

You will start in the late afternoon to St Remy de Provence, a beautiful village located in the heart of the Alpilles Mountains for a short city

tour.

Accommodation and dinner (1* Michelin) at the L’Hostellerie du Vallon de Valrugues 5***** in Room “tout confort

 

Day 2: ST REMY / GORDES

Buffet Breakfast in your hotel

09h00: Little roads to reach an Olive oil mill, the “Moulin de Castellas” for a free stop and visit.

Then proceed to « Les Baux de Provence » to discover this exceptional place.

Some leisure time given to stroll the small streets – Fantastic views of the Alpilles Mountains and the Camargue plain!

Lunch on your own then an afternoon trip on a very scenic road will bring you to Gordes, one of the “most beautiful villages of France”

Accommodation in your hotel, the Bastide de Gordes 5***** (Classic room)

Dinner in this lovely village and overnight stay.

 

Day 3: GORDES / MONT VENTOUX / GORDES

Breakfast in the hotel

An impressive day and superb roads are your program today :

Vaison La Romaine personal discovery then you will climb on a fantastic twisting road with marvellous landscapes and reach the top of the Mt

Ventoux (1911m – 5650 feet), called “Provence’s giant” were you will find a very rare and world protected forest.

Lunch suggestion on the south of Ventoux in Crillon le Brave or Bedoin beautiful village

Proceed to impressive “Gorges de la Nesque” and arrival in Sault village, a region of lavender, for a free visit in a “Nougat” factory.

Then in the afternoon, your road will bring you to Senanque Abbey on very scenic roads before returning to Gordes for your second night in

the same hotel.

Fine dinner at La Bastide de Gordes (1* Michelin gastronomic guide)

Overnight in your hotel

 

Day 4: GORDES / FORCALQUIER / AVIGNON

Breakfast in your hotel

Today will be an epicurean feast for you!

A lovely road that will bring you to the Haute Provence state, between the Lure and Luberon Mountains. You will discover the famous

“Pastis” drink (with extra) followed by a typical meal on your own we invite you to discover near Forcalquier.

Proceed to Avignon in late afternoon and accommodation at hotel Le Cloître Saint Louis 4****

Farewell Provence dinner in Christian Etienne Restaurant (1 star Michelin Guide), at Popes’ Palace footsteps

This is the way we live in Provence, where food is for sharing. Christian Etienne is a native son, and in his restaurant close to the Palace of

the Popes in Avignon he brings you the taste of vegetables grown under the Provencal sun.

Christian Etienne knows his Provence well, its specialties - olive oil, garlic, vegetables, with a preference for tomatoes, truffles and for all its

aromatic herbs. He makes them sing in his cooking, mixing tradition and innovation

 

Day 5: AVIGNON or MARSEILLE / DEPARTURE

Breakfast in your hotel.

Morning and lunch on your own for shopping or personal visit.

 Departure to Aix en Provence TGV Station or Marseille airport and bike return at our office close to these places.

 

 

NET RATES per person, proposed for individual tour (minimum 1 or 2 clients), sharing a bike, with double/twin room occupancy on half board basis
Available for all months during season 2012
July and August months on request due to peak season and not recommended

1785 euros per person / 3570 euros per couple

 

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