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I n t o P r o v e n c e a n d t h e L ub é r o n FR ANCE
Day by Day (please see our website for detailed itinerary)
Guaranteed Departure!*
Your Journey
Limited to just 16 passengers
Friday | Leave the USA
Price per person
Provence
Saturday | Marseilles-Avignon, France
In double occupancy (all rooms at best available level below Junior Suite) $6795
Avignon
Single Supplement, in Double Room for Single use
$1425
Ile sur la Sorgue
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Single supplement in Standard Single Room on request
Arles
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Upgrade to a Suite! Suite upgrades on request
the Camargue
Departure Date 2011 Friday September 02 – Sunday September 11
With Anthony Bay as your Tour Director
St Rémy Les Baux
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‘Whisper’ headphones supplied throughout
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“Just a working week away” from the office or home
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At least two seats per person on coaches
the Lubéron Gordes
*once 2 passengers have paid their deposit
Private transfer from Marseilles airport to your hotel in Avignon, a former 18th Cent Cardinal’s palace; open bar cocktails and welcome dinner. La Mirande C,D
Sunday | Avignon and L’Ile sur la Sorgue Visit the important and sprawling antique market of L’Ile sur la Sorgue with an expert; lunch in a fine town house restaurant; visit of the Papal Palace and old town of Avignon; talk by a celebrated US artist on the influence of Provence on painters. Hotel La Mirande B,L
Monday | Arles and the Camargue Guided visit of Arles, seeing the Roman amphitheatre, the 12th Cent Romanesque Cathedral and having a coffee on the terrace where Van Gogh painted “Café at Night”; visit the marshlands of the Camargue to see black bulls and white stallions in a private manade ranch; dine with a chef in a medieval kitchen as he prepares your meal in front of you. La Mirande B,D
Tuesday | Avignon – St Rémy de Provence – Les Baux de Provence – Gargas Visit the asylum to which Vincent van Gogh was admitted; lunch with a local farmer amongst his lavender fields; visit the ruined medieval citadel of Les Baux de Provence; check into your hotel, a converted 11th Cent hamlet on an estate in the heart of the Lubéron countryside. La Coquillade B,L
Wednesday | The Lubéron Morning at leisure with bicycles available for rent; visit to the great Benedictine Abbey of Sénanque and picturesque Gordes; enjoy a 5 course tasting menu accompanied by a selection of wines from the hotel’s vineyards. La Coquillade B,D
the Var St Tropez
Thursday | Through rural Provence to St Tropez Visit L’Occitane factory and showroom; drive into the heart of the Provenc˛al countryside to meet a basket weaver, and to have lunch with a potter who cooks food from her farm. Villa Belrose B,L
Aix en Provence
Friday | St Tropez
Avignon St Rémy Arles
Walking tour of St Tropez with a visit to the remarkable post-Impressionist paintings at Musée de L’Annonciade; visit the pretty village of Ramatuelle and have lunch with the jet set on Pampelonne beach at famous Club 55. Villa Belrose B,L
Ile sur la Sorgue
Saturday | St Tropez – Aix en Provence
Gordes Lubéron Var Les Baux Aix en Provence Camargue
Visit the bustling, colourful food market in Aix; walking tour of the Old Town and lunch of salade niçoise in an 18th Cent Café; visit the studio of painter Paul Cézanne; open bar cocktails and dinner in the garden of your hotel. Le Pigonnet B,L,C,D St Tropez
Sunday | Return to USA Private transfer to Marseilles airport. B