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An authentic experience for your Provence day trip

Provence has so much to offer and, as local specialists, we have selected a wide choice of day trips to suit everyone. Get up close and personal with Van Gogh Provence, from St Rémy to St Paul de Mausole. Visit the lavender fields with a tour of a distillery, enjoy a Provence wine tour in Chateauneuf du Pape, book a guided cycling day trip from Isle sur la Sorgue to Fontaine de Vaucluse.  And why not enjoy an afternoon kayaking down the river Sorgue? 

Treat yourself to a private guided day trip centred around a theme that you love : food, wine, walking, cycling…. We can organize the perfect day for you!

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Highlights of the day trip

  • Easy walk with your guide through the famed vineyards
  • Visit of 3 to 4 wineries in Chateauneuf du Pape
  • Enjoy wine tasting in prestigious wine estate
  • Lunch ( picnic amongst the vines or restaurant ) 
  • Stunning views from the ruins of the medieval castle that crowns the village
  • Learn about centuries-old history of wine making in the region
Provence day trip: walking in St Remy - Easy
      • France - Provence
    • Guided
    • Walking

Highlights of the day trip

  • Easy walk through the olive groves that blanket the foothills of the Alpilles Mountains
  • The ciseled wild crest of the Alpilles mountains
  • Visit of St Paul de Mausole monastery where Van Gogh stayed
  • Picnic with panoramic view (included)
  • Olive oil tasting in St Remy (on opening days)

Highlights of the day trip

  • The majestic crest-line trail atop the Alpilles mountains, with wide-sweeping views
  • Visit of St Paul de Mausole monastery where Van Gogh lived for a year
  • Olive oil tasting in St Remy (on opening days)
  • Picnic included
  • Olive oil tasting in St Remy (on opening days)

Highlights of the day trip

  • The hilltop Luberon villages of  Gordes
  • The lavender fields in front of the Senanque Abbey
  • Old stone farmhouses  and huts along centuries-old paths 
  • 1 picnic lunch included 

Highlights of the day trip

  • A scenic walk in the most remote part of the  Luberon Mountains.
  • Visiting the lost village of Sivergues. 
  • The lush vegetation and the beautiful gorge of the Aiguebrun valley. 
  • 1 picnic lunch or restaurant lunch included 
  • Optional : 3000 year-old "Fort de Buoux"  ( entrance not included

Highlights of the day trip

  • A walk from the lush valley up to the grassy hills of the crest of the Luberon
  • Visiting the lost village of Sivergues
  • The otherwordly Aiguebrun gorge with its limestone cliffs
  • 1 picnic lunch included 
  • Optional : 3000 year-old "Fort de Buoux" ( entrance not included)

Highlights of the day trip

  • Gigondas: one of the prettiest wine-making villages in the Rhône Valley
  • Panoramic walk & view on the vineyards and Mont Ventoux
  • 1 Picnic included
  • 1 Wine tasting of Gigondas wine included (on opening days)
  • Seeing the Dentelles de Montmirail up close

Highlights of the day trip

  • A panoramic ridge-line hike atop the "Dentelles de Montmirail" cliffs
  • A visit of the picturesque village of Gigondas
  • 1 Picnic included
  • 1 Wine tasting of Gigondas wine included (on opening days)
  • Panoramic walk & view on the vineyards and Mont Ventoux

Highlights of the day trip

  • Beautiful forest paths, on Ventoux's only slope without a road. 
  • Views of the entire chain of the Alps, including Mont Blanc
  • Probable encounters with chamois (wild goats) along the way 
  • 1 picnic or restaurant lunch included
  • Alpine and even Arctic flowers along the upper slopes of Ventoux

Highlights of the day trip

  • Cycling in Van Gogh's Provence 
  • The perched medieval village of Les Baux de Provence
  • 1 picnic or restaurant lunch included
  • 1 wine tasting and 1 olive oil tasting included ( on opening days)
  • Optional : another unique experience at the Carrieres de lumiere, a former rock quarry

Highlights of the day trip

  • Cycling in Van Gogh's Provence 
  • Visit the perched medieval village of Les Baux de Provence
  • Ride through the vast olive groves of the charming village of Maussane
  • 1 picnic or restaurant lunch included
  • 1 wine tasting and 1 olive oil tasting included ( on opening days)
  • Optional : another unique experience at the Carrieres de lumiere, a former rock quarry

Highlights of the day trip

  • The charming medieval hamlet of Saumane, the springs of Fontaine du Vaucluse
  • The spectacular village of Gordes
  • 1 lunch included
  • 1 olive oil tasting included on the way to Gordes ( on opening days)
  • Easy cycling in the heart of the Luberon countryside, off the beaten track 
  • The lovely town of Isle sur la Sorgue and its quay side

Highlights of the day trip

  • The cherry orchards and forests of the perched village of Venasque
  • The charming Pernes and its 40 fountains
  • 1 picnic or restaurant lunch included
  • 1 wine tasting and 1 delicatessen tasting included ( on opening days)
  • A cycling route off the beaten-track 
  • The stunning village of Isle sur la Sorgue and its waterwheels
  • The famous Saturday morning market in Pernes

Highlights of the day trip

  • The most beautiful Provence perched villages: Roussillon, Gordes, Ménerbes, Lacoste
  • Cycling where Peter Mayle wrote his "Year in Provence"
  • 1 picnic or restaurant lunch included
  • 1 olive oil tasting (on opening days ) 
  • Scenic backroads and jaw-dropping vistas from each of the villages
  • The famous Friday morning market in Bonnieux

Highlights of the day trip

  • Cycling on the wines roads at the foot of the iconic  Mont Ventoux !
  • The charming wine villages of Beaumes de Venise
  • 1 restaurant lunch included
  • Cycling on small country roads in a wild genuine part of Provence 
  • Incredible panoramas on the ciseled cliff of the Dentelles de Montmirail 

Highlights of the day trip

  • Tackling France's most iconic climb: Mont Ventoux !
  • From cherry orchards to lunar landscape in only 21km 
  • 1 restaurant lunch included
  • Option: Descent through the spectacular Nesque Gorge 
  • Incredible panoramas at the top of Ventoux

Highlights of the day trip

  • The most beautiful Provence perched villages: Roussillon, Gordes, Ménerbes, Lacoste
  • Cycling where Peter Mayle wrote his "Year in Provence"
  • 1 restaurant lunch included
  • 1 olive oil and/or wine tasting 
  • Scenic backroads and jaw-dropping vistas from each of the villages

Discover our trips with a local specialist !

We are the local specialists, offering a range of self-guided walking tours and cycling holidays, expertly put together to ensure that you have a unique experience, staying in intimate guest houses, eating in great restaurants and enjoying some of the most beautiful landscapes in Provence and abroad.

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A Provence day trip to remember!

We have personally tried and tested each of our day trips to ensure the best experience possible. Our local guides know all that there is to know on all matters historical, cultural & botanical and they are passionate about the region and keen to share their knowledge with you.

We offer walking and cycling day trips of varying levels of physical effort, from easy to challenging so you can be sure to find something to suit you. Come and discover the Alpilles mountains with its chiseled ridges and sun hued perched villages. Walk or cycle through the Lubéron with its medieval villages, gorges and forest paths. Enjoy a lavender tour, a wine tour or olive oil tasting and sample the very best of what the region has to offer.  

We include a picnic lunch, either prepared by your guide using fresh and local produce or in one of the many restaurants on route. All logistics are taken care of for you so you just have to let yourself be led and enjoy the scenery!