France on wheels Discover Provence and Corsica with motorbike

THE PROVENCE SYMPHONY

Duration: 7 days

Scheduled:
2010-09-05 to 2010-09-11
2010-09-19 to 2010-09-25

Our tours are declined in two hotel categories,
Gold Spirit 4 **** et Silver Spirit 3***

Gold Spirit 4 ****

LA MIRANDE 4**** - AVIGNON
LA BASTIDE DE GORDES 5***** - GORDES
LES ATELIERS DE L'IMAGE 4****
LES BORIES 4**** - GORDES
LA BASTIDE DE MOUSTIERS 4****
CHATEAU DE LA MESSARDIERE 5*****

Silver Spirit 3***

LE CLOITRE SAINT LOUIS 4****
LE VALON DE VALRUGUES 4****
LE GORDOS 3***
LA FERME ROSE 3***
HOTEL DES LICES 3***

Day 1 : AVIGNON / SAINT REMY DE PROVENCE

Arrival on your own in Avignon TGV station or Marseille Airport. Transfer to Avignon for lunch. After a short Avignon city tour by foot, including the Papal Palace, our minibus will transfer you to pick up your vehicle. You will then visit St Remy de Provence, a beautiful village located in the heart of the Alpilles mountains. Accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 : SAINT REMY DE PROVENCE / GORDES

Journey to «Les Baux de Provence» for a private tour and visit of an Olive oil mill then proceed to Les Baux village for a guided tour and some leisure time to stroll the small streets with fantastic views of the Alpilles mountains and the Camargue plain! Lunch then an afternoon trip on a very scenic road will bring you to Gordes, one of the “most beautiful villages of France” (with a surprise stop) - Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3 : GORDES / LE MONT VENTOUX / GORDES

An impressive day and superb roads: Vaison La Romaine (an antique roman town) then you will climb the Mt Ventoux, called “Provence’s giant” with a very protected and wonderful forest. Lunch in Crillon Le Brave befor reaching Sault village, a region of lavender with a tasting at a “Nougat” factory. Your road will pass around the Mt Ventoux on very scenic areas before returning to Gordes for your second night in the same hotel.

Day 4 : GORDES / MOUSTIERS SAINTE MARIE

An epicurean feast for you today! 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 followed by a typical near Forcalquier. Surrounding by superb landscapes, your road will bring you to lake Sainte Croix then to Moustiers Sainte Marie, well known for its crockeries all over the world. The “must do” of the day will be dinner at the famous chef Alain Ducasse’s property. Overnight stay in Moustiers.

Day 5 : MOUSTIERS SAINTE MARIE / SAINT TROPEZ

Today will be another great day! After strolling the narrow and twisting roads of Verdon Gorges with its unbelievable panoramas, you will take the mythic “Napoleon road” south to Fayence for lunch. After more scenic roads, you will reach Saint Tropez, the World’s Jet Set “rendez-vous” on the French Riviera. Dinner and overnight stay after a walk close to the harbour filled with splendid yachts.

Day 6 : SAINT TROPEZ / AVIGNON

Tour the coastal road to Pampelone (visit the US Army landing area in August 1944) then Le Lavandou before leaving the sea and going North to the magnificent landscapes of Haut Var region. Another fine lunch before reaching the Alpilles montains and Camargue area to return your vehicles at the rental stations. Transfer in deluxe minibus to Avignon, the Côtes du Rhône wines Capital. A wonderful farewell dinner and overnight stay in Avignon.

Day 7 : DEPARTURE

Full breakfast then a transfer to the TGV station or to the Marseille Airport (option).