2011 Tour Dates and Prices for Off the Beaten Path Tours
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2011 - Best Adventures in PROVENCE Active, Gourmet Tour - 6 Days/5 NightsTour Summary • Tour Itinerary • Tour Price Includes • Tour FAQ • The Hotel
Named "One of the Best" By Conde Nast Traveler • Featured on Conde Nast Traveler's "Editor's Pick List"
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This tour features a lot of flexibility, and caters to both walkers and non-walkers alike. Visit the three most beautiful areas of Provence; the Luberon valley, the Alpilles and the Mediterranean coast. There are 3 different optional walks (Designed for interested guests: (1) Mediterranean calanques coastal walk, (2) Provence village to village walk with French picnic and (3) Provence vineyard walk with wine tasting), numerous cultural, leisure and shopping options available for "NON-walkers". Enjoy visits to perched villages of Roussillon and Gordes in the Luberon. Shop at Provence's most prestigious art and artisan market in St. Remy de Provence and in local villages. Indulge in wine and cheese tasting throughout your Provence experience. Participate in 2 cooking classes with 2 different Master Chefs (1 in a castle and 1 in a professional kitchen). This tour also features photo opportunities every day, 11 meals, gourmet Michelin-star and bistro dining, cooking class meals and a dinner at one of our favorite Chef's home, classified regional wines included at all meals, 5 nights-luxury 4-star hotel accommodations (NO hotel hopping), leisure time and a personalized photo album of your tour...|
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2011 - LOIRE VALLEY Castles & Culinary Adventure - 6 Days/5 Nights
Tour Summary • Tour Itinerary • Tour Price Includes • Tour FAQ • The Hotel
Download and print our LOIRE VALLEY TOUR BROCHURE (Adobe pdf)
Featured "Best Active, Cultural Loire Valley Tour" by Travel & Leisure • Featured on Conde Nast Traveler's "Editor's Pick List"
Our Loire Valley Tour Highlights:
This tour features a lot of flexibility, ludic stories about and guided tours at castles and gardens of Chambord, Blois, Amboise, Chenonceau, Azay-le-Rideau and Villandry, shopping at markets of Blois and Amboise and in local historical villages, 3 fun, cooking classes with 4 different Michelin-star/Master Chefs (1 with our friends' Chris and Angelique at their home, a 2nd and 3rd with each of our friends, Michelin-star Chefs Damien and Christophe in their professional kitchens), photo opportunities every day, daily leisure walking, 10 meals, gourmet dining prepared by our friends, Michelin-star Chefs, classified wines at all meals, wine and cheese tasting throughout your Loire Valley experience, an evening hot air ballooning excursion, leisure time, 5 nights deluxe chateau (castle) hotel accommodations (NO hotel hopping) and a personalized photo album of your tour...
SAVE $250 per person off the tour price below by reserving a LOIRE VALLEY Tour before MARCH 30, 2011.
2011 Tour Price - US$3,598 per person land only, double/twin occupancy
Solo travelers add single supplement: US$398
2011 Loire Valley Tour Dates: Schedule is current. Number of spaces available is indicated next to each tour date.
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2011 - BORDEAUX Wine Tasting & Gourmet Walking Tour - 6 Days/5 Nights
Tour Summary • Tour Itinerary • Tour Price Includes • Tour FAQ • The Hotel
Download and print our BORDEAUX TOUR BROCHURE (Adobe pdf)
Named a "Forbes Favorite" by Forbes Traveler Magazine • Featured on Conde Nast Traveler's "Editor's Pick List"
Named "Best Wine Tours in France" by eHow.com • Best of Bordeaux," Andrew Harper Hideaway Report
Our Bordeaux Tour Highlights:
This tour features a lot of flexibility, 4 different walks of prestigious wine growing areas (Saint Emilion, Sauternes, Médoc and Graves), "insider" winery tours, VIP wine tasting, 2 evening cooking classes with 2 different Master Chefs (1 in a 19th century castle, the other in our Chef's traditional Bordelais farm-home), 12 meals, gourmet Michelin-star dining, private gourmet picker's lunch at a classified wine chateau, classified wines at all meals (even breakfast), time to explore historic wine producing villages, 5 nights-luxury 5-star hotel accommodations (NO hotel hopping), photo opportunities every day, shopping, leisure time and personalized photo album of your tour...
SAVE $250 per person off the tour price below by reserving a BORDEAUX Tour before MARCH 30, 2011.
2011 Tour Price - US$3,898 per person land only, double/twin occupancy
Solo travelers add single supplement: US$1288
2011 Bordeaux Tour Dates: Schedule is current. Number of spaces available is indicated next to each tour date.
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The Best Vacation You'll Take in France with the Most Knowledgeable and Fun Guides
All Off the Beaten Path guides are Americans with dual nationality (American-French citizenship), are multi-lingual and reside in France. They bring a wealth of local information and history to enrich each guest's experience and have been selected for their comprehensive understanding of French culture. You will find that Off the Beaten Path guides are wonderful traveling companions, whose knowledge and sense of fun and positive attitude make each day a wonderful experience.
Read what our guests say about our tours - Testimonials
Tour Deposit and Payments:
- Initial deposit to confirm your tour participation is US$500 per person per tour for any of the above regularly scheduled tours.
- Final payment is due 90 days prior to the 1st day of the tour.
- For private and/or custom designed Tours: Deposit is US$1000 per person per tour, and final payment is due 120 days prior to the 1st day of the tour.
- We email you a final payment invoice and payment form to complete and return 2 weeks prior to your final payment due date.
- Payment is in US Dollars by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover credit cards, cashier check, personal check or money order from a US Bank and by Bank Wire Transfer to the company's Corporate Account. Contact Us for our Corporate Bank information if paying by wire transfer.
- We also offer a 6-month installment payment plan to make paying the balance due on your tour easy.
Cancellation Policy:
- 91+ days (from the first day of the trip): $500 per person Tour deposit. An alternative to cancellation - Transfer of Deposit: Guest may transfer from one trip to another up to 91 days before trip departure without penalty (excludes custom designed-private tours) after which time the cancellation policy applies. When transferring to a different date or trip, if the trip costs more than Guest's original trip, Guest must pay the difference. This credit can only be rolled over once and Guest incurs no other penalty.
- 61-90 days: 25% of the total Tour price
- 31-60 days: 50% of the total Tour price
- 0-30 days: 100% of the total Tour price
- We highly recommend trip insurance to cover the unexpected. We recommend Travel Guard Insurance for all of your travel/trip insurance needs.
More Tour Guest Testimonials:
"Cooking classes and walks were excellent! Thanks for a wonderful week!" Sharon Thiessen, Vancouver, Canada (Best Adventures in Provence Tour)
"The choice of castles was excellent. Cooking classes, dinners and markets were fun and interesting, and we LOVED the hot air ballooning, it was so much fun. Really enjoyed our guide! Thanks for a memorable time!" Ralph and Stephanie Sorley, Boston, MA (Loire Valley Tour)
"The cooking classes and hikes were great! The photo opportunities and pace of schedule and walks were very well planned. We really enjoyed that our guide took lots of photos for us to document the trip. Thanks again!" Richard Leung & Linda Jan, Princeton, NJ (Best Adventures in Provence Tour)