PROVENCE WALKING TOUR : 6 Day Tour
Best Adventures in Provence Tour
By France Off the Beaten Path Tours
RATED EXCELLENT WITH 500+ REVIEWS
2019 WINNER!! 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR!
RECOMMENDED BY FROMMER’S FRANCE!
What makes Our Provence Tour Exceptional?
…taking guests beyond the obvious to discover the true essence of France and to experience authentic French culture…
In 2024, we celebrate 30 years leading our “Best Adventures in Provence™” Tour, an award-winning small group, walking tour of southern France! One of our most popular, small group tours, our “Best Adventures in Provence™” walking tour earned its name thanks to its exceptional, active itinerary of southern France. True Small Group Tours Designed to Appeal to BOTH Walkers & NON-Walkers Alike!
Who Are Our Provence Tours Designed For?
No Experience Necessary – At France Off the Beaten Path Tours, we designed our southern France Provence Walking Tour to appeal to discerning, English-speaking travelers on the hunt for an active and authentic, personalized, small group southern France travel experience.
Our southern France Provence Walking Tours feature unmatched flexibility, diverse, engaging activities and excursions, and daily options for BOTH walkers and NON-walkers. We’ve also ensured to build leisure time into the itinerary to pursue independent interests. As accredited tour guides and experts in French history, language, and culture, we treasure our time with you and pride ourselves on our exceptional storytelling. We share information that you won’t hear anywhere else; anecdotes, gossip, and juicy stories.
We maximize your tour time by NEVER HOTEL HOPPING! We’ve selected one exceptional, centrally located boutique hotel to serve as our base camp for your six-day tour. We’re also known for our sumptuous gourmet meals accompanied by classified regional wines. Our closest friends are the chefs who prepare your gourmet meals throughout your tour. Every day offers a new, Provence gourmet experience for “foodies” and “wine lovers.” It’s vacation, and France Off the Beaten Path™ tours are all about taking the slow road, having fun, enjoying new experiences, exquisite local cuisine and wines, having options, and being active!
How do we do it?
- For 30 years, our focus and travel specialty has been active tour travel in France.
- France is our home, and we know it best!
- We offer approximately 50 tour departures in France each season between our regularly scheduled tours and private departures.
- Owner & Founder Christy Destremau and her team of guides are Americans who also have French citizenship, are married into French families, and live and work locally in France for three decades.
- Thanks to our personal relationships and unparalleled connections with French artisans, professionals, hotels, and chefs that we’ve developed and maintained during nearly three decades of living “true French life” in France, we create experiences for our guests that are available ONLY to us!
- Through friendships and family, we’ve developed a very exclusive network of professional friends. These exclusive and personal relationships serve as the foundation of our tours and upon which we’ve built France Off the Beaten Path tour itineraries.
- We take travelers “beyond the obvious tourist hotspots” to discover the true essence and “non-touristy”, authentic side of Provence in southern France with our local professional friends!
- We preserve the true small group and personalized France experience with a maximum of 16 tour guests per Provence tour departure.
- Dietary Requests & Food Allergies — We accommodate ALL dietary requests and preferences (including vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, etc) and ALL food allergies (gluten, shellfish, etc) while ensuring an amazing foodie experience for all tour guests with restrictions and/or allergies.
The Best Tour Guides!
- Our guided Provence tours are led by UNESCO award-winning tour guides who are major contributors to Provence tour guidebooks, such as, The Intoxicating France Travel series and Rick Steves Provence Tour Guidebook.
- Our Provence France Off the Beaten Path™ tours are led by Professional accredited France Off the Beaten Path tour guides who work exclusively for us, and also hold distinctions and cultural positions in Provence; in St. Remy-de-Provence and Avignon.
- Our Provence France Off the Beaten Path tour guides are professional culinary, wine, Provence history and France walking tour specialists who use their “savoir-faire” to blend the Anglophone service expectation with the French cultural experience to create a memorable and fun Provence tour experience for every tour guest!
Exceptional Itineraries Based on Decades of Experience in France!
Thanks to our long-standing presence in Provence, France, and established relationships with the region’s most highly recognized professionals, tour guests are welcomed as a group of friends traveling together. We concentrate on ensuring that our focus on travel exclusively in France remains our priority! During this award-winning 6-day/5-night small group Provence Walking Tour, discover the hidden gems and best kept secrets of this colorful southern France region that we call home, Provence. Our local Provence friends look forward to welcoming tour guests to their family homes, restaurants, and workshops to share the pride and joy of their trades and cultural traditions with you.
Our local Provence partners, all local friends, are eager to share their slice of southern France with tour guests through private experiences that are available only to Off the Beaten Path Provence Tour guests. A very personalized experience unlike any other, we use our longstanding friendships, family connections, excellent reputation, and presence in Provence to create tour itineraries of fun and memorable experiences that guests remember long after returning home. And to top off this southern France experience, we know flexibility is essential to tour guests! As our guest, you can enjoy the group ambiance and activities while also enjoying the freedom to break away from the group when you would like.
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