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The Bike Tour
The Roman & Castle Tour
Art and Beach Tour
Camargue and Féria Tour
Le Lubéron Tour
The Wine Crush Tour
The Fall Colors Tour
The Marmiton Cooking Class
The Avignon Festival Tour
The Senior Tour of Provençe
American Student Tour of Provençe
Abbeys and Cathedrals of Provençe
The Dive Trip

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Le Lubéron

The Hill Towns to the East: Isle-sur-la-Sorgues, Gordes, Cavaillon, Ménérbes, Rousillon, Lacoste, Bonnieux, Oppéde le Vieux, are France's Garden of Eden. Here the color of streamwater defies description; we'll call it iridescent turquoise. By locals, its hills are called "Le Petit Colorado". Bonnieux, Gordes, Ménérbes... all are quintessential Provençal hill towns that evoke a "Wow!" at first site.

Further north, villages with mountain streams cascading into medieval wash houses, ancient papermills, gushing springs, brilliant red and ocher cliffs, prehistoric sites. From there it is only a short hop to the Mediterranean, secret pirate coves where brigantines laid in wait for their prey, and the island they all feared, the prison lair of the Count of Monte Christo and the "Man in the Iron Mask", the infamous Chateau D'If.

I like the contrasts of Provençe, and I hope you will too. On this theme you see the contrasts of Provençe, expressed in a wide dimension of color. We then return to my "Maison de Ville" (The Parish House) having viewed landscapes that are both thought-provoking and relaxing. The Tours are meant for the soul that needs healing and seeks simplicity, variety, and independence. Our style is simple: whitewashed monastic walls unencumbered by decorations.

Sometimes the hot water runs out, in which case, you have to wait; this is meant to increase your ability to philosophize. Sometimes the neighbors stare into your window, in which case you close your shutters. You sample France from a residential perspective, in a relaxed manner.

If panorama can help you relax, then the Lubéron tour is your kind of bucolic atmosphere, with the Abbey of Sénanque, the colors of Rousillon, and the hill towns that Peter Mayle frequented. There are no timetables to meet at The Parish; you don't have to be at the curb with your bags waiting for a tour bus to take you to the next hotel; you dictate your own pace, pretty much.

You wouldn't be the first to skip a Day Trip and instead sit, with a glass of wine, and watch the swallows play on the wind currents of the Palace walls... until the yellow-gold sun turns into that purplish twilight only Vincent was able to portray.

For more information, please contact me at:

toursofprovence@aol.com

or call

970.241.5034