Life on the Ranch in Camargue
A full immersion in the traditional lifestyle of Camargue!
You will be staying at a horse and bull-rearing ranch and get a chance to help out with the everyday tasks of some authentic French cowboys... You will explore the vast and spectacular landscapes of the Camargue nature reserve on horseback and enjoy discovering the local flora and fauna during a relaxing cycling tour from La Digue to the sea.
* Price from 104,00€
Price per person in double room
Chic and Unique Arles!
A wonderful voyage into a land of gourmet delights, beauty, luxury, peace and sensual pleasures... featuring two unique sites situated in the heart of incomparable Arles. You will be staying at a charming 17th-century hotel simply packed with atmosphere, situated in the historic quarter between the Roman Arena and Amphitheatre. You will also enjoy a gourmet southern-style dinner concocted by a multiple award-winning chef, in a warm and contemporary decor in the heart of the city.
* From 199,00€
Price per person in double room
Marseille soap
It is without doubt one of the world's best known products as well as a symbol of the past for Marseilles. On the eve of the first world war there were some 90 factories producing 180,000 tonnes a year. Then after the war, its existence was threatened by the arrival of washing machines and washing powders. Today, only a half-dozen soap factories remain in Marseilles and Salon de Provence.
* Visit Marius Fabre factory in Salon-de-Provence, 4€ the visit.
Week-end watercolour painting
Between the Luberon and the Mont Ventoux, located at 5 minutes of Venasque, a charming village typically provencal, "La Gavaniole" welcomes you in a park of one hectare, with open view on the Mont Ventoux, the Dentelles de Montmirail and the Alpilles.
A half-day class proposed by Myriam, your host, will permit you to learn or to perfect your technique of watercolours, and you will keep your work in memory of your weekend.
* 160€ for 2 persons includes accommodations in double room, the breakfasts. 3 hour watercolor class: + 30 Euros / pers. includes equipment. Price does not include: transportation, meals.
Orange : Wine and chocolate stay
The association of wine and chocolate seems daring; it is an experience to be lived!
The program: Visit the Wine Museum and an artisanal chocolate maker, taste wine and chocolate matches at a wine estate in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation.
You will stay in a Provençal Mas from the XVIIth century for this stay of pleasure and sensorial discoveries.
* 170€* for 2 - 3 days / 2 nights.
Price for 2: including in double room with breakfasts, visit of the chocolate plant, old-fashioned chocolate goûter, visit of the wine museum with tasting. + 6 Euros/pers. for the wine/chocolate match tasting. Not included: transport, meals (meals with your host possible: 25 Euros/pers. including beverages)
Cooking class: The world-famous Bouillabaisse !
The Bouillabaisse is a legendary fish stew-soup that was formerly prepared by the fishermen for themselves and their families with the unsold fishes. Attend Miramar cooking class and learn from the cooking secrets of the Chef.
* 120€ per person, from 5 to 8 participants.
The "Journées Gourmandes" or Delicious Days in Vaison-la-Romaine
This « feast of taste » receives every year a multitude of animations in all the city, more than one hundred exhibitors and producers, chosen for the quality and authenticity of their products from France and Europe, will let discover and taste their specialities under the « Grande Halle Gourmande ».
These five days are devoted to delicious food and drink and local produce and every edition wake our gustative curiosity!
* 3 days / 2 nights. 30 October to 3 November 2008. 75 Euros per person includes accommodations in double room, breakfasts. Entrance: + 5 Euros / pers. (price may change). Price does not include: transportation, meals.