Romantic Escape in Provence

La Provence, with its postcard scenery, has a unique beauty and offers you the opportunity for an unforgettable holiday.
Whether you arrive at Marseille airport or by TGV at Avignon station, our English speaking bilingual chauffeur will be waiting for you to board a luxury private vehicle, which will take you to your 4* hotel, situated in Lubéron, right in the heart of the Provence.
The Domaine des Andéols, with its 9 luxurious independent houses, bathed in the light of the Provence, 9 warm and original worlds, which invite you to make the most of every moment that passes.

From your arrival, you will be blown away by the warmth of this authentic family house where you will celebrate your arrival with a glass of champagne in hand.
Before heading to your table at the Alain Ducasse restaurant, you can choose to make the most of the magic of the surrounding scenery or relax in the outdoor swimming pool.
The restaurant is sublimely laid out in the open air, in the middle of century old olive trees and the smell of grass and flowers. You can enjoy a delicious cuisine here where the smells and flavours of the Provence are put together according to the seasons.

Get your day off to a good start by taking time to enjoy a generous breakfast on the terrace of your hotel, under the hot morning sun of the Provence.
Your chauffeur will take you to visit Gordes, which has the distinction of being the "Most beautiful village in France". On arriving in Gordes, you will be surprised by the impressive grandeur of the château, which today is home to the Pol Mara museum, a famous former resident Flemish painter, as well as by the church which overlooks this perched village, hanging from its rock.

In this reputable top tourist spot, you will be enchanted by your stroll through the maze of its "cobblestoned" streets, bordered by high houses.

Not far from here, the famous Bories village, classed as a historic monument in 1977, invites you to take a step back in time. This village, with its bread ovens, sheepfolds, wine vats, brings together the largest concentration of dry stone dwellings, whose origin goes back to the Bronze Age and more recently to the 18th century.
And then a little further on, prepare yourself for an extraordinarily magic encounter, a moment of high emotion. Isolated in scrubland landscape, the road opens onto one of the most beautiful Roman Abbeys of the Provence, the Senanque Abbey. Majestically laid out behind the lavender fields, this place of prayer is still occupied by a community of Cistercian monks and visitors still have the chance to visit the building. The monks cultivate the lavender and produce its honey, which can be found on sale in the Abbey. Depending on your time of arrival, you could also have the chance to attend prayers.

For lunch, we can reserve a table for you at one of the best known restaurants in the region.

You will then visit a glowing site where the erosion has formed some fabulous landscapes over nearly 4km, named Colorado Provençal due to the variety of its shapes and colours. Taking the path of ancient quarries where ochre was mined until 1990, you will discover sites where the beauty is a combined result of man and nature.

You will be charmed by Roussillon, with its winding alleyways where artists and potters display their creations, its interlocking houses and its ochre painted façades.
From the castrum, the panoramic view of Mount Ventoux, the Grand Luberon and the village of Gordes is incredible.

The "Conservatory of ochres and applicated pigments" occupies the Mathieu factory which once transformed the ochre extracted from the neighbouring quarries. It explains the fabrication of the pigment used for paintings and whitewashings and also allows you to discover the industrial evolution of the country.

Outside the village, you can take the "Sentier des Ocres" (Ochre Path), laid out and signposted, for a 30 minute or 1 hour ride, where you will drive to the middle of a series of grandiose sites sculpted by water, wind and the hand of man. A unique discovery of natural heritage, which will allow you to understand the different stages of ochre extraction, used since prehistoric times, while take in the incredibly beautiful scenery.

In the evening we will reserve a table for you in a good restaurant.

After breakfast, your chauffeur will take you to visit the scenery which inspired Peter Mayle and Qiong Yao, between lavender fields and perched villages. Many of them are classed among the "Most beautiful villages in France", such as Ménerbes, where you may be lucky enough to meet the writer who lives not far from this charming village. Depending on the time of your visit, you may leave with a signed copy of his book.

You will then travel into the heart of the lavender fields, where the blue coloured landscape stretches further than the eye can see and you can breathe in its soft scent. You will make a stop at the producers who will give you a tour of their exploitation.

You will finish with a visit to the Occitane factories, known all over the world for their cosmetics. On the premises, you will be able to buy their products at the best price.

An unforgettable experience…

In the evening, we will reserve a table for you at one of the region’s best restaurants.

You may have chosen to extend your visit in Provence or in another equally beautiful French region. Whatever your itinerary, take time to enjoy breakfast at your hotel, your guide will take care of your transfer to Avignon station or Marseille airport.