Cultural Tours: France – Provence

We offer the most personalized tours. Here is how:

• We only take very small groups (6-12 people max.).
• We pick up at the airport, train station or hotel on the first day of the tour and provide transfers at the end. We don’t ask you to rent a car to reach our accommodation or to drive to painting sites.
• We stay at the same accommodation for the week (one rare occasions, we change once) so no need to pack and unpack.
• In terms of accommodation, we stay at a lovely B&B or a boutique hotel carefully chosen for the view, the charm or the host hospitality.
• We provide private transportation in a mini van with A/C to painting and cultural sites.
• A tour leader stays with the group at all times: we don’t leave the group and the teacher with a map to find their way in the villages. The guide stays with you at all times even while you paint in case you need anything. On some tours, she will also prepare the picnics.
• Each painting location has been carefully researched in order to avoid crowds and to provide stunning views or authentic feel.
• We do our best to provide personal attention and assistance to each person on the tour.
• We do speak the language so you don’t have to.
• We are professional.  We have been running tours since 2003.

Fully Escorted Tours

You will have a friendly, knowledgeable tour guide throughout your stay. From breakfast until dinner, our guide will be with you at all time, making sure you’re getting the best quality experience. She will eat with you, translate for you, drive you, take care of you and make your stay a one-of-a-kind experience. On the painting workshops: it means that the teacher doesn’t have to worry about anything else besides teaching. The tour leader takes care of all the logistics and solves any problem that occurs.

Gourmet Food

Our knowledge of the local culture allows us to introduce you to the authentic culture and traditions, through gastronomical food and wines. Whether on a painting holiday or on a cultural tour, we will discover European “art de vivre”. From gourmet restaurants to lunch picnics, eating will always be an experience you will remember.

Small Group Tours

Our small tour sizes ensure a personalized and authentic local experience for each guest. It allows each traveler to get to know each other at a deeper level and creates relationships, that last way beyond the length of the tour. It is common to see women becoming travel buddies.

For the plein air painters: The small size of the group will allow you to get plenty of one-on-one instruction from the teacher.

Only One Accommodation Per Tour

On most trips, we stay at the same accommodation for the entire tour so you can feel at home without having to pack and unpack every day. Best of all, we always choose an ideal base location from where we can take you on a wide variety of nearby daily excursions without having to drive for long periods of time.

Comfortable Transportation

Because of the small group environment, you will be driven in a comfortable air-conditioned 9 seat van, not in a huge monster motor coach. The guide/driver will stop anytime for pictures or any other stops request.