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Day 1
Arrival in Aix-en-Provence
Arrive in France by flight or Eurostar/TGV and transfer by coach to your hotel in Aix-en-Provence for a seven-night stay.
Day 2
Aix-en-Provence
Guided walking tour of Aix-en-Provence, the ‘City of a Thousand Fountains’, exploring boulevards, squares and alleyways linked to Paul Cézanne. Afternoon at leisure, with the option to visit Cézanne’s preserved workshop.
Day 3
The Camargue
Excursion to the Camargue delta to spot wildlife including pink flamingos, black bulls and white horses, with a guided boat trip from Saintes Maries de la Mer. Continue to Arles for a walking tour of UNESCO-listed Roman sites—the amphitheatre, Augustus’ theatre and the Forum—then free time to seek Van Gogh locations.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 4
Luberon Mountains
Scenic tour of the Luberon Mountains and hilltop villages in the Regional Nature Park, with changing landscapes of vineyards and lavender. Included dinner at a local restaurant.
Meals: Dinner
Day 5
Avignon
Visit Avignon with time to explore the Palais des Papes or the Petit Palais Museum. Continue to the Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct before returning to Aix.
Day 6
Free day
Free day in Aix. Stroll Cours Mirabeau and consider visits to the Musée Granet (works by Cézanne, Degas, Picasso, Matisse and Monet) or the Museum of Natural History with dinosaur eggs from Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Day 7
Cassis
Excursion to Cassis, a picturesque fishing port, with time to enjoy waterside restaurants. Afternoon boat trip to the Massif des Calanques to see dramatic white cliffs and seabirds.
Day 8
DAY 8
Return home
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Luberon Scenic Drive & Hilltop Villages
Savour a scenic drive through the Luberon Regional Nature Park, where limestone ridges shelter medieval hilltop villages and terraces of vines, olives and fields of lavender. Pause for photographs among stone-built lanes and shaded squares perfumed by plane trees.
Hear tales of rural Provence that drew writers and painters, and tune your senses to the aroma of wild herbs and pine. Changing light across cliffs and valleys sets a tranquil mood for appreciating the region’s slow rhythms.
Avignon’s Papal City & Pont du Gard Aqueduct
Discover Avignon’s fortified heart with a local guide at the Palais des Papes, seat of the Avignon Papacy. Explore vast courtyards and grand halls before stepping into lively squares framed by honey-coloured stone and the sweep of the Rhône.
Marvel at the Pont du Gard, a 2,000-year-old aqueduct whose three-tiered arches stride high above the Gardon River. Learn how precisely cut limestone carried water to Nîmes and feel the calm scale of this UNESCO World Heritage site.
Cassis Harbor & Calanques Boat Cruise
Stroll the fishing port of Cassis, a crescent of pastel facades, bobbing boats and café terraces beneath a cliff-top château. Soak up the harbor’s easy rhythm and the fragrance of citrus, anise and sea air along the waterfront.
Embark on a boat cruise to the Calanques, a protected coastline of dazzling limestone cliffs and turquoise coves carved into the Massif des Calanques. Watch seabirds wheel over sculpted headlands as the Mediterranean flashes cobalt between fjord-like inlets.
Camargue Delta Boat Trip & Arles Roman Heritage
Glide through the Camargue delta on a guided boat trip from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, scanning reed beds and saline lagoons for pink flamingos, white horses and black bulls. The breeze carries sea-salt and tamarisk as you learn about this protected wetland and its traditional ‘gardian’ horsemen.
Explore Arles on a guided walk amid UNESCO-listed antiquities, from the Roman amphitheatre to the Theatre of Augustus and the forum. Uncover its role as the capital of Roman Gaul and the luminous streets that stirred Van Gogh.
Aix-en-Provence Guided Walk & Fountain Trails
Explore Aix-en-Provence with a local expert as you join a guided walking tour along the elegant Cours Mirabeau, shaded by plane trees and lined with fountains and cafés. Slip into honey-stoned lanes of the Vieil Aix to admire mansions, lively markets and the city’s cool, murmuring basins.
Hear how Roman Aquae Sextiae became the capital of Provence and the muse of Paul Cézanne, with views toward Mont Sainte-Victoire. This orientation helps you navigate the City of a Thousand Fountains and choose treasures to revisit at your own pace.
