à la carte cuisine

Our culinary tours are designed to give guests a contextual framework to their knowledge of French cuisine. You may know what ingredients go into a Cassoulet but to actually see them growing in the fields or running through the corn is important - even more so to see them transformed in the hands of an expert.

These tours can be organized for groups as small as 4 guests who travel with a qualified driver-guide in an air-conditioned minivan ... or for latrger groups travelling with their own group leader (and our guide) in a luxury coach.

All you have to do is ask!

A la carte CUISINE
French cuisine courses

cooking courses in France

Quercy - hands-on courses with top chef in his chateau

Aveyron - a culinary outpost in the Aveyron Gorge

Gard - near the 'Pont du Gard'

Avignon - olive groves and another bridge

Provence - in a 500 hectare wine estate

Bandol - La Cadière d'Azur among the Bandol vines

Ariège - in the Cathar country, Pyrenean foothills

Cuisine & Wine tours

	Wine tour "Live like a Prince" - from Corbières to Bordeaux ... with a day's hands-on cooking in the Quercy... this tour is devoted to French cuisine and wine as it explores 'La France profonde'. Enquire
	Dordogne Discovery - a delightful stroll through the Dordogne and Lot valleys where your guide will reveal hidden villages, chateaux and prehistoric caves. Comfortable hotels and excellent gourmet food make for an idyllic and pampered introduction to this beautiful region. Enquire
	Bordeaux Wine Tour - a 5day/4 night tour of Bordeaux's finest vineyards with tastings in such top chateaux such as Lynch-Bages and Pichon-Longueville. Includes a day out in UNESCO heritage site St Emilion as well as time to visit Bordeaux's refurbished city centre (also a UNESCO site since 2006) Enquire
	Carcassonne and Catalonia - a tour which combines the majesty of the wild landscapes of the Corbières, the Cathar Country and the Mediterranean coast with an exploration of the Fauvist art movement in Collioure and Céret and Salvador Dali in Figuras and Cadaquès. Enquire

End of year Wining & Dining

	Quercy chateau retreat - 3* chateau-hotel Deep in the French countryside between Lot and Garonne river valleys this 18th century chateau awaits with its secluded estate, cosy lounge and bar and exceptional cuisine. 3 nights based superior double room - breakfast - 2 dinners (3 course) - New Year's Eve Special Gala evening at the Chateau (aperitif open bar - 9 course meal - drinks included) - live music - dancing - 3 days car hire unlimited mileage + CDW. Price per person: 479 euros (base 2 sharing double room) ENQUIRE
	Black Mountain splendour - 3* Abbey-hotel A former abbey, founded in the 8th century and now an ancient monument. Nestling beneath the Black Mountain just 40 minutes north of Carcassonne this makes a splendid getaway venue in the sunny south. 3 nights half-board (30 Dec - 1 Jan or 31 - 2 Jan), New Year's Eve Gala dinner (drinks included) + brunch on the 1st January (drinks included) 3 days hire car from any regional airport Price per person: €520 (based 2 sharing double room) ENQUIRE
	Gascony calm - 3* chateau-hotel Gascony - home to the 3 Musketeers: enjoy a welcome worthy of D'Artagnan himself in this village hotel devoted to the French paradox: succulent duck dishes, fine cheeses, good wines .. and the Prince of spirits - Armagnac. 4 days/ 3 nights of half-board in a spacious chateau in a Gascony village. Take the Armagnac wine route, visit Condom and its cathedral, the Christmas market and the sistercian abbey at Flaran. New Year's Eve dinner and party (drinks included) and hire car included. Arrival 30/31 Dec - departure 1st/2nd January Price per person: €440 (base 2 sharing double room) ENQUIRE