Provence Food & Wine Bike Tour
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Price	2,200 USD
Single Supplement	750 USD (always optional)
Length	Six Days & Five Nights
Activities	Biking
Difficulty	For All Abilities
Guides	Allan and Giovanni
Bike Rental	25 Euros per day

Provence, in the south of France, is the perfect place to engage in an active food and wine tour. The landscape is mostly flat, with nearby hills perfect for those needing a harder workout. The area is a literal breadbasket of agricultural products. Provence encompasses a number of different wine areas, including the famous reds of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the rosés of Tavel, considered the best rosé wines of France.

Plus, the scenery, weather, and culture are amazing. The intense colors and pleasant climate at one time drew the best painters in the world, including van Gogh, Renoir, Matisse, Cézanne , and Picasso. The cuisine is local: seafood and lamb; fresh fruits and vegetables such as melons, apricots, and olives; and a greater use of tomatoes and garlic make this sort of a combination between France and nearby Italy.

We consider France to be probably the best bike touring area of the world, given is large expanses of rural areas and well-paved road network. The many small side roads in Provence allow us to bicycle side by side, taking in views of vineyards and passing through small farming villages. We have three routes each day, with the short routes being mostly flat. Plus, the tour is a neat 360-degree loop centered on the city of Avignon, located on the banks of the Rhône River and during the 14th century the actual seat of the Pope and Catholic Church.

Join us in in Provence, one of the premier biking (and food and wine!) destinations in the world.

Bicycles
We bring our Italian guide Giovanni Ramaccioni and his fleet of bicycles up from Tuscany for this tour. Giovanni is a wonderful guide who leads our trips in Italy as well as Provence and his fleet of 21-speed bikes get rave reviews from our biking groups. The bikes will be perfect on the roads of Provence. You can bring your own seats and pedals if you are an experienced cyclist. Total Rental Cost for the tour: Euro 150 (translated into dollars at current exchange rate).

Accommodations
We stay five nights in four different towns, allowing us to cover more ground in a loop around our base town of Avignon. The hotels are excellent and it is really worth clicking on each website to see a few photos. On our first two nights we stay at the Hotel Le Castelet des Alpilles in the town of St. Remy-de-Provence. St. Remy is a wonderful walled town of 10,000 people, big enough to offer excellent sights and shopping but small enough to explore on foot. We then cycle to Les Imberts and our hotel Le Mas de la Senancole. Our modern hotel centered around a beautiful swimming pool might entice you to stay put for the afternoon once you arrive. We are then on to the Hotel Montmirail, a real chateau just outside the town of Vacqueyras, one of the premier wine towns in the region. Finally, it is back to Avignon and a stay in the center of the city at the Hotel du Palais de Papes.

For More Information
Please see our Provence Frequently Asked Questions or Provence Itinerary pages.