View all photosAvignon · Gordes · Aix
Seven days through Provence in peak lavender season — guided by a food writer who sources markets with a basket, knows the quietest Luberon villages, and can get a table at the domaine everyone else calls fully booked.
TGV from Paris or private transfer; evening walk across the Pont d'Avignon.
Palais des Papes with a historian; afternoon wine tasting in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Gordes, Roussillon ochre cliffs, and Bonnieux — author commentary throughout.
Early morning in the lavender fields; afternoon free in the Luberon.
Fortress ruins at Les Baux; Van Gogh asylum and Roman ruins at Saint-Rémy.
Market morning with the author; Cézanne studio visit; rosé domaine tasting.
Private transfer to Marseille airport or Aix TGV station.
