Bienvenue
to Southern France
Welcome to French Country Adventures personally guided, slow travel tours for no more than 6 people. From early spring to late fall, the less traveled regions of Gascony, the Basque Country, Dordogne, Occitanie, and the heart of Provence, have all of the charms, but none of the crowds. Within these fabled boundaries you’ll discover the unexpected pleasures of their unique history, time-honored traditions, and local flavors.
bienvenue à la campagne…
Tours
Classic Gascony: A Taste of the Gers
The Basque Country: A Euskadi Adventure
Edible Provence Adventure
Pearls of the Dordogne
Tarn, Gard & Camargue
Custom Adventures
Articles
Markets of Provence
The markets of Provence form a magical triangle in southern France that continue to enchant. The French passion for food is celebrated in its open-air village markets where seasonal foods are the mainstays of daily living. This...
The Good Life
Looking for the good life in southern France, my husband and I first travelled from Seattle, Washington to Gascony in May 2006 with a couple of friends, hoping to find a house we might purchase together. All of us loved the rural French...
Thanksgiving in France
For me there’s nothing that spells fall quite like the blanket of emerald green, and gold that color the countryside in dappled light. This morning as I looked out at the autumn landscape, I reflected back on my first Thanksgiving in...
Blog
A Tipping Point
“The secret of a full life is to live and relate to others as if they might not be there tomorrow, as if you might not be there tomorrow. It eliminates the vice of procrastination, the sin of postponement, failed communications, failed communions....
French Etiquette
Traveling in a group is NOT easy for me as a tour guide, and sometimes for my clients for various reasons which includes not being aware of French travel etiquette. Most people who sign up for my small group, slow travel tours genuinely enjoy...
A New Year’s Blessing
" ...because everything here seems to need us..." - Rainer Maria Rilke As I write this rain is falling, and I watch the almost silent transformation of the textured world into a smooth plane where differences disappear. The rain falls in droplets...
French Country Adventures
66 Chemin du Nouet Lieu dit Aux Arbeils
32800 Ayzieu
+33 633 328 961
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