"GRANDS GOURMANDS"
LYON AND BEAUJOLAIS
A glorious celebration of the French cuisine through classes and tasting, visits and excursions.

6 days / 5 nights (Sunday through Friday) starting at US$ 2295 / pers

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There’s many reasons to choose Lyon as your upcoming holiday destination. If the second French city is the number-one gourmet spot with numerous Michelin-starred restaurants and great “bouchon” bistrots, Lyon is also a beautiful city, built at the confluence of the graceful Rhône and Saône rivers, with an outstanding old district ‘Vieux Lyon’ dating back to the Roman ages and to the Renaissance which contributed to list the city at the Unesco world heritage. Besides its unique cultural attraction, Lyon remains a lively city with its thriving arts scene, numerous restaurants and bars, open-air markets, antiques, fashion designers boutiques, boardering the narrow cobbled streets that should be.

Thanks to a blessed location, about two hour distance to Paris, Marseille or the Alps and its world’s 2 largest ski areas and resorts by train or by car, the capital of the French Gastronomy is nearby the Beaujolais vineyards and to Les Pierres Dorées ‘Golden Stones’ region adorned with picturesque villages, where potters, painters and sculptors find their inspiration, and where local producers have found the perfect natural environment to make their cheese, honey and other great specialties.

> More information about the Beaujolais, and the Golden Stones region
> More information about Lyon, capital of the Gauls

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Described by many as the gastronomic capital of the world, Lyon's cuisine owes its virtuosity to the quality of local produce. The farms of the Bresse and Charolais regions, the wild game of the Dombes, the fish from the Savoy lakes, the fruits and vegetables of the Rhone Valley and the Forez region are all within easy reach and supply the essential ingredients for Lyon's famed cuisine.

Regional specialities include : cervelle de canuts (soft cheese with herbs), petit salé (ham with lentils), quenelles (puréed fish, veal or chicken mixed with whipped white eggs and cream, before being poached and then cooked with some cheese). The best place to taste these typical recipes is to experience a lunch or a dinner at a typical « bouchon » bistrot.

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In DownTown Lyon : Charming 4-key Design B&B Inns.
Chambers in Lyon are located in the heart of the elegant district of La Presqu’île, minutes to the Perrache TGV station and place Bellecour, and museums, shopping, restaurants and entertainment options are within blocks. Designed to appeal to a fashion conscious audience, the Chambers in Lyon offer nice sized air-conditioned rooms with private en-suite bathrooms.

Each boasts a contemporary decor in subtle orange, anise-green or earth-tones, offering a significant update on high-end French hospitality. The rooms are furnished with queen size beds, design armchairs and a desk, and adorned with the latest in technological delights which include a plasma TV, Bose wave radios, and high-speed internet access. Organic home-made continental breakfasts are served to the guests


In the North of Lyon, nearby the Paul Bocuse Culinary Institute : The luxury 5-key ‘Inn at the Park’ B&B.
Conveniently located in the northern part of Lyon, the luxury Inn at the Park B&B is set in a quaint area of residential properties, and nestled in a beautiful park with century oaks and maples. It was a farm with its barn, hen house and kennel seventy years ago… After a complete renovation, guests can now delight in the elegance and modern luxury at the Inn at the Park B&B, unmatched by typical hotel lodging.

It offers five rooms and suites elegantly appointed with antique furnishings and high quality fabrics, and with en-suite private bathrooms. In the morning, Inn at the Park awaken to the aroma of freshly baked breakfast breads and brioches. The Inn at the Park, recently featured in French home magazines, is the perfect place to stay for a romantic and gourmet getaway escape, either with your one and only, friends or when travelling alone to relax, rejuvenate and revive your spirit

Enjoying the Lyon’s cuisine at finest restaurants is fantastic, but exploring it through hands-on classes with executive chef Jean-Marc V. is a unique experience you canno’t miss. Jean-Marc run his own cooking school set in his childhood house in Champagne, conveniently located 10 mn to Lyon. Here in his professional teaching kitchen, he operates cooking and pastry classes to amateurs as well as intensive trainings to professionals. Jean-Marc’s long list of accomplishments includes a twenty-years experience at Michelin-starred restaurants Alexandrin and Oasis, and at the Paul Bocuse Culinary Institute.

Classes are scheduled in the morning with the option of the food market visit prior to the course, or in the evening after a busy schedule of visits and shopping. After wearing your apron and washing hands, you learn to cook a gastronomic three-course meal under the chef’s direction, in using the freshest seasonal produces from the market. Each class lasts three hours. Tasting lunch or dinner follows the class… an enjoyable moment (on the outside terrace if the weather permits) to enjoy the fruits of your labor while continuing the conversation with the chef.

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DETAILED ITINERARY

> DAY 1 (Sunday) : Arrival to Lyon
- Arrival by your own. Check-in at the B&B Inn.
- You will have time to relax before meeting us at 7:00pm, and share a welcome dinner at the restaurant or at the property depending on the accommodation chosen.
- We will review the weekly program.
- Overnight at the B&B Inn.

> DAY 2 (Monday) : Private Guided Tour of Lyon, Cooking Class 1
- After your breakfast, you will meet your tour-guide at 9:30am, for a private walking tour of Lyon (your guide is fluent English). This walking tour lasts 3 hours.
- Lunch at a typical bouchon bistrot.
- At 4:30pm is your first hands-on class with the Executive chef Jean-Marc. Your class ends at 7:30pm.
- Tasting dinner, aperitif and wine included.
- Private transfer to the property at 9:00pm.
- Overnight at the B&B Inn.

> DAY 3 (Tuesday) : Market Visit, Cooking Class 2
- After the breakfast, private transfer at 8:00am to Les Halles to indulge in the food market with the chef. You learn how to choose the best and freshest produces. You also try to find the best bargain. According to your food shopping, you will decide the menu you will cook during your class.
- The market visit includes tastings.
- Back to the school at 10:30am, you then start your second three-hour hands-on class, which is of course followed by a tasting lunch.
- Private transfer to downtown Lyon or to the Inn at the Park
- Afternoon free.
- Dinner by your own.
- Overnight at the B&B Inn.

> DAY 4 (Wednesday) : Full-day Excursion to the Beaujolais and to Les Pierres Dorées region
- After your breakfast, you meet us at 9:00am for a full-day private excursion to the Beaujolais and especially to Clochemerle. Escorted by our wine expert, you will visit vineyards by walking, then attend to a lecture in the cellar to have a better understanding of the tasting technique, grape varieties, growing grapes how the wine is made.
- Tastings follow the visits.
- Lunch in a wine village.
- On the way back, we will stop to the beautiful region of Les Pierres Dorées (Golden Stones) to visit the village of Bois d’Oingt famous for its painters and potters and also to visit a goat cheese farm in Charnay.
- Cheese tasting follows the visit.
- Back to the property at 6:00pm.
- Dinner by your own.
- Overnight at the B&B Inn.

> DAY 5 (Thursday) : Morning free shopping or visit in Lyon, Cooking Class 3
- After your breakfast, you will enjoy time free in Lyon or nearby the Inn at the Park if you prefer to stay in a quiet environment.
- Lunch by your own.
- Private transfer at 4:00pm to link the cooking school for your third and last class.
- Class scheduled from 4:30pm to 7:30pm and its followed by a tasting “farewell” dinner.
- Private transfer to the property at 9:00pm.
- Overnight at the B&B Inn.

> DAY 6 (Friday) : Breakfast and check-out before noon.
- Transfer to the station or the airport can be arranged upon request

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PRICE PER PERSON (double occupency) : At the charming B&B in Central Lyon US$ 2,295.00
Single supplement US$ 225.00
At the luxury "Inn at the Park" (north of Lyon) US$ 2,610.00
Single supplement US$ 590.00
• Please not that prices are subject to change based on exchange rates. Call for updated rates.

PRICE INCLUDES
• 5 nights accomodation (double occupancy)
• 5 organic home-made daily breakfasts
• Three hands-on cooking classes followed by tasting lunch or dinner, wine included
• Welcome aperitif and dinner (wine is not included) on Sunday
• The lunch at a typical bouchon on Monday
• The private guided tour of Lyon on Monday.
• The Lyon food market visit with the chef on Tuesday.
• Full-day excursion by private car to the Beaujolais and Les Pierres Dorées on Wednesday
• The lunch (wine is not included) in a wine village on Wednesday
• Visit to a wine property in the Beaujolais including fine wines tasting
• Visit to a local goat cheese farm in Charnay (Golden Stones area) followed by cheese tasting on Wednesday
• Visit to the picturesque Golden Stones villages on Wednesday
• Round-trip private transportation to the cooking school

NOT INCLUDED
• airfare to/from France, airport or train station transfers
• Drinks at the restaurants
• Dinners on Wednesday and Thursday
• Personal expenses and personal insurance

This program is available for a minimum of 2 participants, and it's limited to 6 persons.

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