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CULINARY TOURS IN PROVENCE

For many reasons, Provence is an enchantment. Food lovers will be delighted with the abundance of natural products on the markets, in the gardens and in the farms. For the arts connoisseur, the rich cultural heritage and the profusion of antiques markets – especially the one at l’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue – is a paradise. Some others would just admire the beauty of the surrounding landscapes, breathe the fresh air naturally perfumed with the lavender at the warm season, enjoy the golden light at the sunset…

Thanks to Corinne’s knowledge and relationship in France, Lifestyle Vacations is proud to present wonderful culinary tours in the blessed Provence. Each one has its own interest and personnality, from the very « chic » to the traditional country-style :
• Avignon and the prestigious La Mirande, with a summer gateway featuring Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Beaumes-de-Venise, and a four-day winter exclusive journey with truffles,
• Lorgues at Château de Berne in the heart of the Côtes-de-Provence vineyards, not far from Saint-Tropez and the Riviera,
• La Cadière d’Azur at Berard’s surrounded by hilltop villages and vineyards of Bandol, close to Sanary on the seaside with its lovely fishing harbor.

All our customized tours include a serious teaching of the Provençale cuisine with half-day hands-on classes run by Executive chefs, among the top French ones. Besides your classes, you will explore the best spots of the region through its history and architectural heritage, its local producers as well. You will see how people make the wines, the goat cheese, transform the olives into the oil nectar in traditional mills, distill the lavender, etc.

You will visit open-air markets with the Chef to buy the organic ingredients necessary for your cooking classes. At night, after your busy day, you will enjoy dining in a charming bistro or gourmet restaurant.

For sure, you will find the right culinary programs and tours, according to your tastes. Upon request, for an intimate group up to 6 participants, we can organise your customized tour. This must be planned at least six months in advance, especially at the high season.
Don’t hesitate to contact us by telephone or email and explain your specific needs.

OUR PROGRAMS

one day cooking classes & wine tastings in provence

sancerreThank you for choosing the Provence destination for your upcoming vacation in France. Besides its all-inclusive culinary programs, Lifestyle Vacations offers one-day cooking and wine classes to exploring the flavorful Provencale and Mediterranean healthy cuisine, and having a better understanding on the Provence wines and its food's pairing. Our courses are scheduled year-round in Avignon, Capentras, Lorgues and Cannes. It's available to all public.

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COOKING & WELL-BEING IN PROVENCE

sancerreEating Light and adopting a healthy life with a daily fitness or walk, this is how French people don't get fat.
Lifestyle Vacations exclusive Cooking & Wellbeing tour combines a unique approach of the Provencale cuisine set in a beautifully restored privately-owned villa, while offering relaxation and massage activities, and short walks. A wines exploration of Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, and Beaumes de Venise is included in the program, as well as visits to hilltop villages and Avignon.

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"Flavours & Scents of Provence”
Avignon, Chateauneuf-du-Pape & the Lavender Route

sancerreFlavours & Scents of Provence is the perfect program for the food, wine and nature lovers. Designed and escorted by Corinne Preteur, owner and director of Lifestyle Vacation, this exclusive tour includes hands-on cooking classes to experience the Provencale cuisine, excursion to Chateauneuf du Pape to enhance your understanding in the Cotes du Rhone wines, excursion to the Lavender Route to discover the beautiful perched villages and landscapes nearby, wine tastings, the Avignon guided tour, etc. Accomodation in a luxury private house in Avignon, walking distance to the Popes' Palace and the shopping district.

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"AT HOME WITH GINA" - ORGANIC WINE & DIET COOKING EXPERIENCE IN CARPENTRAS, provence

provenceWith its mesmerizing colours, scents, and sunny-filled days, Provence is a heavenly destination for the gourmets. Gina’s newest cooking school and luxury private villa located in Carpentras is perfect if you prefer a central location for making your free shopping by walking, without depending on any transportation. A short drive further afield takes you to Avignon and the Cotes-du-Rhones vineyards. Gina’s special gift for cooking reveals the secrets of the organic and diet provencale cuisine in a relaxing, friendly and warm atmosphere. Daily walks, well-balanced meals that you take the time to enjoy, a relaxing time in a peaceful place, are the keys of a healthy life that begins here…

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NEW - THE TRUFFLES CULINARY ADVENTURE IN PROVENCE

truffleThe winter season offers many delights to gourmet amateur and wine connoisseurs. Northern Provence “Enclave des Papes” located 45mn to Avignon, is the France most important black truffles “tuber melanosporum” production area. To explore this region and experience a unique culinary, and truffles adventure, Lifestyle Vacations has designed an exclusive program offering a complete educational approach of the truffles from the hunting to the market of Richerenches with experts, to finish in the kitchen, and then in your plate. Accomodation in privately owned luxury villa. Truffles are combined to the olives harvest and oil production. Program also features excursions, visits to producers and connection to the local people.

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A Taste of ProvencE : A culinary vacation in a charming perched village
in the heart of the Bandol vineyard (close to the Riviera).

berardCooking at starred-chef René Berard’s « Bastide des Saveurs » is an experience meant to be enjoyed, savored, and remembered for years.
The cooking school with its organic garden producing vegetables and herbs, is simply outstanding, as well as the 200-year-old three-star hotel owned by the family, which is set in a cluster. Both are located in the lovely hilltop village of La Cadiere d’Azur which overlooks the Bandol vineyards and the Provence landscape.

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PROVENCE - COOKING AT THE CHATEAU
… in the depths of the Provence vineyard.

provenceIn a short drive you reach the beaches of Saint-Tropez, in a few steps you savour the tranquility of the backcountry while keeping the scents of the aromatic herbs that fill the surrounding nature. Welcome to Provence !
In choosing this program you definitely begin a unique experience in the lovely Provence that combines the soul of backcountry and the splendour or the Riviera. Here, in this blessed sunny region, the lifestyle is a true art made with the wines, cuisine, smells and dream…

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Cooking in the charming Luberon in Provence.

luberonFor sure, Provence attracts visitors from worldwide, thanks to its breathtaking landscapes, its sunny and warm climate, its artistic spots and its delicious healty cuisine. But Provence is a wide region spreading from the southern Alps to the Mediterranean, and each tiny area boasts its unique character with its little villages and local producers to visit.
You will experience a unique flavoured Provencal gourmet adventure in intimate hands-on cooking classes with the chef. From the basics to the advanced, you will prepare each day a different three-course meal with fresh products only that you will pair with local wines and taste in a friendly atmosphere afterward.

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