Tour Details
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Vineyards & Lavender of Provence
7 Nights / 8 Days
Dates 2010
Season: April 1 -Nov 1
This tour can start any day of the week except Sunday.
Price
2/3/4 star version: 1295 euros per person, double occupancy; Solo supplement: 820 euros; triples at 1185 euros/person.
4 star upgrade Option: 1875 euros/person. Single supplements with 2 or more travelers: 399 euros.
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Bike Rentals
105 euros (click to view) Scott Sportster P3 hybrids; see link for full details and picture. Helmets and add on materials included. Carbon road bikes available also see Cycling Classics for specs under Rental Bikes. LaPierre tandems also available for rent on this tour for 205 euros. See link.
Scott Sportster P3 hybrid rentals - the best rental bike available in the region!
Child Trailers - $TBD
GPS INCLUDED.
Level
Level: 2-3 Moderate
Day 2: 27 km
Day 3: rolling 47 km
Day 4: rolling 31 km
Day 5: rolling 41 km (optional)
Day 6: rolling 47 km
Day 7: rolling to mountainous depending on option 24-65 km
The trip includes
Very comfortable country lodgings & deluxe hotels, 4 dinners and daily buffet breakfasts, all route maps and cue sheets and GPS, site information, daily bag transfer, local bilingual emergency support, and technical support, orientation, departure transfer. We also include travel planning to add Paris hotels, car rentals, France hotels, trains, airport transfers, and more.
Additional Night in Avignon: 110-240 euros for double room depending on 2 or 4 star.
Details
Arrival city is Avignon, which accessible via train from Paris or Paris CDG airport. 3 hours. Taxi from rail station to hotel is approx. 15 euros.
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Misc Info
Triple rooms occassionally available but only as double plus
single.
Pedals with or without straps available. Clients can bring their own Clipless pedals to be changed over.
See our Bike Prep Video:
Carbon road bikes available in 2010, as well as children trailers.
You are important to us; so we make you thoroughly prepared
and include:
Pre-trip travel documents: you will receive extensive information
as a customer prior to your departure. Upon confirmation we will send
you some general information about preparations including passport
info, training tips, and reading lists. As a customer you can also
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Upon final payment, we will send to you a complete list of documentation
by email including Hotel List, contact numbers, itineraries, sites
to see and information about sites and culture of the region. We include
road signs, packing lists, travel tips, language phrases, holiday
info, tour details, culture and customs tips, and much, much more!
Recent Feedback on this trip: "We had a wonderful experience! We, often times, would take our own route, 'just a little road', and found many quaint, small villages! Our reception at each hotel was kind and cordial. Great memories -thanks!"
Vineyards and Lavender of Provence
Itinerary | Virtual Tour | Tour MapA biking tour full of taste and flavors! Discover the wines
of Provence, from the Rhone Valley to the Haut-Vaucluse area
to the Drome and back to Ventoux area. Taste the grand wine
of Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, chocolates, and lavender
flavored honey. Gourmet stages combine with astonishing visits
along the Castle and Abbey route like Rochegude and Grignan;
Roman art in Vaison la Romaine; the Dentelles de Montmirail,
the fields of lavender at the foot of the Mont Ventoux, and
more. |
 I cannot begin to tell you what a postive and beautiful experience we had. The logistics ran like clockwork, leaving us free to enjoy bicycling, the lovely French people, food, wine and countryside. Accomodations were better than expected and hotel staff were all delightful! I want to go back...now! - A. Urso |
Itinerary
Click on a day to see that days itinerary.
DAY 1
DAY 1: Arrival in Avignon. You can visit Avignon and Villeneuve today and take in its many sites. Installation at your charming hotel, orientation at 4:30 PM, bike delivery, dinner in Villeneuve. (D)
Hotel de l'Atelier
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Villeneuve Les Avignon
This charming XVIth Century residence offers 23 rooms, all different. A stone stairway, bathed in li...
Day 2: From Avignon to Chateauneuf du Pape (27 km): Today, you ride through the vineyards of the renowned appellation “Cotes du Rhone” de Chateauneuf-du-Pape and if you like, stop to visit and taste in one of the cellars of the village. On your way, you can stop at the village Le Pontet, in the outskirts of Avignon and visit the 14th century chapel. Night and dinner at a charming, deluxe chateau hotel in Chateauneuf du Pape. (B,D)Chateau Des Fines Roches
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Chateauneuf Du Pape
Chateau des Fine Roches is located in the tranquil Provence country side where you will find yoursel...
Day 3: From Chateauneuf to Rochegude & St Paul (36-47km): On this itinerary you will pass Serignan du Comtat, an important medieval village (origins go back to 6C BC) in the history of the Counts of Toulouse and the domain of Diane de Poitiers. Continue on to Rochegude in the Drome department and lavender country and then on into the town of St Paul les 3 Chateaux where you can walk through its old cobbled streets and visit the historical church. Deluxe 4 star hotel at the walls of the old center. (B)
Villa Augusta
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St Paul les 3 Chateaux
Ideally situated in the heart of countryside, La Villa Augusta will charm you with the art of good l...
Day 4: From St Paul to Grignan (31km): Today's ride will bring in the village of Suze la Rousse before Grignan. In Suze, you will find the a 12th century castle in which today operates the University of Wine. From the castle you can see the Dentelles de Montmirail (craggy mountain peaks) and Mont Ventoux. In Grignan, you stay below its famous chateaux in a very comfortable 3 star chateau/manor house. (B)
Le Clair De Plume
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Grignan
Le Clair de Plume was created in the 17th century as housing for monks because the court believed th...
Day 5: Grignan loop tour or day off (41km): If you choose to ride, you will travel to the lavender areas around Grignan to St Paul Les Trois Chateaux and La Garde d'Adhemar. These 2 villages are classical provencal villages with exceptional beauty. La Garde d'Adhemar has preserved its medieval structure and ramparts and was originally colonized during the Roman era by veterans of the Roman legions in the 1st century. Return to Grignan. If you stay in Grignan, you can explore this beautiful 16-17C chateau and learn the story of Madame de Sevigne. (B)
Le Clair De Plume
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Grignan
Le Clair de Plume was created in the 17th century as housing for monks because the court believed th...
Day 6: Ride from Grignan to Vaison la Romaine (47km). Vaison, a town of art, has a rich cultural heritage. It was built up in the middle ages and modern times but the town owes its fame to the ancieant Roman foundations and its ruins. "La Romaine" was added in 1924! Stay in an historic 15th century mansion in the center of town. (B,D)
Le Beffroi
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Vaison La Romaine
Christine & Yann CHRISTIANSEN are happy to welcome you to the Beffroi and wish you an excellent stay...
Day 7: Ride from Vaison to Bedoin; 2 options:
Option 1: the easier ride, it passes through the wine villages of Gigondas, Vacqueras, and Beaumes de Venise to finish in Bedoin (38km).
Option 2 crosses the Dentelles de Montmirail involving some climbs (40km). A variant of option 2 is to ride Mont Ventoux, famous Tour de France climb fondly known as the Giant of Provence! This will add 25 km and at least 1-2 hours of climbing up to 1909 meters (approx 6000 ft). Tonight you stay at the edge of the village of Bedoin in a very charming inn. The scent of lavender is in the air during June and July in this countryside! (B,D)
Hotel les Pins
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Bedoin
Blue, green, white... Mont Ventoux towers skyward watching over the hills and vineyards. At the foot...
Day 8: Departure. Breakfast is included and possibly some time to visit Bedoin before leaving back to Avignon. We will transfer you back to Avignon TGV station; allow 1 hour travel time before a train departure.
Virtual Tour
See more of this region by clicking below for the virtual tour or see our video page
Tour Map
Optional Services:
Travel insurance, Paris museum & metro passes, Paris day tours, Lido shows, and other services. Cell phone rental and luggage storage services.
Note: prices subject to change based upon currency fluctuations. See Booking Terms and Conditions.
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