Experience Theme
Provence Countryside Tours
Lavender fields, ochre villages, and wine estates in the heart of inland Provence — away from the coast and deeper into the France most visitors only see in photographs.
Best For
Villages, vineyards, lavender & slow-paced countryside days
TYPICAL LENGTH
Full-day
PICKUP POINTS
Marseille · Aix-en-Provence · Avignon
- Lavender season runs late June through early August — the Lavender Fields Tour is timed to peak bloom on the Valensole Plateau.
The Provence Interior, at Its Own Pace
Inland Provence is a different world — quieter, slower, and in many ways the France travelers come here specifically to find. Stone villages perched above valleys, lavender stretching to the horizon, wine estates where Châteauneuf-du-Pape has been produced since the 14th century. The three tours in this theme cover the Luberon’s ochre villages, the lavender plateau at Valensole, and the wine country around Avignon. All of them take a full day. None of them require a coastline.
Each departs from Marseille or Aix-en-Provence in a private vehicle with an English-speaking guide — your pace, not a group schedule.
Provence Villages Day Trip
- Full-day
- 3 Villages
- From Marseille / Aix
The Luberon’s most celebrated villages in a single day — Gordes, one of the most photographed villages in France, with its hilltop castle and sweeping valley views; Roussillon, built from and surrounded by ochre cliffs in shades of red, orange, and gold; and Lourmarin, a market village in the southern Luberon with a lunch stop long enough to actually sit down and enjoy it.
Avignon & Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Tour
- Full-day
- Domaine visit
- From Marseille / Aix
Avignon’s walled city and the Palais des Papes — the seat of the Catholic papacy for nearly 70 years in the 14th century — followed by an afternoon in the vineyards of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where the same papal history gave the appellation its name. The wine portion includes a private visit to Château La Nerthe, one of the appellation’s founding estates, for a guided cellar tour and seated tasting.
Lavender Fields Tour
- Full-day
- Late June – early August
- From Marseille / Aix
An immersive day across the Valensole Plateau’s endless lavender rows, a stop at the family-run Lavandes Angelvin farm and distillery, and a stroll through the cliffside village of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie — timed for the golden morning light.
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