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May 29-June 5 in 2027

Exceptionally talented artist Marius Collin on this fully-escorted tour with your experienced tour manager and guide in Provence, France staying in a charming rural hamlet with exquisite, boutique accommodation with a pool.

Marius is a native of Provence and a fluent English speaker.

  • Daily excursions to local sites in the area for sketching and visiting.
  • All rooms are air-conditioned and have ensuite bathroom facilities.

Kate Stedman - your host and guide .
Kate is an historian, art lover and avid sketcher and she will take you to her favourite spots and regale you with fun facts and historic gems each visit as well. 
This tour is the KID GLOVE approach where we look after you every step of the way to ensure you have the best fun holiday you have ever experienced.

 

French Fusion Travel has been taking tour groups to this region for over 20 years.

We stay in a gallo/roman medieval village and our charming hotel is a quiet haven.
Our hotel has its own pool and is right in the middle of the village for easy strolls to enjoy the sites.
Each room is air-conditioned, with ensuite bathroom and the hotel has a private garden with stunning views.

Provence is France's land of olive trees, lavender, sunflowers and poppies with little historic cobblestoned villages.

OUR TOUR BEGINS  

  • TRAIN: you organise your own travel to Avignon - OR if you would prefer or we can organise  this for you (at your expense) to take the specified TGV train (usually from Paris down to Avignon but you may want to come a few days earlier and stay in Avignon or in a nearby Provencal town?
    We can help you with this.

    Our private coach will then be collecting the tour group on MAY 29 at 2 pm from Avignon TGV train station and will transfer you to our lovely accommodation for 7 nights. 

  • The tour ends on JUNE 5  after breakfast where we will provide a transfer for you back to Avignon TGV train station.
    You are free to organise your own onward travel from there

We have designed this tour to maximise our sketching and exploration time and minimise time travelling in a bus.

Daily excursions will be to local villages, vineyards, towns and historic sites.
The sketching, the markets, the shopping, the cuisine is all BREATHTAKING.

And each afternoon when we return to our hotel, we can relax and continue sketching with a rose wine by the pool or round the table under a sun umbrella together.

 

We price all our tours in EUROS to accommodate exchange rate fluctuations but you will be paying for your tour in AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS as we are an Australian tour company.

PRICE INCLUDES
-All 3+ star “charme” accommodation with ensuite bathrooms whilst on tour
-Swimming pool in hotel
-Daily breakfasts
-4 dinners
-5 lunches
-All entries
-All transport on tour in private bus
-Your Tour Manager
- Daily demos & workshops with MARIUS COLLIN

TOUR COST:   based on TWO sketchers sharing a room
3,390 EUROS per person 
( go to www.xe.com to see an approximate tour cost based on TODAY’s exchange rate  in your currency)

TOUR COST SOLO TRAVELLER in own room: 
4,520 EUROS per person
( go to www.xe.com to see an approximate tour cost based on TODAY’s exchange rate in your currency)

Non-sketchers welcome (must be sharing a room with a sketcher) 
Cost: 6,420 euros for a sketcher and a non-sketcher sharing a room

DEPOSIT AMOUNT of $1,000 AUD per person to secure your reservation. 

Final tour payment is due 120 days before travel. We will invoice you at the time this is due for the correct amount to pay in AUD according to the market rate on that day.

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  • Travel outside tour dates (ie before May 29 and after breakfast on June 5)
  • All other meals not mentioned in the itinerary
  • International flights
  • Travel insurance which is mandatory on all our tours

 

3 -4 star "charme"boutique quality in the centre of a small perched medieval village in the heart of the Luberon valley.
All ensuite bathrooms and air conditioned rooms for your comfort.
There is a lovely swimming pool at the hotel with beautiful views.

We leave your arrival date into Provence up to your discretion.
You may like to arrive into Avignon from Paris, Marseille, Toulouse (or elsewhere?) a day or so earlier.
Our TRANSFER PICKUP will be organised for everyone at 2 pm on May 29 at the Avignon TGV train station in Provence.
PLEASE NOTE: Avignon TGV train station is NOT Avignon Station!
They are in different locations so don't be at the wrong station for pickup!

There is a TGV fast train Paris to Avignon TGV train station.

People not travelling from Paris on this train on May 29 will also need to organise to be there and meet the pickup transfer at the Avignon TGV train station at the deisgnated time on the afternoon of May 29 in 2027.

As soon as minimum tour numbers are reached we declare the tour as a confirmed departure and will let you know so that you can THEN go ahead and makeyour travel arrangements with confidence.

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