ONE WEEK IN PROVENCE & ONE WEEK IN PARIS
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9TH TO SATURDAY, SEPT. 24TH, 2011
MAS DES PATRES, UZES, FRANCE 2011 TRIP SOLD OUT –
NEW TRIP IN 2012 AUGUST 31, 2012 — SEPTEMBER 15, 2012
WILL TAKE THIS TRIP WITH AS FEW AS FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE.
I just reserved the house in Uzes for September 1, 2012 through September 8th. Then we’ll be on to Paris for a week. So, the 2012 dates are Friday, August 31st to September 15th, 2012. Check out the house. Google Mas des Patres in Uzes, France.
DESCRIPTION OF TRIP
This is my favorite trip of all time. The house in Uzes is a five-bedroom, five-bath house with an in-ground pool, located about 1 mile outside of the town center. This will be my fifth trip to this house. I opt to have the owners stay on the property (he’s American and she’s French) and it’s a real plus. They’re very helpful to us and I usually arrange for our hostess to cook us several wonderful meals, which we reimburse her for.
The maximum for this trip is 11 people. It’s a less scheduled trip. We take the train from the airport to Avignon, where we pick up our three rental cars and drive to the house. We decide each day where we’re going, who’s going in which car, and whether we’re meeting for dinner or not.
We spend our week in the house visiting the beautiful Provence countryside, visiting many markets as well as Roman ruins, a few museums, wine tasting, visiting a pottery village, possibly a cooking lesson. Fabulous food whether we dine at home or at area restaurants.
You can also decide to just chill out at the house and hang out at the pool or walk into town. It’s very relaxing. Lots of options without having to plan way in advance what we’ll do each day.
DETAILS
Land Only Price: $2,850 approximately
Airline Tickets from U.S. Cities to & from Paris Extra
Price Includes:
* 2nd class train with reserved seat to Avignon
* Share of three midsize car rentals with all insurance included, unlimited mileage
* House in Uzes for one week
* 2nd Class train with reserved seat to Paris
* Private transfer from train station to hotel
* 7-nights hotel in Paris with breakfast buffet
* Private transfer to airport
Not included in land portion are: food, food kitty for staples for house, spending money, gas for cars, welcome dinner that owners provide, last night farewell dinner, optional sightseeing day with owners of property, optional cooking lesson.
AIRLINE OPTIONS:
Frequent flyer miles may be used — timing of arrivals & departures to be coordinated with BellaVista Tours.
BellaVista will advise us of the airline fare options from our home city and will book them for us.
TO RESERVE:
All land costs must be paid to Eileen’s Travel Adventures:
$400 deposit — October 1st, 2011
$400 deposit — January 1st, 2012
Balance — June 1st, 2012
To reserve contact Eileen via phone (781) 925-1612 or email here. If you have any further questions call or email also.
At the end of our week we return our cars, take the train to Paris, and a transfer company will meet us at the train and take us to our hotel, which is located in a great area behind Sorbonne and the Latin Quarter. The area has lots of great restaurants.
We’ll be spending a week in Paris, so that will give everyone plenty of time to do the things they want to do. Again, it’s very unstructured, but many of us will be doing things together. Being in Paris for a week gives us the opportunity to take day trips outside the city to Giverny (Monet’s home) or Versailles, visit museums in the city or do some interesting walking tours. My friend Holly was recently in Paris and she’s discovered some great walking tours, including to chocolatiers.
I’ve been to Provence both in May and September and both are wonderful times to be there. It should still be 70-80 degrees each day. It’s great to come back to the house after a day of sightseeing and take a dip in the pool.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU’RE INTERESTED!