Provence's Magic Unveiled: Small Group Day Trip from Avignon

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Wonderful trip with our knowledgeable guide, Oliver, and a great group of people. Roussillon was beautiful, the view of Gordes spectacular, and the walk along sparkling clear waters of Fontaine de Vaucluse the high point of the morning excursion. Saint Remy en Provence was a bit of a letdown, but the castle at Baux de Provence held stunning views, and the afternoon highlight was of course our stop at the Roman aqueduct at the Pont du Gard.

Florian was a fantastic guide — clearly passionate about his work and incredibly knowledgeable. He gave thorough, engaging explanations throughout the trip, which made the whole experience much more meaningful. Highly recommended!

The tour was awesome but our guide, Oliver, made it truly special. His English was excellent and he was both funny and quick-witted. He provided great commentary, and seemed to truly want us to have a special experience. The tour itself included several worthwhile stops and provides a great overview of Provence. We especially enjoyed Pont du Gard at the end, but several other stops were also great. Two suggestions for making it even better: 1. The stop at Gordes in the morning was just a photo stop at the side of the road. We may have preferred a bit of time to explore. 2. La Fontaine de Vaucluse is closed due to recent rockslides. We enjoyed the town and had lunch there, but the guide should advise that the hike is not worth it since you can’t see the fountain after a hot walk uphill. The only other comment is that the van should not be booked for eight people. Maybe seven at most. With a full van, someone has to sit in the middle front seat where there is essentially no legroom and it is very uncomfortable trying to maintain your personal space next to your seat mate.

Martine (our guide) was fantastic. The tour was quite fun—we drove all over the region. The wine tour was fun. We stopped for tastings at two vineyards. The tour of Luberon was also great—we had two separate 1-hour stops in the villages. Highly recommend!

We had a wonderful day with our fabulous tour guide, Martina. She was absolutely amazing and full of so much information about Provenance. She kept us entertained with her knowledge of the countryside and history of this beautiful area. It was a top-class trip and great value for money.

We visited Roussillon, Gordes (viewpoint only), and Fontaine de Vacluse in the first half of the day. The second half of the day we stopped briefly at St Remy de Provence, then visited Les Baux and Pont du Gard. Unfortunately, significant time was wasted having to return to Avignon after lunch to pick up 2 passengers who had only signed up for the afternoon and likewise drop off 2 passengers who’d only signed up for the morning half. This seemed very unfair to people who’d signed up and paid to do the full day and having time wasted in this way. We would have preferred to continue to St Remy de Provence and have some free time there - as it stood, we were walked through it by the guide Oliver for maybe 15-20 mins and given a little bit of pointless information to be quite frank. This was a missed opportunity and very frustrating. It was particularly more so given that the lunch stop had been in Fountaine de Vacluse where the season is effectively over and the village is minuscule, you don’t need 75 minutes here - it was a complete mismanagement of time, particularly when we didn’t get to actually visit Gordes itself, only the viewpoint. Similar time wise with Roussillon - pretty but you don’t need to spend one hour there. Overall, this was an average tour which could have been so much better and didn’t need to be as long in certain places.

Excellent experience. Villages and places visited were very interesting. Oliver, our guide, was knowledgeable, professional and courteous.

Covered a lot of Provence in a day. Our guide Flo was full of energy and provided good explanations throughout the day. Tour appears to be in 2 parts. We visited a few villages in the morning then came back to Avignon to pick up some people for the half day afternoon tour. Would have had less travel time if this was exclusively a full day tour.

Our guide Silvia was great. She provided a running commentary about the places we were passing and the towns that we visited, along with the histories of each. The van was clean and comfortable. We could hear our guide because she had a microphone. Of course it would’ve been nice to spend more time in each town, but it wasn’t possible on this tour. Silvia also provided restaurant suggestions in Avignon when our tour was over. Highly recommend this tour with Silvia.