Discover the Luberon Regional Nature Park
with the help of your own chauffeur. Choose any themed tour, or mix-and-match from any combination of:
- Perched villages, châteaux, and old stone walks, offering so much history and charm
- Wine-producers, wine-tasting, workshops, museums of viticulture and viniculture
- Lavender producers, workshops, and museums of lavender and perfume
- Olive-oil producers, olive mills, and shops
- Local markets, and antiques fairs
- and much more
With One-day en Luberon, I shall drive you, in style, to discover the true Provence with its wonderful Luberon ridge reaching 1125m, its magnificant old villages in natural stone, full of the past, its fantastic châteaux, colourful markets, wine tasting, mills for olive oil, museums for lavender and wine, ocre quarries of Roussillon; Gordes, Bonnieux, Lourmarin, abbeys, and more.
Contact me for your personalised and private excursion around the Luberon. I will introduce you to my selection of tours, and to personalise them to your particular taste.
Flavours of the Luberon
Wine-producers, wine-tasting, workshops, museums of viticulture and viniculture.
Lavender producers, workshops, and museums of lavender and perfume
Olive-oil producers, olive mills, and shops
Passing by vines, châteaux, stopping for wine tasting at wine cellars, on your way to the beautiful abbey of Sénanque, the ochre extraction at Roussillon, and more.
Example tour
- Ansouis
- Château Turcan
- Visit to a wine museum
- Wine tasting
- Promenade in the village
- Lunch in the village (price not included)
- Visit to the château (ticket not included)
- Cadenet
- Visit to the Bastide du Laval
- Visit to a mill for olive oil
Example tour
- Lourmarin
- Visit the château (ticket not included)
- Promenade in the village
- Market-day Friday
- Lunch in the village (price not included)
- Ménerbes
- Promenade in the village
- Wine tasting (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
- Oppede le Vieux
- Promenade around the old village
- Visit to a lavender museum (museum open 7/7, ticket not included)
Markets and producers
Stop off at some reknowned restaurant for lunch (menu not included).
Or pick up some fresh produce at the local markets, and enjoy a spontaneous mealtime in the country.
How relaxing it is walking through local markets. They are so brimming with scents and colours: local fruit, vegatables, olive oil, honey, jam, cheese, spices, flowers, wine, soaps, everything you could wish for.
Colours of the countryside
Plenty to enjoy in the countryside. The view throughout the Luberon is constantly changing, and always enjoyable.
In each season, nature coats the fields in joyful colour:
Example tour
- Roussillon
- Promenade in the village and ochre quarry (ticket not included)
- Lunch in the village (price not included)
- Sénanque
- Visit to the abbey (ticket not included)
- Gordes
- Promenade in the village
- The Borries (ticket not included)
South Luberon, North Luberon
Grambois, Cadanet, Mérindol, Ansouis, Cucuron, Vaugines, Lourmarin. Bonnieux, Menèbes, La Côste, Saignon, Mane, Forcalquier, Banon, Lurs.
Example tour
- Mane
- Promenade in the village
- Visit to a boutique of soaps and essential oils
- Lunch in the village (price not included)
- Visit to the château de Sauvan (ticket not included)
- Forcalquier
- Promenade around the old town
- Market-day Monday
Piano concerts and antiques
Your chauffeur will make sure you arrive in style for the early summer International Piano Festival at Roque d'Antheron (tickets not included).
Or hunt for antiques at L'Isle sur la Sorgue, and the ideal places to find little 'treasures' to please everyone.
Prices and durations of visits
Many different tours are possible (duration of tours from 4 hours, 250 euros, to 8 hours, 380 euros).
Do contact me
Above is a selection of ideas for themed tours. Alternatively, you can ask to mix-and-match from a selection of these tours. Listening to your suggestions, I will introduce you to tours that are taillored for you. Why not extend it to two days, so that you can take in much more (just let us know which hotel you are booked into). Contact me to discuss your preferences, as well as the pick-up point and times, to discuss what is possible in the time.
Telephone 0490073398 (in France), or +33 490073398 (outside France)
Mobile 0786880227 (in France), or +33 786880227 (outside France)
Languages spoken: English, Français.
How to find us: from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) or by car on the autoroute A51, to Junction 15, the exit for Pertuis. Then, by normal road, D956 to La Tour d'Aigues
Accommodation is even possible with us, booked through Booking.com: L'Oustalet en Provence at La Tour d'Aigues.
Dany Shute is French by birth, with British nationality since 1979, and lived in England for many years, and speaks in English at home for the past 40 years. I trained originally as a music teacher. I gave evening, and day; classes in England, teaching French to adults, children), and music. Now, I give English lessons, music lessons, introduction to oil painting (indoors or out).
