Six Days In Provence from Paris

A five-night/six-day trip from Paris to Provence

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Six Days in Provence Itinerary

Start your trip in Paris and end in Nice. Experience an amazing adventure in the wonderful Provence region. Please note itinerary varies based on season and start date. If booking, please note you will not charged until itinerary based on your chosen dates is approved.

Day 1 — Arrive in Provence

Arrive at Avignon TGV station and transfer to the 4-star Hôtel de l’Horloge (or similar), right on Place de l’Horloge in the center of the old walled city. The afternoon is yours. The Pope’s Palace is a five-minute walk — admission is included with a “Histopad” interactive tablet that brings the empty rooms back to life, showing what the papal apartments looked like in the 14th century when Avignon briefly replaced Rome as the center of the Catholic world. The Pont d’Avignon is also included, with an audio guide that tells the full story of the bridge and the famous song. Dinner on your own — the streets around the hotel are full of restaurants.

Day 2 — Cooking Class & Wine Tour

Breakfast at the hotel. At 9:00 a.m., meet your chef-guide at Les Halles, Avignon’s covered market. This isn’t a tourist market — it’s where locals shop daily, and it’s anchored by a living green wall designed by botanist Patrick Blanc. You’ll walk the stalls selecting ingredients with your chef, then head to the workshop to cook a Provençal meal from scratch. Lunch is what you’ve made, served with drinks and an informal discussion about food and wine pairing with your chef.

At 2:30 p.m., meet your driver-guide for a private afternoon wine tour. First stop is Tavel, home to what’s considered France’s first and finest rosé — the only appellation in the Rhône that produces exclusively rosé wine. Then on to Châteauneuf-du-Pape for a cellar visit and tasting. The vineyards here are famous for the large round stones called galetsthat cover the ground, absorbing the sun’s heat during the day and radiating it back to the vines at night. Back at the hotel by 6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own — your guide will have recommendations.

Day 3 — Provence in a Day

Breakfast, then meet your guide at 8:30 a.m. at the Avignon Tourist Office. This is the big day — a private full-day loop through the most iconic landscapes in Provence.

Roussillon first, built on vivid red and yellow ochre cliffs that were quarried for pigment for centuries. Then Gordes, a village made entirely of dry stone perched on a hillside, officially designated one of France’s Most Beautiful Villages. Fontaine de Vaucluse is next — the source of the river Sorgue, where an underground spring emerges from the base of a 230-meter cliff. The volume of water that comes out of this rock is extraordinary and still not fully explained.

On to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where Van Gogh voluntarily committed himself to the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole and painted over 150 works in a single year, including Starry Night. Nearby are Roman ruins — a triumphal arch and funerary monument set among ancient olive trees. Then the Pont du Gard, the 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct that still stands nearly intact — three tiers of arches stretching across the Gardon river. It’s one of those structures that genuinely stops you in your tracks. Finally, Les Baux de Provence, a hilltop fortress village 245 meters above the valley with views across the Alpilles.

Lunch on your own in Gordes or Fontaine de Vaucluse. On Sundays, the itinerary shifts to include the famous antiques market in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Back to Avignon by 6:30 p.m.

Day 4 — Avignon to Nice

Breakfast and check out. Private transfer to Avignon TGV station for a 1st class train to Nice Ville. This is one of the great French train rides — the route cuts through the southern countryside and along the coast. On arrival in Nice, private transfer to your 4-star hotel. The rest of the day is yours. Nice’s old town and the Promenade des Anglais are worth exploring on foot, and the Cours Saleya flower market runs every day except Monday.

Day 5 — The Riviera

Breakfast, then a full-day tour along the Côte d’Azur with your driver-guide. This is a lot of ground but the distances are short — everything along this coast is close together.

Monaco and Monte Carlo first — the casino, the palace, the harbor full of yachts that cost more than most houses. Then Èze, a medieval village clinging to a cliff 427 meters above the sea with views that stretch to Corsica on a clear day. The exotic garden at the top is worth the climb.

On to Cannes — the Croisette, the Palais des Festivals where the film festival happens, and the old town of Le Suquet on the hill above. Then Antibes, with its Picasso Museum in the Château Grimaldi and the ramparts overlooking the sea. Cap d’Antibes and Juan-les-Pins round out the day — old-money Mediterranean atmosphere with pine-shaded beaches.

Day 6 — Departure

Breakfast and check out. Private transfer from your Nice hotel to Nice airport or Nice Ville station for your train back to Paris.

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Your Hotels

In Avignon, the 4-star Hôtel de l’Horloge on the city’s main square. In Nice, a 4-star hotel in the city center. Breakfast and city taxes included each night at both hotels.

A 5-star upgrade to La Mirande in Avignon — a former Cardinal’s palace directly adjacent to the Pope’s Palace — is available on request.

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Getting There

Avignon is 3 hours from Paris by high-speed TGV from Gare de Lyon. Nice is about 5.5 hours from Paris by TGV, but on this trip you’ll take the scenic 1st class train from Avignon to Nice (included in the tour). Rail to and from Paris is not included — we can book your tickets once tour dates are confirmed.

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Other Provence Tours

We also offer a 1-night Provence overnight, a 3-day tour, and a 5-day tour based entirely in Avignon. Contact us for custom itineraries.

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Cancellation Policy

More than 14 days before tour date — 100% refundable. 14 to 7 days — 50% refundable. Less than 7 days — non-refundable. Please contact us as soon as possible to ensure we can credit you properly.

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