What to See in Normandy France
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Read This PostProvence/Cote d'Azur
Whether haute cuisine or hearty homemade dishes, food is serious business for the French…
Read MoreFrance is a foodie’s dream. Around every corner you’ll find open-air markets, patisseries, boulangeries, bakeries, and of course, world-class wine shops.
Come fall in love with this fascinating land through an unforgettable French cooking vacation with its two most essential ingredients: food and wine.
Our Provence/Cote d'Azur Cooking Vacations
Cooking Vacations In Provence/Cote d'Azur
Have the vacation you’ve always dreamed of on our Provence food and wine tours!
Discover Provence on an amazing Provence cooking vacation with The International Kitchen! Savor delectable Provencal cuisine including bouillabaisse made from fish just brought to the market that morning. Visit a family goat farm to try their freshly made goat cheese, or an olive mill to taste just pressed oil. Enjoy our unique, hands-on Provence culinary tours and practice using local herbs—such as the famous Provencal lavender, rosemary, and thyme—and vegetables picked from the garden by your own hands. Sip fine Provencal wines while lounging in the southern sun on a terrace overlooking the very vineyards that produced them on our Provence wine tours.
Provence is the perfect destination for a food and wine tour of France. There is plenty to see in this famed region, including: Avignon with its famous bridge and the Popes’ Palace; Orange and its ancient Roman amphitheater; Arles with its Roman sites and the landscapes that inspired Van Gogh and Cezanne; Aix, with its vibrant boulevards and fountains; Marseille, one of France’s most lively cities; Nice and Cannes on the French Riviera, to name but a few. Couple these with the smaller villages like Cassis, Les Beaux-de-Provence, Gordes, Roussillon, Uzès, St. Remy, and Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, and you will discover the charms of Provencal life on our Provence food and wine tours.
Cooking with Chef Rene during a culinary vacation in Provence.
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Read This PostFrom Markets to Seaside on our Provence Food and Wine Tours
Provence is known for its sunshine, coastline, and produce, all of which you will take advantage of on your Provence cooking vacation. Visit the local markets for fresh Mediterranean vegetables and herbs, head to the shores to buy the fresh catch from returning fishermen, taste freshly made cheese at the local producer.Your hands-on cooking classes featuring Provencal cuisine on our Provence food and wine tours might teach you such dishes as tapenade (the famed olive and caper based spread), ratatouille, soupe au pistou, salad Niçoise, and bouillabaisse. Whether you stay along the coast or in the rugged and stunning interior, local food products will make every meal of your Provence food and wine tour absolutely unforgettable.
Provence Cooking and Wine Tours
Bonjour Provence – Visit the interior of Provence and stay near a charming village on this. 6-night itinerary. Your dedicated guide will lead you to a discover of French gastronomy during your Provence food and wine tours.
Cuisine and Culture of Provence – Live like a local on this 6-night Provence food and wine tour in the Côte du Rhone area. Visit local markets, explore local sites, and enjoy hands-on cooking classes with your host.
A Gastronomic Holiday in Aix-en-Provence – Visit quintessentially Provencal town Aix-en-Provence and trace the steps of Cezanne on this Provence food and wine tour featuring cooking classes, market visits, and tours to local villages and wineries.