Southern France with Luxury & Style (11 Days):
Sample Itinerary Outline

ID #: DT-F-11-1-31-08-BESI

  Map of Southern France with Luxury & Style (11 Days) TourDAYS 1-2: USA or Canada / Marseille, FRANCE
Board an overnight flight to Marseille, where your Guardian Angel meets and transfers you to your hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure.
►Suggested hotel:
Hotel La Mirande

DAY 3: Avignon, FRANCE
Walk with your local guide through the papal stronghold of Avignon and visit the Clock Square and Palais des Papes, adorned with 14th-century frescoes. The remainder of the day is at leisure.
►Suggested hotel:
Hotel La Mirande

DAY 4: Avignon / L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue / Gordes / Avignon, FRANCE
Wander through L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue's famous flea market, crammed with antiques, food stalls and street musicians. Continue to the 12th-century Abbaye de Senanque in Gordes.
►Suggested hotel:
Hotel La Mirande

DAY 5: Avignon / Aix-en-Provence / Vence (St-Paul-de-Vence), FRANCE
Stop in Aix-en-Provence for sightseeing at leisure and lunch before continuing to your hotel.
►Some suggested Vence (St-Paul-de-Vence) hotels (in alphabetical order):
Château Saint-Martin
Hotel Le Saint Paul
Le Mas de Pierre
►Together, we will find the best choice for you!

DAY 6: Vence (St-Paul-de-Vence), FRANCE
Explore medieval St-Paul-de-Vence and its Fondation Maeght, a small modern art museum set on a wooded clifftop. Then watch an expert demonstrate the local bowling game, petanque. After lunch at leisure, visit Matisse's Chapelle du Rosaire. ►For Vence(St-Paul-de-Vence) hotel suggestions, see above.

DAY 7: Vence (St-Paul-de-Vence) / Cannes / Antibes / Vence (St-Paul-de-Vence), FRANCE
Enjoy a full day of sightseeing on the Côte d'Azur, including stylish Cannes, picturesque Le Suquet and Antibes, where you stop at Château Grimaldi, home of the Picasso Museum.
►For Vence (St-Paul-de-Vence) hotel suggestions, see above.

DAY 8: Vence (St-Paul-de-Vence) / Nice / St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, FRANCE
Wander the Old Town and open-air market in Nice before visiting the Matisse Museum. Lunch is at leisure.
►Some suggested St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat hotels (in alphabetical order):
Grand-Hotel Du Cap-Ferrat
Hotel Royal Riviera
►Together, we will find the best choice for you!

DAY 9: St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat / Monaco / Eze/Beaulieu / St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, FRANCE
Explore Monte Carlo's extravagant Palais Princier and the Oceanography Museum. Continue to cliffside Eze, with dramatic coastal views, and stop in Beaulieu to see its Belle Epoque mansion, Villa Kerylos.
►For St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat hotel suggestions, see above.

DAY 10: St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, FRANCE
Today is at your leisure.
►For St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat hotel suggestions, see above.

DAY 11: Nice, FRANCE / USA or Canada
Transfer to Nice Airport for your homebound flight.