For those who do not want to miss out on any of Provence's hot spots.

Day 1 : Forward trip. Arrival on Sunday afternoon

Day 2 : After breakfast, you' ll visit the city of Avignon with its famous bridge and Palace of the Popes. (audioguide provided). Shopping and strolling in the afternoon.

Day 3 : After breakfast at the mas, you'll go on an excursion to the Baux de Provence  at the heart of the Alpilles and walk around the medieval town. Your next visit will be the Cathédrale d'Images, an old limestone quarry that was dug into a cliff and whose white walls are now the sene of giant slide-show exhibitions (Australia is now on show after last year's Picasso event).

Day 4 : After breakfast, you'll browse through one the best weekly food markets in the region, in Saint-Rémy, and buy ingredients for the dinner you'll be cooking yourself in the late afternoon under the guidance of a French chef. Before that, you'll have explored the ruins of the Roman city of Glanum and tasted biological wine.

Day 5 : Luberon, its enthralling villages and local crafts and produce... After breakfast, we'll drive through the Luberon mountains dotted with hillside villages, stop at various spots and taste local specialities. Cavaillon (twinned with Weinheim in Germany), Robion (known for its fruit jams) Lacloste, Ménerbes, Bonnieux, Gordes (honey).You'll wind up the day with a visit to Roussillon and its celebrated ocre cliffs.

Day 6 : After breakfast, we'll be off to L'Isle sur Sorgue, the Provençal Venice whose antiquarians have acquired worldwide fame.You'll then go for a walk up to the Fontaine de Vaucluse spring and torrent and make a stop at the old papermill museum. In the evening, you'll be invited to a wine-tasting session  combined with a five-course dinner in a vaulted cellar specially reserved for you.

Day 7 : After breakfast, we'll start on the trip back home. The arrival is scheduled in the late afternoon.