Provence Truffle Hunt and Gourmet Tour

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Lifestyle Vacations Truffles Hunting & Culinary Tour in Provence

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Provence Truffle Hunt & Gourmet Tour

Price range: $3,990.00 through $4,370.00

JOIN CORINNE IN PROVENCE TO ENJOY AND EXPERIENCE THE TRUFFLE HUNT.
You will enjoy the superb French cuisine paired with the finest Côte-du-Rhône wines. You will visit tucked-away perched villages and historic sites. An experience of a Lifetime!

4 days / 3 nights (Thursday – Sunday)
– Charming hotel aaccommodation
– Truffle Hunt and Market tour
– Daily Gourmet experiences
– Cultural guided tours
– Private transfers and daily transportation for visits.

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We want to be sure that this tour, the itinerary and the food offered match with your wishes, likes and expectations. Thank you.
We look forward to speaking with you and to welcoming you soon!

Join us in Provence to Experience and Enjoy the Truffle in winter season!

Despite Provence is popular in Spring, Summer and Fall thanks to lavender fields, fruits orchards, olive groves and warm climate, we invite you to explore the South of France in January and February coinciding to the truffle season. If you love truffles, one of the world’s most luxurious foods, this tour is for you!

Truffle Getaway to Provence is a Lifestyle Vacations France exclusive Tour, scheduled Thursday to Sunday, and escorted by our tour guide.
– You will experience the truffle market.
– You will visit quaint hilltop villages.
– You will visit the Chateau of Grignan.
– You will visit a winery and meet the producer.
– You will visit an olive oil mill when the famous green nectar comes out.

Charming Hotel **Accommodation

Indulge in a Drôme Provençale medieval village located 10 miles away from Montélimar and only 55 minutes away from Valence TGV train station. La Bastide de Grignan will be your home in Provence, offering the perfect place to rest and to enjoy the delightful Provence cuisine.

Welcome to your charming hotel nestled steps to the chateau of Grignan. It offers 22 spacious bedrooms with all modern comfort set on the ground and first floor. Each en-suite bedroom is furnished with a queen-size bed. Bathrooms are equipped with a walk-in shower and heated towel rail. You will find a hair dryer, toiletry products and towels in each bathroom.

Continental breakfasts in served each day. It includes cheese, freshly baked baguette, croissants or brioches, butter, jam, honey,, organic milk, fresh fruits, tea, coffee… everything to start the day on the best way!

 

TRUFFLE HUNTING, GOURMET & CULTURAL EXPERIENCES

Lifestyle Vacations Truffles Cooking Tour

This noblest and most characteristic underground mushroom grows in symbiosis with oak trees. Tuber Melanosporum black truffle is above all a sigh of pleasure and satisfaction – a sigh that says, “Finally, the Greatest Joy is here!”. Though Provence is not the only place they are found, more than 80% of France’s truffle production comes from the Enclave des Papes in the north of Provence.

Searching truffles provides lots of fun! You will walk in the footsteps of the truffle hunter and the dog to see how he works in a total symbiosis with his owner. On Saturday morning, you will stroll across Richerenches village to experience the largest truffle market in France (from December to mid-March). The market attracts nearly 400 producers and more than 2000 passionate visitors about the famous “black diamond”. A part of the village is devoted to the professional market, closely watched by the police … for the simple reason that transactions are done “on the back of the truck” and only in cash. At more than 1000 € per kilogram depending on the season, offer and demand, the transactions reach considerable amounts. On the other side of the village, along main street, producers display truffle, fruits and vegetables producers and regional products.

In addition to the truffle adventure, you will take the advantage of the winter season to visit an olive oil mill. Olives are always harvested after the fall when the fruits are ripe, immediately brought by the farmers to the mill to be pressed. You will see the oil process and enjoy the different kind of first cold pressed oils depending on the olive varieties and terroir.

Provence is one of France’s largest wine region. You will get the opportunity of your journey to visit one of the top-ranked Côtes-du-Rhône winery before enjoying a wine tasting.

You also visit Grignan and its chateau built on a rocky headland overlooking the village. Originally built in the 11th century by Adhemar de Monteil (one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087), the chateau was transformed during the Renaissance period into a prestigious “leisure residence”. It pays tribute today to Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marchioness of Sévigné and to her daughter Françoise-Marguerite who married François Adhémar, Count of Grignan. Dismantled at the Revolution, the chateau was rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century in a pure Renaissance style.

ITINERARY

Day 1 (Thursday) – Welcome to Provence
Late afternoon private transfer from Valence TGV station to La Garde Adhémar.
Check-in at the villa.
Welcome food and wine paring dinner in the villa.
Overnight.

Day 2 (Friday) – Truffle Hunting – Visits to the Olive oil mill and to a Winery – Gourmet dinne
Breakfast.
10:30am: Transfer to the nearby truffle farm. Meet the truffle hunter and his dog to experience the growing process of black truffles. You will see how the dog works in a total symbiosis with the farmer.
Lunch to enjoy a 5-course lunch accompanied by wine.
Afternoon visit to an authentic olive oil mill nearby Vaison-La-Romaine (the opportunity to see a mill working when the olives are pressed to get the oil).
Visit to one of the top-10 Côtes du Rhône winery followed by a wine tasting.
Back to the hotel end afternoon. Resting time in the hotel.
Gourmet dinner.
Overnight.

Day 3 (Saturday) – Truffle Market tour – Visit to the Chateau of Grignan – Gourmet dinner
After a copious breakfast, transfer to Richerenches around 10am.
You will stroll across the village and enjoy the truffle market. Lunch in Richerenches.
Afternoon visit to the Chateau of Grignan, it gives you the opportunity to learn more about Adhémar-de-Monteil family and Marquoness of Sévigné.
Back to the hotel. Resting time. Gourmet dinner.
Overnight.

Day 4 (Sunday) – Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and La Garde Adhémar guided Tour
Breakfast in the Villa.
Check-out.
Morning visit to Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux hilltop village hosting a truffle market.
4unch in the village
Transfer to Valence TGV train station.
End of the tour.

LIFESTYLE VACATIONS TRUFFLE CULINARY TOUR

PROGRAM PRICES

$4,250 per person (SGL & DBL occupancy)
VAT and all taxes included.

Price includes:
♦ Valence TGV station round-trip private transfer
♦ Daily transportation for visits and tours
♦ 3-night hotel*** accommodation
♦ Daily breakfasts, lunches and dinners
♦ Truffle market tour
♦ Truffle hunting experience
♦ Visits to local artisans and producers
♦ Quaint villages and historic sites guided tours.

Not included: airfare from your country, wine in restaurants, personal expenses, personal insurance and all which is not listed in “price includes”.

2027 TOUR DATES

January 21-24
February 11-14

This program is confirmed with 2 people and it’s limited to 4 participants.
Considering the high demand for the truffle season, an early reservation is strongly recommended. Thank you.

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