Barging in France

From individual floating hotel style cruises with all the amenities you can imagine to very private and personal barge vacations with staff and guides to help you relax and experience the Best of France while you meander along the canals of Burgundy, Normandy, Provence Paris and Bordeaux.

Moulin Rouge + Diner at the Tour Eiffel

Dinner in the restaurant “Altitude 95” a prestigious location on the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower before admiring Féerie. In case of a second show a cruise is offered. Includes a glass of champagne included per person.

Provence Cooking Adventure

Provencial cooking with 1 star Michelin chef René Bérard

This culinary program offers an exceptional introduction to René Bérard's Provençal terroir and its fabulous flavors and fragrances. Going back to traditional provencial cooking, Renee Berard invites you to his Bastide de Saveurs for 4 days of culinary fun. He uses only quality ingredients including local fish fished that morning and herbs and vegetables from his culinary garden to create simple masterpieces. You'll visit the local markets, olive oil "moulins", honey farms, and wineries. It's an experience you can't miss!

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Cooking in Provence with Philippe Gion

More than just recipes and techniques, this adventure introduces you to the Provencal way of life--a life based around friends, the kitchen, wonderful food prepared from the freshest local ingredients, good wine, warm nights and good fun.

You'll visit the local markets, meet the people, have an opportunity to visit olive oil "moulins" and wineries. You'll learn the secrets of creating a flagrant bouillabaisse, and aioli - that incomparable golden pomade. You'll see the freshest fish of the Mediterranean, grilled and flamed with fennel. You'll enjoy the simplicity of Provencal soup "au Pistou".

By the end of the week you'll have learned not only a couple dozen recipes, but a whole new way of living and eating. You'll go home with your own cookbook, personalized with photographs of you and your friends cooking and traveling with Philippe and Marie-Pierre. But best of all, you'll go home with wonderful memories of a great time in the warm sun of Provence and the Cote d'Azur.

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Rome Photo Adventures

Imagine yourself spending an exciting week in Rome with a National Geographic photographer making great pictures and visiting beautiful places while enjoying fabulous food and Italian culture.

Anthony Boccaccio leads Adventures thru the Lens, a truly unique experience in an extraordinary setting and a rare opportunity to ask the expert about camera techniques used by world-class professionals.

Or just take one of his half day adventures

Wine Tours in Florence & Tuscany

We offer a comprehensive selection of wine tastings in Florence and throughout Tuscany.

Immerse yourself in a full week wine and culture tour. Here are a few of our tours:

Brunello Cellar Tour
Imagine being in one of the most famous cellars in the middle of Brunello vineyards. In this program, Tenuta Il Poggione in Montalcino, welcomes you with a vertical tasting of the best years of its production.

Chianti Classico Tour
Chianti Classico comes from the region situated between the cities of Florence and Siena, a highly fertile land made unique by the careful use of both manual and manmade agricultural activities, which over the centuries have truly added to the natural beauty of the area.

Montepulciano Wine Tour
The Nobile from Montepulciano is one of the outstanding traditional Tuscan wines. Sangiovese, here called prugnolo gentile, combines with canaiolo nero, to produce a masterpiece.

Chianti Rufina Wine Tour
The Rufina is one of the smallest and least known of the Chianti sub-zones, yet it is one of most genuine and picturesque. The Chianti Rufina has one of the oldest histories in all of Chianti. First designated as a wine zone by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III in 1716. The Rufina lies in the heart of the Val Di Sieve, in the foothills of the Apennine mountains.