Les Olivettes rated "excellent" by 12 travelers

Travel Planning Services - Unique itineraries:

There is so much to see and do in Provence that you could spend weeks here and still miss some of the best. With our 15 years of experience living and running holiday rentals here we can help you go straight to the best of all that the area has to offer. Of course in order to do this, we first need to get to know you through our detailed questionnaire. Then, we can steer you to the things that will interest you the most. That way, you won't waste time, you'll be more relaxed, and you'll get the most out of your trip.

Six day Touring Itineraries

"Sights for You" .... includes our two easy-to-follow, informative touring guides, plus a Personalized Itinerary based on your choices and tastes.

We also provide a choice of restaurants, bistrots, wine-estates and gourmet food shops. To establish this personalized list, we send you a detailed questionnaire to find out your tastes, interests and your budget and build your itinerary based on answers. The recipe for a holiday of a lifetime ! Contact us for more information at lourmarin@olivettes.com

150 Euros

"Sights for you" Deluxe

Using a second and more detailed questionnaire as a basis, we will build a more elaborate touring plan with you that will suit your wishes and tastes even better. We will recommend touring routes, additional sight-seeing and shopping opportunities and restaurants. And if you don't have a cell phone with you, we'll provide you with a French one. If you get into any trouble, we'll be on call to help you out. Also, if you want something extra special - a Chateauneuf wine tasting appointement, a visit to a lavender distillery, a guided tour of Arles or Saint-Rémy, for example - we can book it, guide you to it... make it all happen. And make sure it all goes smoothly. Contact us for more details at lourmarin@olivettes.com

300 euros

Independent touring for Olivettes and the Heart of Provence clients If you stay in one of our rental apartments in Lourmarin and you choose one of the "Sights for You" options, we can of course, help you plan even better. Before you arrive, we mail you our two personalized guide books, and start helping you to develop practical touring and sight seeing itineraries for each day of your stay.

Then when you arrive we meet with you, and , if you'd like, we'll be happy to go over the plan with you on the spot.Of course, not everybody likes to leap out of bed at eight o'clock when they're on vacation. These people may want to leave some things out completely. Others may wish to add on extra side trips - we can help with suggestions for that too. For our "Sights for you Deluxe" guests, the cell phone is particularly helpful and reassuring if you get lost driving during the day, or if you need our assistance with translations etc, etc ... Contact us at lourmarin@olivettes.com for more information.

SOME IDEAS

Here are some of the day-trip destinations that we suggest in our detailed itineraries. Some you can swap around according to your fancy, some are based on markets that are only held on certain days :

The Heart of Provence, its markets, villages and country towns:

Isle sur la Sorgue to Gordes . A visit to the internationally known antique & flea market of this gem-like Provençal country town, built on an island in the jade-green Sorgues river. Then visit more of the Heart of Provence – the cascading Fontaine de Vaucluse, the spectacular village of Gordes, the working Cistercian abbey of Sénanque. All close by.

Saint-Rémy, Arles, Les Baux de Provence. Everybody loves the market in St Rémy, the town that reminds us how Aix-en-Provence was 30 years ago. Then visit the Roman coliseum and amphitheatre in Arles, and the astonishing medieval cathedral. In the afternoon you can take in the medieval fortified village of Les Baux de Provence and a few of the other pretty small towns of the Alpilles

Lourmarin food & craft market. A sophisticated regional market like the one in St Rémy, but bigger and better, and you don’t have to find a parking space; you can stagger back to Les Olivettes with your purchases.

The Luberon Villages : Spectacular scenery; visits to the hill-top villages of Bonnieux, Roussillon, and Menerbes.

Avignon and Châteauneuf-du Pape : Visit the Popes Palace, one of the finest medieval monuments in Provence, and go on to Chateauneuf du Pape.

Aix en Provence & Cassis : Morning & lunch in Aix then drive to the picturesque fishing village of Cassis. Here you can tour the fjord-like 'Calanques' in a boat or on foot. Why not taste some wine too?

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