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Rhone & Saone – from Burgundy to Provenceg(17219192)a(217594))
An eight-day river cruise, discovering the romance, history and fine wines of Burgundy and Provence. Glide past sun-drenched vineyards, ancient cities and tranquil villages on two of the loveliest rivers in France.

The cruise includes a tour to Châteauneuf du pape, a winery tour at to Tain L’Hermitage, and a coach tour of Beaune the wine capital of Burgundy, including some wine tasting at one of the famous Beaune wine cellars.
This holiday runs in September and prices start at: £1724 (incl. flights) for departures from the UK.
Rhone & Saone – find out more and similar holidays...g(17219192)a(217594))
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7DayWonder
based: Devon, UK
website: www.7daywonder.com
Special interest holidays near Girona in Catalonia, including creative writing, stand-up comedy and singing courses. Or try their wine & food weekend tours: The New Catalonia or a 'booklovers' literary week. 7daywonder choose inspirational settings complemented by quality food and professional tutors.
| writing | singing courses | comedy | art appreciation | wine tours | literary appreciation | Spain |
Beech Farm Country Courses
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.beechfarmcountrycourses.co.uk
Beech Farm Country Courses, on the edge of the New Forest, Hampshire, UK, provide a variety of fascinating and educational workshops including an introduction to garden design, organic gardening, the world of plants, English wine, floral design, Australian Bush Flower Essences, herbal medicine, aromatherapy, homeopathy, textiles and many more.
| wine tours | gardening | aromatherapy | herbalism | embroidery | fashion | soft furnishing | flower arranging and floral design | UK |
Burgundy On A Plate
based: Cote d'Or, France
website: www.burgundyonaplate.com
Private wine and gastronomy guided tours with the Burgundy specialists, offering vineyard tours and tastings, gourmet dining, historic châteaux, medieval Burgundy tour ‚ stunning scenery, cooking courses, wine and cheese tasting, golf and gastronomy and a top of the range new wine tour. Unique tours with a difference, scheduled or customised.
| gastronomic | wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | small group motor tours | Christmas and New Year | tailor made | weekends/short breaks | France |
Camino Holidays
based: Oxfordshire, UK
website: caminoholidays.co.uk
Bespoke holidays in South West Andalucia (Costa de la Luz), Spain, with a wide range of activities. For groups from one person to twenty (and everything between) they create holidays tailored to the budget and dates you want. Their local representatives and tutors are highly experienced and well qualified.
| tailor made | flamenco | wine tours | gardens tours | weekend spa breaks | yoga | photographic | metal crafts | Spanish language | riding | surfing | Spain |
Chateau Ventenac
based: Languedoc, France
website: www.chateauventenac.com
Courses and retreats that combine a luxurious holiday with an opportunity to develop a skill or talent. Offering a wide range of professionally tutored courses complemented by first class accommodation and food and wine of an impeccable standard. Stunning views, overlooking the Canal du Midi in the Languedoc region of France.
| writing | poetry | felt making/felt work | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | cookery | painting/drawing | relaxation | reiki | French language | France |
Epicurean Ways
based: Virginia, USA
website: www.epicureanways.com
Spain specialists offering culinary tours and cooking vacations with expert guides. One-day cooking classes, weekend or week-long experiences that include wine tasting, vineyard tours, olive oil tasting, market visits, traditional and modern restaurants, and authentic Spanish cuisine. Destinations include Barcelona, Catalonian villages, Seville, Andalucia, Madrid and the Basque Country.
| gastronomic | cookery | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | city breaks | Spain |
English Vine Tours
based: East Sussex, UK
website: www.englishvinetours.co.uk
Explore the mysteries of England's vineyards; taste the delights of English wine; packages include private minibus travel, complimentary wine and are accompanied by a wine expert. Choose from half, one and two day tours, and specials including a romantic Valentines break and a wine tour with visit to the races.
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | tailor made | groups | valentines/romantic | horseracing | England |
Freedom
Ltd
based: London, UK
website: Freedom
Freedom specialise in tailor-made stag weekends
or hen weekends so you'll get exactly the activities you want.
Action and adventure ever tried hovercrafting or beer keg
racing? Relaxation not just pampering sessions, how about
a wine tour or chauffeured punting? Nightlife everything
from salsa to murder mysteries. Freedom have a huge range and ready
made packages too.
| stag/hen | tailor
made | karting/quad biking | paintball | jet skiing | clubbing
| murder mystery | assault courses | wine tours | spa/health farm
| white water rafting | UK |
Good Tastes of Tuscany
based: Tuscany, Italy
website: www.tuscany-cooking-class.com
Hands-on daily and weekly cooking classes with English-speaking Tuscan chefs in Florence. Undertake a wine tasting or excursion, learning about famous Tuscan wines and exploring traditional and modern cellars in Chianti, Tuscany Italy. Explore the Tuscan countryside on private excursions.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | ballooning | historical tours | Italy |
Grand Tourist
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.grand-tourist.com
Re-discover the art of travel, historic palaces, gorgeous country houses, gastronomic dining, wine tasting and luxury. Travel to the French Riviera, Venice, Florence or the Italian countryside. Drive a convertible or Ferrari, go hot air ballooning, go truffle hunting in Italy, or enjoy a camel safari in the desert of Jordan!
| tailor made | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | luxury/classic cars | ballooning | historical tours | Italian language | Italy | France | Jordan | Western Europe |
La Platriere
based: Auvergne, France
website: www.laplatriere.co.uk
Holidays with a difference! Affordable French cooking courses with excursions to rural French cheese farm; livestock markets and vineyard. Hands-on learning from French chef (English translation.) Wine tours and wine courses visiting well-known vineyards during summer and autumn. Or be pampered on Christmas and New Year getaways.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | retreats | self development | Christmas and New Year | France |
Page & Moy Featured
Site
based: Leicestershire, UK
website: Page & Moy, Food and Wine
See Page & Moy's 'Food and Wine' section for wine tours across Europe, including a 'French Wine Trail' from Alsace to Burgundy, 'Castles & Vineyards of the Rhine & Moselle', a ' Taste of Tuscany' and 'Rhone & Saone' from Burgundy to Provence. Many of these are river cruises offering a wine tour with a unique perspective.
| sightseeing | city breaks | weekends/short
breaks | historical tours | archaeological tours | architectural | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | concerts/music festivals | ballet/opera | Worldwide |
Playaway
Weekends
based: N. E. Somerset, England, UK
website: www.playawayweekends.co.uk
Professional stag and hen weekend organisers offering tailor-made UK-wide and overseas stag and hen trips with great accommodation, activity deals and nightlife.
| stag/hen | paintball | karting/quad biking | beer/pub tours | wine tours | clubbing | canal/barge cruises
| murder mystery | mountain biking | horse/pony trekking |
UK | Europe |
Three
Choirs Vineyards
based: Gloucestershire, England, UK
website: www.threechoirs.com
Three Choirs Vineyards Estate is England's leading wine producer, the hotel
is set in 100 acres of vineyards and is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy
fine wines from around the world and superb english cooking. We offer wine tastings,
walks around the estate and much more.
| gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | wine making | cookery | weddings/honeymoons | weekends/short breaks | family/child friendly | beer/pub tours | England | UK |
Toscana Mia
based: Tuscany, Italy
website: www.welcometuscany.com
Italian cookery, wine and language classes in Tuscany with an Italian family. Cooking with Simonetta and Paola, both really fluent in English, is fun, lively and friendly. They follow traditional family recipes using fresh, natural ingredients, or accompanying you to visit typical italian markets, wineries and food producers.
| cookery | wine tours | Italian language | family/child friendly | singles holidays | tailor made | vegetarian | weekend breaks/short breaks | Italy |
Villa and Culinary School
based: Provence, France
website: www.villaandculinaryschool.com
Where gastronomy meets with fun and luxury, hands-on culinary courses with a team of dedicated and passionate chefs. Improve your culinary skills with the youngest star-rated chef in France and visit some of the best wineries in Provence, while staying in one of the most exclusive properties in Cannes.
| gastronomic | cookery | wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | weekends/short breaks | France |
Vintage
Wine Tours
based: Bedfordshire, UK
website: www.vintage-winetours.co.uk
Fully escorted winetasting holidays to France from the UK. Tours
are inclusive of travel, quality accommodation, gastronomic lunches,
vineyard entry and tutored wine tastings. Cultural but fun holidays
suitable for couples, groups or singles. You need not be an expert,
just have an interest in wine, good food and good company!
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | France |
Warner Leisure Hotels Featured Site
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: Warner Be Inspired
Check out Warner's 'Be Inspired To Try Something New' section and select from: chef's secrets cooking courses or wine apprecation and tasting. Or go to their 'Out & About' section and try a wine tasting and vineyard trip or visits to a brewery and cider mill.
| cookery | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | beer/pub tours | cider tours/making | England | Wales | UK
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Write in Languedoc
based: Languedoc, France
website: www.write-in-languedoc.com
Creative writing holidays and retreats for beginners and experienced writers in poetry or prose, offering encouragement, inspiration, workshops, literary appreciation, excellent food, and wine tasting and tours. A weekend or a week: time for your writing, for meeting other writers, and for exploring a historic village in the vineyards.
| writing | poetry | literary appreciation | tailor-made | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | France |
Cape Fusion Tours
based: Cape Town, South Africa
website: www.capefusion.co.za
Come and enjoy a delicious private tour of the Cape South
Africa.
| gastronomic | wine tours | South Africa
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Fine Wine Tours
based: North Island, New Zealand
website: www.insidertouring.co.nz
Year round exclusive wine tour packages around Auckland, New Zealand, hosted by wine writer Phil Parker.
| wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | New Zealand |
Fynbos Horse Trails
based: Western Cape, South Africa
website: fynbostrails.com
Specialize in a range of horse trails exploring the splendor of
the Western Cape near Cape Town, South Africa.
| horse trail riding | riding | horse/pony
trekking | horse back safaris | walk/trek/hike | wine tours
| garden tours | South Africa |
Go Where Spanish Go
based: Texas, USA
website: www.gowherespanishgo.com
Spain tailored tours off the beaten path, participate in festivals
and Spanish immersion.
| gastronomic | wine tours | festivals/carnivals
| cycle touring | music tours | Spain |
Jazz and Wine
based: West Yorkshire, UK
website: www.jazzandwine.net
Great jazz music, good company and fine wine in breathtaking surroundings in Tuscany.
| concerts/music festivals | wine tours | Italy |
La Culinaria
based: Le Marche, Italy
website: www.laculinaria.co.uk
Seasonal cookery and wine holidays for the culinary adventurous
in Le Marche, Italy.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine tours | Italy
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Stile Mediterraneo
based: Lecce, Italy
website: www.stilemediterraneo.it
Cooking holidays and wine tours in Southern Italy; luxury accommodation.
| cookery | wine tours | Italy |
The Chain Gang Cycle Tours
based: London, UK
website: www.thechaingang.co.uk
Cycle tours around 'the most beautiful and interesting parts of
France'.
| cycle touring | mountain biking | wine appreciation
/ tasting | wine tours | France |
Vine Adventure
based: Loire Valley, France
website: www.vineadventure.com
Wine tasting holidays with vineyard rambles based in the Saumur appellation.
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | wine making | France |
Vinetours
based: Bouches du Rhone, France
website: www.vinetours.co.uk
Informal and relaxed wine tasting tours and holidays in the Cotes
du Rhones area.
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting
| France |
Vinetude
based: Herault, France
website:www.vinetude.com
Wine tasting tours and residential wine courses in the South of
France.
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting
| France |
Wine Education Service (The)
based: Middlesex, UK
website: www.wine-education-service.co.uk
Wine tours and holidays in Champagne and Bordeaux, France.
| wine tours | France |
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