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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 |
Bordeaux Cycle Tours Limited
based: Bordeaux, France
website: www.cyclebordeaux.co.uk
Cycling holidays in France – cycle tours through the vineyards, valleys and forests surrounding Bordeaux. Carefree self-guided cycle tours for couples, small groups, families and wine-lovers, ranging from 4 night short breaks to 10 day bicycle trips that are adventures in the French art of living.
| cycle touring | wine tours | family/child friendly | weekends/short breaks | France |
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 |
Chateau Ventenac
based: Languedoc, France
website: www.chateauventenac.com/courses
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 |
Cousins Tours & Travel
based: Victoria, Australia
website: www.cousinstt.com
Cousins Tours and Travel is a boutique travel agency specialising in concept tours. Whatever your passion be it sport, art, food, wine or fashion – cycle the Tour de France, feast in gourmet Italia, take art lessons in Asia or explore Thailand's hidden fashion precincts, to name just a few.
| cycle touring | swimming | painting/drawing | wine tours | sailing (small boat/yacht) | running | Turkey | Europe | Australia | Asia |
Enthusiast Wine Tours New Zealand
based: Canterbury, New Zealand
website: www.winetoursnewzealand.com
Enthusiast Wine Tours specialise in small group and custom tailored wine tours throughout beautiful New Zealand. Visit New Zealand's finest wineries, vineyards and scenic locations. Taste premium Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, concentrated Pinot Noir from Central Otago and superb red varieties from the famous Gimblett Gravels in Hawke's Bay.
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | escorted tours | small group motor tours | tailor made | groups | New Zealand |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Jet Escapes
based: London, UK
website: www.jetescapes.co.uk
Jet Escapes specialises in the very best short breaks by private jet: from city tours, to spa trips, one-off sporting events or simply lunch in the greatest Michelin starred restaurants across Europe. Perfect for a special occasion, a celebration or simply a relaxing getaway tailored to your schedule.
| jet aircraft/private jet | ski weekends | gastronomic | wine tours | weekend spa breaks | skiing (piste) | city breaks | valentines | weddings/honeymoons | lesbian/gay | helicopter | 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 | narrowboat/canal/barge cruises
| murder mystery | mountain biking | horse/pony trekking |
UK | Europe |
Spain Taste
based: Barcelona, Spain
website: www.spaintaste.com
Cooking holidays and culinary vacations in Catalonia in Spain and Provence in France. With Spain Taste you will discover one of the most important mediterranean cuisines with its Roman and Arabic influence. Enjoy cooking lessons learning Catalan recepies with the greatest chefs, in a familiar atmosphere.
| cookery holidays | gastronomic | wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | Spain |
Terramare
based: Tuscany, Italy
website: www.linguaterramare.com
Italian language courses for foreigners, located in a beautiful natural setting in Maremma, Tuscany. Run by a co-operative of highly qualified and experienced teachers of Italian as a foreign language. Also 'Special Language Courses' combing language classes with other activities such as art, archaeology, nature, sports, cuisine, wine trail and yoga.
| Italian language | art appreciation | archaeological tours | multi-activity | gastronomic
| wine tours | yoga | Italy |
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. They offer wine tastings,
walks around the estate and much more.
| gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | wine making | cookery | weddings/honeymoons | weekends/short breaks | beer/pub tours | England | UK |
Travel Department Ireland (The)
based: Northern Ireland, UK
website: www.thetraveldepartment.ie
The Travel Department Ireland is a leading operator of escorted holidays worldwide, for departures from Ireland. Their holidays offer a professionally planned itinerary, the expert knowledge of a local guide and the convenience of booking an 'all-in' package. They run trips to 30 countries with the largest destinations being France, Italy, Spain and China.
| cookery | wine tours | bus/coach holidays | pilgrimage/religious | city breaks | Christmas shopping/Christmas markets | seniors/silver surfers | singles holidays | ballet/opera | motor racing | escorted tours | Worldwide |
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 |
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 Bellevue
based: Loire Valley, France
website: www.domainedelabellevue.com
Wine tasting weekends and private wine tours with a French wine professional.
| wine tours | France |
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 |
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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