Api Provence Tour

Visits of local beekeepers and queen breeders, meeting with regional representatives, production of lavender honey next to tasting of local sandy wines, visit to 2000 year old aqueduct and boat ride in National Park Camargue are just few highlights of this amazing tour.

Experience
  • professional
  • food_and_wine
  • educational
  • Culture and Historical Experience
  • Api Group Travel
  • boat_trip
  • food_and_wine
Duration
7 days
Price
From 999 € (30-34 passengers), from 949€ (35-39 passengers)
Short Itinerary
  • Day 01 Arrival – Visit to Aix En Provence – Visit to a winery – Visit to a beekeeper
  • Day 02 Aix En Provence – Salon de Provence – Visit to a beekeeper & lecture on beekeeping – Visit to a biodynamic estate – Arles
  • Day 03 Camargue & boat ride – Visit to a wine cellar – Arles
  • Day 04 Arles sightseeing – a visit to a beekeeper – a visit to a biodynamic farm specialised in rice production – Avignon
  • Day 05 Antique market in Isle sur Sorgue – Gordes – Senanque Abbey with lavender fields – Avignon
  • Day 06 Point du Gard – Les Baux de Provence – a visit to a queen breeder in Eyguieres – Marseilles
  • Day 07 Departure
 
Senanque abbey with lavander fields
  • Bee hive station in Provence
  • Provence offers a full variety of honey products, among others lavander honey
  • Avignon
  • Senanque abbey with lavander fields
  • Wine cellar
  • Group of beekeepers at their tour
  • Pont du Gard

From people who know best

"We loved the tour."

“We loved the tour. It was more than we expected. We learnt a lot about the bees and enjoyed meeting so many nice people. We were impressed with your lovely country and the helpful, smiling and friendly people we met everywhere.

(Bob and Lorna Muirhead, New Zealand)



Why Provence?

Relaxed atmosphere, great cultural heritage and lavander honey

  • Provence it's home to Europe's deepest canyon, oldest road and highest pass, and then there's the Mediterranean itself, a bright mirror of blue reflecting back craggy cliffs, white beaches and endless skies. 
  • Provence itself is a work of art and has been featured in paintings by artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso.  
  • Rhone-Alps region is the largest producer of honey in France.
    The most typical honey of Provence is lavender honey, which is very fragrant, cream-colored and presents a very fine grit.
  • Sand wine cellar is a special wine cellar in Provence, of which soils in the vineyards are composed of sand carried in from the Alps by Rhone river, the wind and Mediterranean tides. This makes a unique environment for wine with hundred year old history.
  • Camargue is a vast wetland of approximately 100,000 hectares, the largest in France and also one of the most secret. Camargue is classified as UNESCO world haritage.
Provence by Van Gogh Camargue Lavander fields Honey bee on lavander