Provence is a food lover's dream par excellence. Imagine walking in thyme-scented countryside, ambling home from the market with mesh bags full of amazing produce, and pouring an extra splash of wine to prolong an evening on the terrace.  You'll live the Provençal lifestyle for a week in a captivating sampling of the region’s finest small hotels, most engaging locals, and most delicious cuisine. Every day, there's something new as you visit hilltop villages and walk to Roman ruins and an ochre quarry.  Best of all, the week includes four cooking instruction sessions. You’ll get tips and secrets to Provençal cooking from a local chef…meet the farmers and artisans for whom the area is justifiably famous…visit local markets…and be welcomed to a private wine-tasting at Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s finest cellar.  Most of all, you’ll get a complete and very personal taste of life in the sunny, storied south of France.

DAYS 1-3 - AVIGNON / NOVES
Meet in the walled city of Avignon and explore the 14th century Papal Palace. Settle into your Relais & Chateau hotel, and enjoy dinner at the Michelin-starred restaurant. Pay a guided visit to the Arles of Vincent Van Gogh and explore the seaside Camargue region home to wild horses, flamingos and renowned chef Roger Merlin for an unforgettable cooking lesson. Your next lovely hotel in Noves is the perfect starting point for forays into the Luberon -  picturesque Gordes, ochre-colored Roussillon, and cooking with a Michelin-starred chef.

DAYS 4-7 - UCHAUX / CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE
In St. Rémy-de-Provence, you'll spend a morning at the weekly market to shop like the locals. Lovely strolls lead to the Romans’ Pont du Gard aqueduct…a visit to the vineyards and cellars of Châteauneuf du Pape…and a cooking instruction at Michelin-starred La Mirande in a 17th century mansion. After lunch at La Mirande, you'll amble through lovely Séguret before parting company in Avignon.