Pleasures of Provence - See it as its Painters saw it

Avignon • Chateauneuf Du Pape • Glanum • St Remy • Aix en Provence • Nice • Grasse • Antibes

This holiday includes 7 breakfasts and 3 evening meals

With time to enjoy the cities of Avignon and Nice, our acclaimed tour leads us to landscapes that inspired many of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist greats. For centuries, the character and luminosity of Provence has sparked the imaginations of painters such as Van Gogh and we pass panoramas that stirred the creative mind of Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence and Picasso in Antibes. We also include a tasting of the world famous Châteauneuf-Du-Pape, take in the stunning vistas of quaint Provençal villages and visit a perfumery in Grasse. This is a holiday to stimulate the imagination and delight the senses.DAY 1 LONDON • MARSEILLE • AVIGNON
We begin with Titan HiTours VIP Home Departure Service™™ to Gatwick Airport for your direct, scheduled British Airways flight to Marseille. On arrival we drive to Avignon and the Grand Hotel Avignon, where we stay for the next four nights with dinner included this evening.

DAY 2 CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE •
This morning we travel to Châteauneuf-Du-Pape for a wine tasting at a local winery, after which you will have some free time for lunch and exploration. This afternoon you are at leisure in Avignon.

DAY 3 GLANUM • ST REMY
Today our first stop is the Roman city of Glanum where we will have a guided tour of the ancient remains and relics and the Triumphal Arch. Van Gogh produced more than 150 paintings in nearby St. Rémy, including the famous Irises. We then continue to Arles where Van Gogh painted his celebrated Sunflowers series. The shaded squares, fine buildings and winding streets also made it a favourite with Picasso.

DAY 4 PROVENCAL VILLAGES
Today we take a drive through one of the ‘lavender routes’, which is dotted with picturesque Provençal villages. We will visit just a few, including the hilltop town of Gordes with its winding alleys and Cistercian Abbey.

DAY 5 AVIGNON • AIX-EN-PROVENCE • NICE
This morning we depart for Aix-en-Provence, famous as the birthplace of Paul Cézanne, and we have included a visit to Atelier Cézanne where you can view some of the artist’s belongings in his studio. After lunch we follow part of the ‘Cézanne route’to Nice, which passes some of his favourite haunts, and arrive at the Holiday Inn.

DAY 6 GRASSE • ANTIBES • ST PAUL
We leave Nice for the perfume town of Grasse where you will have a guided tour of the Fragonard Perfumery before we travel to Antibes for lunch and free time. In the immediate post-war years Antibes saw an influx of artists, including Pablo Picasso, and you may choose to see the large collection of masterpieces he bestowed on this harbour town that is housed in the Picasso Museum. We dine this evening at a local restaurant in Nice.

DAY 7 NICE
You are at leisure today to enjoy a stroll along the Promenade des Anglais, situated a short walk from your hotel or perhaps the Cours Saleya, a lively local market.

DAY 8 NICE • LONDON
After breakfast, we journey to Nice airport for your direct, scheduled British Airways flight to London Heathrow Airport where our staff will greet you and transfer you to Titan HiTours transport for your journey home to your own front door.Duration 8 days, 7 nights in hotels; 4 Avignon, 3 Nice.

Titan HiTours VIP Home Departure Service™

Check-in service by Titan staff.

Scheduled British Airways direct flights

Services of an experienced Titan HiTours tour manager.

First class air-conditioned coaching with experienced drivers

Accommodation as specified in brochure or of a similar standard

Excursions, tours and entrances as described in the itinerary

Hotel porterage (1 bag per person).

All airport taxes, security charges and UK Air Passenger Duty and applicable fuel surcharges.

Meals: Breakfast on days 2-8 & Dinner on days 1,5 and 6