WHAT?????
Vacation? Visit? Retreat for your office staff? Family or group reunion? Art, writing, yoga and healing workshops and seminars? Jo Anne offers you the bonus of a French speaking coordinator and guide who will assist you in making the most of your stay.
Perhaps you have a few friends or family members who would like to spend a week, ten days, or even a month, exploring the region. Make your home base in a provençal cottage, inn, hotel, chateau or B&B. Tell Jo Anne what you'd like to do. She'll arrange lodging, transportation, tours, activities, classes, restaurant reservations or catered meals. Send your list for groceries/provisions and arrive at your destination with your refrigerator and cupboard ready, so you can relax and recuperate from the journey and jet lag.
To learn more about lodging close to Apt, follow these links:
Mas Des Genets
provencal-villa,
Provence Cottages
WHERE????
Jo Anne Wilson can plan a visit to any of the following:
Provence & The Vaucluse **
Forty-five minutes due east of the historic city of Avignon lies the town of Apt and the nearby village of Saignon. The French high-speed train, the TGV, makes daily trips between Paris (either in the city or the airport Charles de Gaulle) and Avignon. You can also fly into Marseille.
To learn more about Apt and the area, follow these links:
http://www.beyond.fr/villages/apt.html
http://www.beyond.fr/sites/luberon.html
http://www.kenrockwell.com/france/apt750.htm
Beyond Provence **
Just north of the Vaucluse lies the department of the Ardèche. Situated in the foothills of the Cevennes Mountains, the region boasts some of the most beautiful river gorges in all of France. Tucked away in the foothills lies the town of St. Paul le Jeune and the hamlet of Les Monèdes. The TGV will take you from Paris directly to the city of Nîmes. Visit the Roman amphitheatre and other historic sites. You're just forty-five minutes from St. Paul le Jeune.
Paris **
If you have the time and energy, you can extend your visit to include a few days in Paris. Let Jo Anne organize your hotel stay and visits to museums, markets, and unique shopping opportunities.
Saignon lies in the heart of the Luberon close to other villages made famous by British author Peter Mayle in his book A Year In Provence. You'll be just minutes from the villages of Bonnieux and Menerbes yet only a forty-five minute drive to the city of Aix-en-Provence and a short one and one half hours to the Mediterranean seaport of Marseille.
HOW?????
Jo Anne divides her time between her home in Traverse City, Michigan and the Vaucluse and Ardèche regions of southern France. This gives her the extraordinary option of arranging your travel plans on site! From her Michigan home she can plan and coordinate and from her provençal abode she is uniquely positioned to further organize the details of your visit to Southern France.
Contact Jo Anne for information and fees. Many options are available from complete trip planning to dinner reservations during your stay. Arts organizations are encouraged to inquire about coordinating trips for their members.
Meet Me In Provence is a personalized and individualized service! You may reach Jo Anne via email, or regular mail at P.O. Box 5518, Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5518.
WHY????
Relax and let someone else take care of the details. Avail yourself of a French-speaking guide. Avoid guesswork. Visit quaint, out of the way places known mostly to those who live in the region. Experience Southern France, not like a tourist but from the inside out. Jo Anne Wilson sends you this cordial invitation, "Meet Me In Provence!"
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This page last updated December 9, 2007