Your cooking vacation begins with your arrival Tuesday afternoon and ends the following Monday after breakfast.

Wednesday through Sunday, each day is designed around 3 - 5 hours of hands-on culinary instruction and excursions into this sun-drenched and historical corner of Provence. In addition, depending on the availability, season and local village festivals, we will:

• Visit a local goat farm and goat-cheese producer
• Visit 250 year old factory where olive oil filters are still made the old fashioned way
• Visit a trout farm - select fresh fish for the table
• Tour a Chateauneuf-du-Pape chateau or an area wine producer with a special lecture and tasting
• Bottle our own wine (with an extra to tuck into your suitcase)
• Experience a bit of French/Roman history - tour a medieval village - visit remarkable Roman ruins
• Tour an olive oil mill founded in 1847 with special tasting, or the famous Nyons olive co-op
• Tour an old style lavender distillery and participate in a perfume workshop
• Find time to shop for those beautiful Provençal fabrics and ceramics
• Explore the renowned, sprawling and animated open-air market in Nyons
• Enjoy a special chocolate workshop, taught by a classically trained and immensely popular “Chocolatier”

There will also be ample time to relax by the pool, read on the terrace, hike up the mountains through the wild lavender and thyme, star-gaze or simply nap in your room. Sleep with windows open. Soak up the ambiance of Provence.