Gascony Experiences

Overview

Tucked between the gentle refinement of Bordeaux and the grimy, electric atmosphere of Toulouse, Gascony is a region of gently undulating golden hills, bursting with fat, purple grapes as they roll away to the glimmering Pyrenees on the horizon.

It’s a place to take some deep breaths under a clear blue sky, a place to get away from it all and enjoy the simple pleasures: great food, world-class wines, and just not having to do anything.

It’s pure rural France as you imagine it. Forget hordes of tourists or diluted cultures, you’ll see tumbledown stone cottages peeping over fields of dusty yellow sunflowers, old residents nonchalantly going about their day and enjoying the riches of this fertile land, and villages nestled in river valleys.

Villages where communities still take the time to meet at vibrant lakeside bars and haul long benches and tables into the dappled sunlight of their squares, for communal dinners where the smell of grilled duck and the sounds of chatter and dreamy guitar music drifts over you.

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  • Painting Holiday in a Lovely Chateau in Gascony image

    Painting Holiday in a Lovely Chateau in Gascony

    calendar/duration icon 7 nights location icon France
    • Includes accommodation and all meals
    • 6 days expert tuition with Neil Pinkett or Tony Parsons
    • Stay in a stunning renovated chateau
    • May and June 2025 dates

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    £1700 pp
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  • Paper Making Retreat in South France image

    Paper Making Retreat in South France

    calendar/duration icon 3 Nights location icon France

    Go back to the basics and enjoy making some paper using traditional methods, whilst enjoying the French sun and indulgin..

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    £750 *pp
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  • 8 Days Intensive French Cooking Course image

    8 Days Intensive French Cooking Course

    calendar/duration icon 7 Nights location icon France
    • All meals incl 3 course gourmet dinners with wine
    • All tuition from a Michelin star trained Chef
    • Armagnac distillery visit
    • Local village markets tour with foodie stops

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    £3591 pp*
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    • Painting Holiday in a Lovely Chateau in Gascony image

      Painting Holiday in a Lovely Chateau in Gascony

      duration icon 7 nights location icon France
      • Includes accommodation and all meals
      • 6 days expert tuition with Neil Pinkett or Tony Parsons
      • Stay in a stunning renovated chateau
      • May and June 2025 dates

      Price from

      £1700 pp
      Take me there
    • Paper Making Retreat in South France image

      Paper Making Retreat in South France

      duration icon 3 Nights location icon France

      Go back to the basics and enjoy making some paper using traditional methods, whilst enjoying the French sun and indulgin..

      Price from

      £750 *pp
      Take me there
    • 8 Days Intensive French Cooking Course image

      8 Days Intensive French Cooking Course

      duration icon 7 Nights location icon Gascony
      • All meals incl 3 course gourmet dinners with wine
      • All tuition from a Michelin star trained Chef
      • Armagnac distillery visit
      • Local village markets tour with foodie stops

      Price from

      £3591 pp*
      Take me there

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