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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

    7 nights 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

    £1900 pp
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  • Comedy Writing Break in Gascony

    7 nights France

    What could be more energising and empowering than spending a week being creative, developing your comedy technique, disc..

    Price from

    £900 pp
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  • Paper Making Retreat in South France

    3 Nights 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
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    • Painting Holiday in a Lovely Chateau in Gascony

      7 nights 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

      £1900 pp
      Take me there

    • Comedy Writing Break in Gascony

      7 nights Gascony

      What could be more energising and empowering than spending a week being creative, developing your comedy technique, disc..

      Price from

      £900 pp
      Take me there

    • Paper Making Retreat in South France

      3 Nights 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
    View all

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