Gascony Experiences

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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  • 8 Days Intensive French Cooking Course

    7 Nights France
    • Full board (3 course gourmet dinners) & refreshments (including wine)
    • All tuition from a Michelin star trained Chef
    • Armagnac distillery visit
    • Local village markets, foodie stops and history

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    £3265 pp
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  • Wellbeing Break in South West France

    3 Nights France
    • Full board (3 course gourmet dinners) & refreshments (including wine)
    • Spa visit
    • Armagnac distillery visit and tasting session
    • Chateau visit and wine tasting session

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    £935 pp
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  • French Cooking and Wine Holiday

    5 Nights France

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    £1445 pp*
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  • Gastronomic Short Break

    3 Nights France
    • Full board (3 course gourmet dinners) & refreshments (including wine)
    • 2 x culinary excursions to local villages or towns
    • Armagnac distillery visit and tasting session
    • Chateau visit and wine tasting session

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    £935 pp*
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  • French Cookery and Gastronomy Holiday

    7 Night France
    • Full board (3 course gourmet dinners) & refreshments (including wine)
    • 4 x cooking classes & Cheese and wine pairing
    • Vineyard and Armagnac distillery visit
    • Champagne and Methode Traditionelle tasting

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    £1890 pp*
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