Six Nights in the South of France - Itinerary Help Please!
Jun 10th, 2009, 07:10 AM
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Hello Robyn,
Hope I am not too late in my reply. I offer reasonably priced private tours, in my car or yours, throughout Provence. I live near Saint Remy and offer a fabulous 1/2 day tour of Arles and les Alpilles where we follow the footsteps of Van Gogh. I also do day trips to Uzes and Pont du Gard, and Avignon.
I offer free travel advice and pre-trip planning regarding restaurants and where to stay, with the advanced booking of one tour. www.experience-provence.com contact me on [email protected]. All the best, Jane
Hope I am not too late in my reply. I offer reasonably priced private tours, in my car or yours, throughout Provence. I live near Saint Remy and offer a fabulous 1/2 day tour of Arles and les Alpilles where we follow the footsteps of Van Gogh. I also do day trips to Uzes and Pont du Gard, and Avignon.
I offer free travel advice and pre-trip planning regarding restaurants and where to stay, with the advanced booking of one tour. www.experience-provence.com contact me on [email protected]. All the best, Jane
Jun 10th, 2009, 07:18 AM
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Hi Robyn,
We stayed in Aups a few years ago and did a day trip to the Gorge de Verdon from there, it was a very easy drive with fabulous scenery and a magnificent day! Aups is a very cute town too.
Have a great trip!
We stayed in Aups a few years ago and did a day trip to the Gorge de Verdon from there, it was a very easy drive with fabulous scenery and a magnificent day! Aups is a very cute town too.
Have a great trip!
Jun 11th, 2009, 09:57 AM
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If you really want to see Millau you could do the drive through the Tarn Gorge between Ales and Millau, rather than Verdun gorge which is in another direction entirely. Drive could be done in a day but not there and back in a day. Train connections back to Paris from Millau/Albi/Toulouse take much longer than from Avignon. Realistically this would add 2 days to your trip, one day through Tarn Gorge to Millau, 2nd day loop back through Carcassone. I think you'd have to give up one of your days in Provence to make this worthwhile. With only 6 days I'd choose to stay in Provence the whole time.
Jun 11th, 2009, 10:52 AM
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Jun 11th, 2009, 03:45 PM
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<b>UPDATE</b> - After another planning session, this is our latest itinerary:
SAT - Train to Avignon, rent car, drive to St. Remy - Hotel St. Remy
SUN - Drive across Millau Bridge - Hotel St. Remy
MON - Drive to Pont du Gard, Uzes & Nimes - Hotel St. Remy
TUE - Drive to Gordes & the Luberon - Hotel St. Remy
WED - Drive to Les Baux, Arles, return car - Hotel Arles
THU - Train to Marseille, boat ride, eat Bouillabaisse - Hotel Marseille
FRI - Train to Paris
(Sun, Mon & Tue schedule can be switched around so Millau can be done on the best weather day)
JToronto - <b>How long will it take to drive the Gorges du Tarn, and how difficult of a drive will it be?</b> We were thinking of going through Ales and Florac (or take the Corniche des Cévennes?), then follow the 907 through the Gorges down into Millau, then back to St. Remy by way of the expressway through Montpellier and Nimes. We don't mind driving distances (we recently drove 180 miles roundtrip in the evening after work just to see the new Star Trek movie, and got up and went to work the next day.)
Leely2 - Thanks for the insight on Marseille. We're looking at a hotel one block off of the Vieux Port, near the intersection of la Canebière (can of beer). Most of what we want to do is located right there at the Vieux Port, so I don't think we'll have a problem. Plus, I'm travelling with two burly looking guys.
frenchwow - I checked out your trip report which had lots of information. I was sorry to read about your broken ankle. I hope you have since healed.
owlwoman - I had to get my map out and find Aups. It looks like it was a very convenient location to stay for visiting the Gorges du Verdon. Unfortunately, there's just not enough time on this trip to go everywhere that we keep learning about.
JeanneB - Thanks for answering Caroline's HTML question.
Caroline - FYI, here's a link to a site that was put together by a fellow Fodorite which explains other <i><red>Simple HTML Formatting Tags</red></i>: (use i for italics, and red for red)
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Thanks, everyone, for helping with my trip planning.
Robyn
SAT - Train to Avignon, rent car, drive to St. Remy - Hotel St. Remy
SUN - Drive across Millau Bridge - Hotel St. Remy
MON - Drive to Pont du Gard, Uzes & Nimes - Hotel St. Remy
TUE - Drive to Gordes & the Luberon - Hotel St. Remy
WED - Drive to Les Baux, Arles, return car - Hotel Arles
THU - Train to Marseille, boat ride, eat Bouillabaisse - Hotel Marseille
FRI - Train to Paris
(Sun, Mon & Tue schedule can be switched around so Millau can be done on the best weather day)
JToronto - <b>How long will it take to drive the Gorges du Tarn, and how difficult of a drive will it be?</b> We were thinking of going through Ales and Florac (or take the Corniche des Cévennes?), then follow the 907 through the Gorges down into Millau, then back to St. Remy by way of the expressway through Montpellier and Nimes. We don't mind driving distances (we recently drove 180 miles roundtrip in the evening after work just to see the new Star Trek movie, and got up and went to work the next day.)
Leely2 - Thanks for the insight on Marseille. We're looking at a hotel one block off of the Vieux Port, near the intersection of la Canebière (can of beer). Most of what we want to do is located right there at the Vieux Port, so I don't think we'll have a problem. Plus, I'm travelling with two burly looking guys.
frenchwow - I checked out your trip report which had lots of information. I was sorry to read about your broken ankle. I hope you have since healed.
owlwoman - I had to get my map out and find Aups. It looks like it was a very convenient location to stay for visiting the Gorges du Verdon. Unfortunately, there's just not enough time on this trip to go everywhere that we keep learning about.
JeanneB - Thanks for answering Caroline's HTML question.
Caroline - FYI, here's a link to a site that was put together by a fellow Fodorite which explains other <i><red>Simple HTML Formatting Tags</red></i>: (use i for italics, and red for red)
http://ljkrakauer.com/tags.htm
And here's a link to the Smiley's emoticons:
http://www.fodors.com/community/smileys/
Thanks, everyone, for helping with my trip planning.
Robyn
Jun 12th, 2009, 02:04 PM
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Jane,
I sent a message via your website. Did you get it? (Your email didn't work for me). If you didn't get it, maybe you could try to email me so I can simply hit reply. jeannebab-AT-comcast-DOT-net.
Thanks
Jane,
I sent a message via your website. Did you get it? (Your email didn't work for me). If you didn't get it, maybe you could try to email me so I can simply hit reply. jeannebab-AT-comcast-DOT-net.
Thanks
Jun 12th, 2009, 04:22 PM
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I know that you can see a lot more and cover more ground with a car but it is not essential, especially if you have only a short time. Last year my family spent 3 days in St Remy and 2 in Avignon using buses between. Unfortunately the local bus to Les Baux finishes in September so we took a taxi (less than 20euro) and walked back (about 12km I believe - off road and very beautiful). Business run less frequently on Sundays but I believe there is a bus between St Remy and Arles as well as to Avignon. Check this site for the local bus timetables http://www.saintremy-de-provence.com/.
We always prefer to take local transport when in Europe and have usually managed to get to some pretty out of the way places. Sometimes it takes longer, that's all. It all comes down to how fast you want to travel. btw we loved St Remy and would be happy to go back any time. Lastly, it is possible to take organised day tours from Avignon to places like Gordes although we didn't actually do this.
Providing you don't want to whizz around and plan ahead around the bus schedules, you shouldn't feel compelled to get a car if you prefer not to.
We always prefer to take local transport when in Europe and have usually managed to get to some pretty out of the way places. Sometimes it takes longer, that's all. It all comes down to how fast you want to travel. btw we loved St Remy and would be happy to go back any time. Lastly, it is possible to take organised day tours from Avignon to places like Gordes although we didn't actually do this.
Providing you don't want to whizz around and plan ahead around the bus schedules, you shouldn't feel compelled to get a car if you prefer not to.
Jun 21st, 2009, 05:36 PM
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Artstuff, We stayed in Bonnieux a few years ago for around two weeks.
We were centrally located in the Luberon and loved it. Stu kindly sent us his provence iteniary and we it meant the world to us to have it. We went to the Bollager every morning and had the BEST orange tart sort of pastry covered in the most wonderful powdered suger. It was a very small village, but I would stay there again for the pastry. Anyway, we got up every morning and drove a part of the trip. Stu's advice was invaluable. Please take it and have a wonderful trip!.
We were centrally located in the Luberon and loved it. Stu kindly sent us his provence iteniary and we it meant the world to us to have it. We went to the Bollager every morning and had the BEST orange tart sort of pastry covered in the most wonderful powdered suger. It was a very small village, but I would stay there again for the pastry. Anyway, we got up every morning and drove a part of the trip. Stu's advice was invaluable. Please take it and have a wonderful trip!.
Jun 21st, 2009, 06:29 PM
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a small car is needed to visit small villages.
We stayed in Mustiers St Marie to visit the Canyon.
Bonnieux is one of my favorite places.
There is so much besuty in Provence, just thinking of it
I can smell the wild herbs growing on the garrigue.
We stayed in Mustiers St Marie to visit the Canyon.
Bonnieux is one of my favorite places.
There is so much besuty in Provence, just thinking of it
I can smell the wild herbs growing on the garrigue.
Jun 22nd, 2009, 09:30 AM
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I haven't read all the details here, I think the latest is you now plan to drive everywhere. Well, I've visited places in Provence by bus/train, so it is possible. I've visited St Remy, for example, by bus but I was staying in Avignon. Bus schedules change and aren't that easy to find online, in my experience, so I just get the schedules at the local gare routiere when I am in a town or city. It's a lot easier. YOu do have a lot more freedom with a car, but you don't have to have one. The problem with some bus schedules is they are not that frequent or the arrival/departures don't give you the right amount of time you want in a place.
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