Cookery and wine holiday with 4 nights in Provence at the Chateau de Berne including cookery lesson with lunch and a vineyard visit
This is a 4-night luxury cookery and wine holiday in Provence, fly-drive, with a stay at one of the most beautiful and prestigious chateau-wine estates in Provence. One hands-on cookery lesson is included as it a visit of the chateau’s vineyards followed by a wine-tasting. The chateau-hotel, the Chateau de Berne, is situated on an estate of 650 hectares of woodland and vineyards and offers a host of leisure facilities and activities. Special thought has been given to the little details that complete a stay here; all rooms have hi-fi equipment and video, a working fireplace for cosy winter stays, and the items from the mini-bar are complimentary. For the more energetic, there is a well-equipped, modern gym with sauna, massage treatments, tennis and cycles. During your stay, you have plenty of time to relax in the hotel itself and its grounds, but also to explore the stunning scenery and countryside nearby, particularly atmospheric in the autumn, winter and spring months.
Highlights
Provence • Cookery lesson • Vineyard visit with wine-tasting
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Prices are per person based on two people sharing a double or twin room for 4 nights.
From about
£2,650 fly-drive
Holiday Code FHFE40
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Cookery and wine holiday with 4 nights in Provence at the Chateau de Berne including cookery lesson with lunch and a vineyard visit
Start your holiday with a flight to Nice with British Airways or from your regional airport if preferred and available. Collect your hire-car at the airport and then drive to your hotel in Provence which will be your base for four nights.
You have three days to relax at the hotel and with time to explore the region. During your stay on a predetermined date, you will have a cookery lesson at the hotel. The Chateau de Berne will introduce you to a traditional, region cuisine in surroundings worth of the great French bourgeois houses with a kitchen of glazed tiles, gleaming copper, polished wood and stone. The cookery lessons at the hotel have to take place on Thursdays at 10 am and are followed by a tasting of your own dishes and accompanied by wines from the estate. Menus are based on the inspiration of the chef and the produce from the estate’s kitchen garden. You should work your stay around this day of the week. You also have a two-hour vineyard visit with a wine-tasting on a pre-arranged day. For the rest of your time at the Chateau de Berne, make the most of the leisure facilities which include 100 kms of footpaths around the estate, mountain bikes, fitness room and Cinq Mondes spa with indoor pool. Experience a beauty treatment with vinotherapy skincare products. In addition to trying your own hand at cookery, savour the gastronomy at your disposal in the restaurants, Le Jardin de Berne and the Bistrot. In the surrounding area you have a staggering choice of natural sites such as the Gorges du Verdon or the cave dwellings of Cotignac, and cultural sites such as Lorgues and Tourtour. The coast at Fréjus is less than an hour’s drive away.
Today, depending on the time of your flight, check-out after breakfast and make your way back to Nice airport. Drop off your car at the airport before taking your flight back to the UK.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Prices are per person based on two people sharing a double or twin room for 4 nights.
From about
£2,650 fly-drive
Holiday Code FHFE40
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Our prices include
● Scheduled return flights with British Airways from London to Nice
● Hire of a Group B car for the duration of the holiday
● 4 nights’ bed and breakfast in a deluxe room at the Chateau de Berne, Provence
● Cookery lesson
● Vineyard visit and wine-tasting
● Concierge service and Expressions Holidays regional helpful hints
Additional information This holiday can be arranged throughout the year. Additional nights can be added at any point on this itinerary. Timings can vary depending on the month and day of the week. Subject to availability of the cookery lesson at the hotel which should take place on Thursdays.
Call us on 01392 441245
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Prices are per person based on two people sharing a double or twin room for 4 nights.
From about
£2,650 fly-drive
Holiday Code FHFE40
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Our prices include
• Scheduled return flights with British Airways from London to Nice
• Hire of a Group B car for the duration of the holiday
• 4 nights’ bed and breakfast in a deluxe room at the Chateau de Berne, Provence
• Cookery lesson
• Vineyard visit and wine-tasting
• Concierge service and Expressions Holidays regional helpful hints
The journey and how you get there
There are flights from Heathrow to Nice. There are regional flights from a variety of UK airports to Pisa. We include the use of a hire-car during your stay.
Additional information This holiday can be arranged throughout the year. Additional nights can be added at any point on this itinerary. Timings can vary depending on the month and day of the week. Subject to availability of the cookery lesson at the hotel which should take place on Thursdays.
Call us on 01392 441245
Cookery and wine holiday with 4 nights in Provence at the Chateau de Berne including cookery lesson with lunch and a vineyard visit
Special offers
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It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Prices are per person based on two people sharing a double or twin room for 4 nights.
From about
£2,650 fly-drive
Holiday Code FHFE40
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Our prices include
• Scheduled return flights with British Airways from London to Nice
• Hire of a Group B car for the duration of the holiday
• 4 nights’ bed and breakfast in a deluxe room at the Chateau de Berne, Provence
• Cookery lesson
• Vineyard visit and wine-tasting
• Concierge service and Expressions Holidays regional helpful hints
The journey and how you get there
There are flights from Heathrow to Nice. There are regional flights from a variety of UK airports to Pisa. We include the use of a hire-car during your stay.
Additional information This holiday can be arranged throughout the year. Additional nights can be added at any point on this itinerary. Timings can vary depending on the month and day of the week. Subject to availability of the cookery lesson at the hotel which should take place on Thursdays.
Call us on 01392 441245
Cookery and wine holiday with 4 nights in Provence at the Chateau de Berne including cookery lesson with lunch and a vineyard visit
About Provence
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Provence, the land which is the ancient province of the Romans, offers a rich tapestry of landscapes, culture and traditions. From the sunflower fields of Van Gogh`s Arles, to the sandy marshes of the Camargue, from the Cezanne like landscapes of Aix inland to the olive groves and lavender beds that surround the perched hill top villages, and finally to the dramatic coastline of the azure Mediterranean where the sandy beaches, craggy corniches and fishing villages have been transformed into a sophisticated holiday playground you experience a multitude of contrasting and complementary senses and images. The perfumes of lavender, thyme, rosemary, citrus, pine and olive mingle in the air and the light is bright and clear. Add to all these sensations a wonderful climate, good food and local wine and unlimited sporting and sightseeing activities and you can understand why Provence is not just an ideal holiday destination but a romantic way of life. Provence still has miles of open road across country, tiny, sleepy villages, dramatic hills and craggy peaks, beautiful, sense enriching panoramas and aromas all waiting for you to explore and enjoy.
Highlights of Provence
Cultural highlights include santons, Souleiado Provençal fabrics, herbs and lavender, wine and olive oil, melons and pastis, boules and berets.
Provence Climate
Average air temperatures in Centigrade: January: 12.2, February: 11.9, March: 14.2, April: 18.5, May: 20.8, June: 26.6, July: 28.1, August: 28.4, September: 25.2, October: 22.1, November: 16.8, December: 14.1. Source: Direction de la Meteorologique de France.
