En France Tours, operating since 1987, is headquartered out of Washington State and offers five escorted tours to France. En France Tours has three professional tour guides, all of whom are bilingual and bicultural. Billie Williams, founder of En France Tours has over 20 years of planning and guiding experience. Most tours are accompanied by two escorts, and at least one hired local English-speaking guide. Group tours are between six to eight people, however, En France Tours does offer escorted individual tours as well. Their Best of Provence Tour is eight days and seven nights, and normally runs in early July. Some scenic highlights are: walks through the vineyards of Côtes du Rhône, visits to historic Roman ruins, and stops to meet traditional French artisans.
En France Tours
5016 Brassfield Dr SE
Olympia WA 98506
360-352-8236
enfrancetours.com
Grand European Tours, a US based touring company, offers tourists a 16 day escorted tour of France, called the Grand Tour de France. The tour begins in Paris and continues through Burgundy to the Pont du Gard in Avignon. Visitors will continue to Nice to visit Monte Carlo and Cote d'Azur. Other stops on the tour agenda are: the Roman Arena, and Maison Carre in Nimes, Carcassonne, Lourdes, Bordeaux and the Chateau de Chenonceau in Blois. Service that are included in the tour packages are first class hotel accommodations, professional tour director, local tour guide, transportation, four three-course dinners including tea and coffee, two "highlight" dinners and one dine out dinner.
Grand European Tours
6000 Meadows Road Suite 520
Lake Oswego Oregon 97035
800-552-5545
getours.com
The French Travel Connection has both group escorted tours and private escorted tours to France. Headquartered out of Australia, the French Travel Connection tour company has six featured escorted tours to a variety of French regions. Group tours vary in duration from three to 17 days with a maximum of 50 people. Tour regions include: Somme, Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Dordogne Lyon, Burgundy, Champagne, Provence, and the French Riviera. The private escorted tours vary from one to nine days, for a minimum of two persons with a maximum of six, except for the Normandy day trip, which does permit eight persons per tour. Some regions visited on the private escorted tours are: Normandy, the South West, Carcassonne, Sebastian, and Toulouse. All tours are fully escorted by professional bilingual tour guides. Tours included transportation, two-star hotel accommodations and meals.
French Travel Connection
601/83 Mount St
North Sydney, Australia NSW 2060
+011-61-2-9966-1177
frenchtravel.com.au
