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Provence — luxury travel by Forest Travel
Southern France

Provence

Lavender fields, hilltop villages and a country mas with a private chef and a cellar.

When to Go
May – June · September – October

Lavender fields, hilltop villages and a country mas with a private chef and a cellar. Here is Provence, arranged privately — browse it by the occasion you're marking, by what moves you, or by the season that suits you best.

Access · Not Itinerary

What an Advisor Can Open Here

What an advisor can open that an algorithm cannot. Each of these is staged on your terms — the access, the timing, the people.

A lavender field at harvest with the distiller
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A lavender field at harvest with the distiller

The plateau de Valensole at peak bloom with the farmer who has distilled his own essential oil since 1972 — the cutting, the steam distillation in the shed, the vial of oil pressed from two thousand square metres of purple, then a farmhouse lunch.

A Provençal chef's kitchen before service
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A Provençal chef's kitchen before service

A farmhouse restaurant in the Luberon opened between lunch and dinner — the chef walks your party through the evening's menu before it exists on paper, the pantry of wild mushrooms and black truffle from this morning's Carpentras market.

Les Baux at dawn
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Les Baux at dawn

The ancient village before the first visitor by thirty minutes — the Alpilles limestone turning gold, the Château des Baux entirely yours, the guide who has lived in the village his whole life pointing to where the troubadours performed in the twelfth century.

Curated Journeys

Curated Provence Journeys

Not a package — a starting point. Each is a journey we have designed and refined; your advisor reshapes it for the version only you would recognise.

A Celebration in Provence
Celebration

A Celebration in Provence

An anniversary or milestone marked in Provence, with a setting worthy of the occasion.

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The Provence Table
Culinary & Wine

The Provence Table

The markets, cellars and private kitchens that define Provence.

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Wellness in Provence
Wellness

Wellness in Provence

The lavender and rosemary as pharmacy — a spa in a restored Luberon mas where the treatments use the estate's herbs, a morning walk in the Alpilles before the sun reaches the limestone, and a cure thermale at one of Provence's Roman-era springs.

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A Provence Summer
Summer

A Provence Summer

Provence in the lavender season — the Valensole plateau in July when the purple extends to the horizon, the Gordes market on a Tuesday, a rosé tasting at a Bandol estate above the Mediterranean, and the Luberon hillside village of Les Baux at the hour the stone turns gold.

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FAQ

Planning a Private Provence Journey

Your advisor times Provence to its finest window — balancing weather, light and crowds — and shapes the journey around the season you choose.

Entirely. Private guides, exclusive access, staffed villas and chartered transport are arranged so the destination feels like your own.

Yes — Provence pairs naturally with the wider region, and your advisor weaves a seamless multi-stop journey if you wish.

More of France

Keep exploring France

Each a starting point — our advisors weave them into a single, seamless journey.

Begin in Provence

None of this is fixed.

Every journey here is a starting point a private advisor reshapes entirely around you — your pace, your people, the Provence only you would recognise.