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"Spin Your Wheels" French cycle & cruise Tour
Departing New Zealand 25 June to 10 July 2012

 
         

Join Pete Halligan and Steve Gurney for a glorious week of cycling around Provence, through its landscapes dotted with orchards and vineyards. Discover amazing perched villages, cycle up to the infamous summit of Mont Ventoux, Provence’s highest mountain and one of the classics of Tour de France (see photo below). Gourmet Provençal picnics are provided during the day, while you rest your cycling legs in charming hotels at night.

“Après l’effort le réconfort” this popular French saying means relaxation is well deserved after effort.  To do so, you will embark on a cruise along the valleys of the Rhône and Saone Rivers, indulging beautiful landscapes. This cruise will not only provide pleasure for your eyes it will also tickle your taste buds with several wine tasting opportunities and an unforgettable dinner in the purest French culinary tradition at the “Abbaye de Collonges”, a venue managed by recently named Chef of the Century: Paul Bocuse.

 
       Brief day by day itinerary  

 



    Day 1        New Zealand to Dubai

Day 2        Dubai to Nice.

Day 3        Nice - French Riviera - Avignon

Day 4        Avignon - Travel Vineyards - Point du Gard - Avignon

Day 5        Avignon - St. Remy de Provence - Cavillon - Isle Sur la Sorgue

Day 6        Isle Sur La Sorgue - Gordes - Roussillon - Bonnieux - Lacoste -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Day 7        Isle Sur La Sorgue - Nesque Gorge - Bedoin

Day 8        Bedoin - Beaumes De Venise - Gigondas - Vaison La Romaine - Bedoin

Day 9        Bedoin - Mont Ventoux - Bedoin

Day 10     Bedoin - Avignon - Lyon & start of cruise

Day 11     Lyon - Tain L'Hermitage

Day 12     Tain L'Hermitage - Vienne - Lyon - Collonges

Day 13      Collognes - Macon - Belleville - Lyon

Day 14      Lyon - end of cruise - Dubai

Day 15      Dubai - New Zealand

Day 16      Arrive home





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