Provence Tours and Trips

What a thoroughly enjoyable 8-day bike ride. To be honest, cycling the last kilometre of the ride we found it very hard to get off, so we did an extra 5 just for fun. When doing a trip like this you need three things to go well: weather - whilst out of our control, it was perfect; navigation app - seamless and robust, great connectivity, and it took us places we would never normally find; bikes - we hired the e-bikes and they were comfortable, easy to use, and with good battery charge. Those are the physical things; what we can't put into words are the sights and the smells of Provence in spring. Suffice to say, every kilometre was a joy to behold. We're already planning next year's ride.

A thoroughly enjoyable week's cycling in Provence. Erwin, our leader, was very experienced and knew the area well. Our first hotel was conveniently situatied in Avignon and served excellent breakfasts. Our second hotel was situated in wonderful grounds, had a lovely swimming pool and the breakfasts were superb. The wine tasting and picnic was particular highlight. Highly recommended.

The accommodation in particular was excellent. The hotel in Avignon had a a large stone terrace and the country hotel was beautiful. An excellent itinerary, visited beautiful and interesting places. Our Guide was supportive and friendly

The entire tour was amazing, taking into consideration this was only my second international experience. My most memorable experience, if I picked just one, was our boat tour in Cassis. But I will say our group (22 people), was just lovely. We were a small enough group to get to know one another and share past, present and future travel stories. Let’s not forget our tour guide, Stephanie . She was lovely. Totally knowledgeable, accessible at all times and she was fun. She is what I would hope for in all tour guides 💕. Our next travel experience will hopefully be either Greece or Italy. And I could only hope that it would be as amazing and memorable as “Essence of France”! Would definitely travel with Collette again !

Well organised tour with an excellent guide. Hotels ranged from ok to excellent but all in good locations. Visits to the Salvador Dali museum and the greek/roman archeological site en route were highlights.

As 60-plus-year-olds and non-regular bike riders, this was the perfect bike riding trip for us. We chose e-bikes, which made it a lot easier, particularly on longer days and the occasional steep inclines. The route was beautiful, the accommodation great, and transport of bags worked perfectly. The GUIBO app was a godsend — for route guidance and local tips. We would recommend UTracks to friends and would love to do more journeys with them in the future.