Country Roads of France

As the name says, it includes country roads enabling more interesting vistas. The route covered lots of different places

Lived up to its name of COUNTRY roads. Well paced. Plenty of walking which we enjoyed but those with less mobility struggled at times. Loved Chamonix so two nights instead of one would be a suggestion.

It was missing local cultural experiences. Except for the Moulin Rouge and Paris, the experience and atmosphere did not reflect being in other parts of France. This did not compare to our last trip, country roads of Italy, where it was livelier and more enjoyable. Every day seemed to be more of the same. Issues: We were supposed to enjoy a lesson in Petanque in Provence but did not. Instead of The Petit Train de Cahors, we visited 2 medieval villages. Unfortunately, No big wow. It took about 5 days to fix the sound system in the coach where it was difficult to hear the director. No French music in the coach. The breakfasts were repetitious, more of the same each morning. Compared to our previous trips, the final highlight dinner in Paris was not up to Insight standards. It was not a memorable evening as in the past. However, we really enjoyed the visits to Annecy, Chamonix, Aix-en-Provence and Dordogne. The hotels were well situated and the "optionals" complimented the itinerary.

Fantastic scenery, lots of medieval villages and interesting points of interest as well as many major cities.

A large variety of cities and walled cities, beautiful southern areas of France, wine country and the alps.

Excellent itinerary. Everything was thought of. Good amount of time in places and free time to explore on your own. Hotels were excellent as was the tour director, Laurant and driver. Could not fault the tour at all. France is a spectacular country and worth visiting.Loved every minute of it.

You haven’t seen France with out seeing the country road of France. Fantastic tour

This tour had so much potential. The city of Paris is divine, and the French villages are stunningly beautiful. However, how does a tour include Paris and not offer an excursion or even an extra day to Versailles? It was a huge miss. The itinerary should include longer stays in places like Chamonix, Monte Carlo, St. Paul de Vence and Sarlat La Canada rather than Troyes, Beaune and Grenoble. There were also changes made to the itinerary that appeared last minute ie not visiting Arles and Cordes Sur Ciel, not experiencing a visit to a vineyard and watching the wine making process, and communicating to tour members in Chamonix at the last minute that they were own on their own, the cable car activity was “sold out” and not offering other suggestions. The hotel accommodations were good except for Le Meridien Paris Arc de Triomphe where our tiny room was like a train cable car with a broken chair, scratched paint on the bathroom walls, and hard mattresses on wheels! The food experience could have been better. We were taken to places where the food selection was poor, the food was cold or over cooked and only offered regular or vegetarian menus, no exceptions. Last, but not least, unfortunately the tour director appeared tired, lacked communication skills adding confusion at times, and exercised poor judgement and poor decision making. Overall it felt like a missed opportunity for greatness since the majority of the locations were spectacular.

Well designed itinerary that allows you to become acquainted with the variety and richness of life in French regions.

We saw and visited some great places, with a busy itinerary. Our Tour Director was great, she was very knowledgeable, organised and personable. The Hotel rooms ranged in size /quality, but overall we're very good. The food was good, especially at the included meals.

The itinerary is great but too many of the experiences were ‘optional extras’ making it a very expensive tour. Also some options were missed due to them being booked out - changed from the original info we received and because the tour guide didn’t book ahead knowing it was peak season etc. Disappointing.

We were in absolute awe seeing the majestic and beautiful castles, medieval villages and chateaus The overall experience was wonderful.

Grenoble should not be on the itinerary. It is one of France’s top 10 unsafe cities. Number 6 to be exact. You should feel safe to walk at night.

The itinerary has been designed to not include any small villages in the Alsace region which is so beautiful and regrettable. Where the Chamonix Mt Blanc is located nearby which is en route to these small villages. The Arles was skipped due to traffic jam is not reasonable because rest of that day 10 was at leisure already and tomorrow day 11 also a full day freetime in Albi which becomes too many leisure time unnecessary. Feedback is for you to make it good the itinerary not to tell other people. I choose this tour because I like Chamonix Mt Blanc and Annecy.

The majority of the itinerary was very good. I would however like to see Grenoble replaced with a nicer choice. We were only there overnight and I am sure there would be better options in the region

Jam packed fun!! Loved this trip and our guide !! The most knowledgeable guide, he knows ALL of France like the back of his hands.

Just loved this tour that took us away from the cities to vthe villages, towns churches, castles and the country beauty of France. And a good pace with not obscene (lol) "bags out" times. The included dinners were delicious except for the last in Paris.. I could haveveasily hopped on the coach and enjoyed the journey again.