Intimate French dinner table with candles, wine, and rustic food, warm amber light, deep shadows, cosy stone interior

Immersive
experiences

Not tourist attractions — real participation. Learn from masters, share their tables, and leave with skills you'll use for life.

Six ways to go
deeper into France

Each experience is led by someone who has spent their life mastering their craft in one corner of France. These are not demonstrations — they are invitations.

French cooking class in farmhouse kitchen, warm light, fresh vegetables, instructor demonstrating technique
Cooking
Beaune, Bourgogne

Burgundy Cooking Lessons

Full day (7 hrs)Max 8 guests

Learn to cook a three-course Burgundian feast in a centuries-old farmhouse kitchen. Our chef Martine has been cooking this way for 40 years. You'll make boeuf bourguignon from scratch, a proper gougères, and a tarte aux pommes that will ruin all other apple tarts for you forever.

Included
  • Market visit at 8am
  • Full cooking session
  • Shared lunch with wine
  • Recipe booklet to take home
Price€195 per person
Book Experience
Bordeaux wine cellar with oak barrels, warm cellar light, stone walls, wine glasses being poured
Wine
Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux

Bordeaux Wine Tasting

Half day (4 hrs)Max 12 guests

Taste six classified Bordeaux wines in the cellar of a 4th-generation winemaker. No spit buckets here — this is a real French dégustation. Learn to identify terroir, vintage variation, and why left-bank differs so dramatically from right-bank.

Included
  • Cellar tour
  • 6 wines with food pairings
  • Winemaker Q&A
  • Bottle to take home
Price€145 per person
Book Experience
Truffle hunting in oak forest, dog sniffing ground, handler watching, winter morning light, earthy forest floor
Food
Périgueux, Périgord

Truffle Hunting

Half day (3 hrs)Max 6 guests

Walk through Périgord oak groves with Michel and his Lagotto Romagnolo, Figaro. Watch the dog work, learn to read the terrain, and if the season is right, find your own truffle. The morning ends with a truffle omelette lunch that costs more than your flight.

Included
  • Forest walk with expert
  • Truffle dog demonstration
  • Truffle omelette lunch
  • Small truffle to take home
Price€125 per person
Book Experience
Artisan cheese-making in Normandy dairy, white aprons, curds being shaped, warm dairy light, rustic wooden surfaces
Food
Livarot, Normandy

Normandy Cheese-Making

Full day (6 hrs)Max 8 guests

Make Camembert de Normandie by hand at a small farm dairy, following the traditional AOP method unchanged since 1791. You'll also taste five Normandy cheeses with local cider. Your own Camembert goes home with you, ready in 4 weeks.

Included
  • Farm dairy tour
  • Hands-on cheese making
  • Normandy cheese & cider tasting
  • Your Camembert to mature at home
Price€165 per person
Book Experience
Monet's garden at Giverny, water lily pond, Japanese bridge, lush green, morning soft light
Art
Giverny, Normandy

Giverny Painting Workshop

Full day (5 hrs)Max 6 guests

Paint en plein air in Monet's garden with a professional artist guide. Access the garden before it opens to the public. No experience necessary — our guide works with everyone from first-timers to serious painters. You leave with a finished canvas.

Included
  • Early garden access
  • All painting materials
  • Artist instruction
  • Framed canvas to take home
Price€185 per person
Book Experience
Hot air balloon floating over Loire Valley at dawn, châteaux visible below, golden morning mist, soft sunrise colours
Adventure
Amboise, Loire Valley

Loire Valley Balloon Flight

3 hrs (1 hr flight)Max 8 guests

Float over the Loire at dawn in a hot air balloon, watching châteaux emerge from the morning mist. A true bucket-list moment above the garden of France. Champagne breakfast on landing included. Flights operate April–October, weather permitting.

Included
  • Dawn balloon flight
  • Châteaux aerial views
  • Champagne breakfast on landing
  • Flight certificate
Price€295 per person
Book Experience