Freewheeling France tours are customised to suit clients’ interests and travel arrangements. Routes are combined, lengthened, or shortened as required.
Collect your hire car and follow Bespoke France's detailed route guide down picturesque back roads to medieval market towns, vineyards, chateaux, churches and forests.
Drive yourself & enjoy the flexibility & freedom of independent travel, with the ease and peace of mind of an escorted tour.
At lunchtime, chose one of our recommended restaurants or make up a delicious picnic from a market.
Later, you'll be settled in your pre-paid hotel, with more recommended restaurants for dinner - whether it's a modest country inn or a famous, Michelin-starred establishment, we will have selected it for its authenticity and outstanding cuisine.
The sample six-night itineraries have a guide price of NZ$ 990 per person, share twin, except for the deluxe Around Paris tour, at NZ1100 per person, share twin.
Detailed route guide with town plans showing access and exit roads and parking. Freewheeling France itineraries are not generated by a computer program, but are individually created from personal research, and based around special hotels and restaurants - all have a strong food and wine content. Robert and Barbara regularly return to France to update their information.
Large scale Michelin map/s. For longer intineraries, a Michelin Motoring Atlas of France may be supplied.
Accommodation with breakfast in mainly 3 star character hotels. All rooms have private bathrooms and toilets. In some regions, up-grades are available and can include chateau hotels & manor houses. Robert and Barbara personally inspect all the hotels, many of which have notable restaurants.
Notes and recommendations on places of interest, market days, vineyards, restaurants. Robert and Barbara search out the best eating places in every category, from simple bistro fare to the grand cuisine of famous chefs.
Notes on driving in France, shopping & French customs.