European Experiences

Experience Europe’s Most Beautiful Places

Are you dreaming of a different kind of European vacation?
A beautiful setting in the countryside?
An immersion in a different culture and way of life?
The opportunity to get to know local people?
A focus on simple pleasures?
A leisurely and relaxed pace?

If this type of vacation appeals to you, you’ll enjoy our European Experiences trips!  We offer small group tours in the most beautiful areas of Europe, special places that have captured our hearts in almost 20 years of European travel.

Each year we offer several weeks of The Luberon Experience in Provence, France, based in the village of Bonnieux (shown above). Our family lived in Bonnieux a few years ago, and we consider this our second home. Our other trips vary each year, as we share other wonderful places in Europe that we love with travelers looking for an indepth experience.

European Experiences in 2012

We’re hosting groups in three of our favorite areas of Europe in 2012:

• We’ll return to the Luberon for three weeks in May. One of our weeks is an all-women’s week.
• In June we’re delighted to offer two weeks in the beautiful Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy.
• And in July we’ll spend a week surrounded by lakes and mountains in the Salzkammergut region of Austria.

See the details of our 2012 schedule here.

We’re already planning ahead for 2013!  We’ll offer three weeks in the Luberon, two weeks in the Dordogne region of France (our newest trip), and two weeks in England in the Cotswolds.  We’ll announce our schedule and start taking bookings for our 2013 trips in March 2012.

Explore our website to learn more about our approach to travel and a typical week on one of our “Experience” trips. Other travelers visit Europe. With us you will experience it!

-  Kathy and Charley Wood

We’re a founding member of Slow Travel Tours, an informal affiliation of small-group tour operators who offer personalized trips in Italy, France and other European countries. All these people have a travel philosophy similar to ours. If one of our trips isn’t right for you, we hope you’ll consider one of theirs.

Follow the Slow Travel Tours blog to learn more about exploring Europe slowly with a small group tour. And enjoy Charley’s latest post: What’s the Greatest Pleasure in Travel?