Links
Planning Resources for European Experiences Travelers
Our Provence Store Our Amazon store includes books, maps, movies, music, language resources, travel accessories and Provence gifts. Shop here to prepare for your trip and to build your Provence collection once you return.
Insure My Trip An excellent resource to compare options for travel insurance and to purchase the coverage that best meets your needs.
Sandy McDowell-France Journeys Sandy’s company specializes in travel to France. She’s an excellent resource to help plan a trip to France, including several days in Paris before or after The Luberon Experience.
Leslie Erickson, CTA Leslie is a travel consultant specializing in Italy, Germany and Austria. She’s a great resource to help our travelers plan their trip to England, Austria or Germany.
Rail Europe For do-it-yourself travelers, this is an easy-to-use English-language website for getting information on train schedules and booking train tickets.
SNCF The official website of the French train system, where you can find the best fares. This site is complicated to use if you don’t have some French language skills, but does give you access to PREM fares on the high speed (TGV) trains. You can book three months in advance.
Deutsche Bahn English-language site for the German train system. Check out information on the Länder-Ticket for Bavaria for travel to Salzburg or Garmisch. (Tickets also available at automatic machines at the station.)
Other Recommended Travel Sites and Resources
Slow Travel website The best travel community on the internet! This is an especially great resource for info on traveling more slowly in Europe. Kathy is an active contributor who has written numerous reviews, trip reports, and articles as well as two travel blogs. She is a moderator for the France forum.
Slow Europe website A new website with extensive information on vacation rentals in Europe, developed by our good friend Pauline Kenny, founder of Slow Travel. Also see Pauline’s website on the Cotswolds region of England: Cotswolder.
Slow Travel Tours We are 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. You may enjoy one of these trips too!
Special Recommendations in the Luberon
Le Clos du Buis A very special small hotel right in the village of Bonnieux, owned by our friend Pierre.
Le Mas Perreal A beautiful B&B in the Luberon, outside the village of St. Saturnin-les-Apt, owned by our friends Kevin and Elisabeth.
Fete Accompli Luberon Private cooking classes, market visits, private dinners and wedding planning support offered by our friend Janice, who lives in Bonnieux.
Domaine Faverot One of our favorite spots in the Luberon. Our friends Sally and Francois own this small winery in Maubec and make excellent wine. They also have four cottages available for rent and occasionally offer “wine weekends.”
For many more recommendations related to the Luberon, see the list of resources on our Luberon Experience website.