Paris to Provence

Land in Paris and let everything be waiting: your private transfer into the city, your hotel confirmed and ready, your first evening unhurried.

Settle in, then step out for a first glass of champagne and a slow stroll along the Seine as Paris lights up for the night.

Jamie Leigh plans this arrival around your flight so the very first hours feel effortless, not rushed.

Your first full day in Paris is designed around what you love—world-class museums, hidden passages, boutique shopping, gardens or a little of everything.

Timing matters: Jamie Leigh sequences your visits so you see the icons when the crowds are thinnest and linger where the light is best.

In the evening, choose from a shortlist of restaurants reserved with you in mind, from classic brasseries to a quiet chef-driven table.

Trade the grand boulevards for the neighborhoods Parisians cherish: artist-washed Montmartre, the galleries of Le Marais, a pastry stop worth crossing the city for.

A private guide can bring centuries of history to life, or you can wander alone with a map and a plan Jamie Leigh has sketched just for you.

Tonight is your last full evening in Paris—a farewell dinner before the journey turns south.

Board the TGV in Paris and watch France unfold through your window as it glides south toward Provence.

Arrive in Avignon, the city of the popes, where your private driver meets you and delivers you to your Provencal home base.

Explore the Palais des Papes and the old town's lanes before dinner beneath the plane trees—the pace of your trip changes here, and it feels wonderful.

Stand beneath the Pont du Gard, the astonishing Roman aqueduct that has spanned its river for two thousand years, then swim or linger along the water below.

Continue to Arles, where Roman arenas still anchor the town and Van Gogh found the light that changed his painting forever.

Return to Avignon for an evening of Provençal wine and an unhurried dinner.

Drive into the Luberon, where the ochre cliffs of Roussillon glow in shades of red, orange and gold against the green hillsides.

Wander the color-washed lanes, browse village markets, and take a long Provençal lunch with the countryside spread out below.

This is the Provence of postcards and paintings—though no postcard quite captures it in person.

Morning in St. Rémy-de-Provence, the town where Van Gogh painted some of his most beloved canvases, with markets, boutiques and plane-tree shaded squares.

Then on to elegant Aix-en-Provence—Cézanne's birthplace of fountains, café terraces and graceful 17th-century facades.

Enjoy a special final evening in Provence before your journey home.

Your private transfer carries you to Marseille Provence Airport for your flight home—no backtracking, no wasted day.

Or extend: a night in Marseille, the Calanques, the Riviera or Paris one last time can be added to your design.

Until next time, France. Jamie Leigh is already ready to plan the next one.