France Trip Review: Provence, Camargue, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Saint-Remy, Farm, Winery, 1-Week Tour

Our travel counsellor, Sophie, was a delight to work with.  She deftly dealt with a number of complexities that arose during the planning and realization of our trip: 

• First, we were late in contacting her.  She nonetheless created an itinerary that exactly met our expectations. 
• Second, she found a wonderful centrally-located hotel that allowed us to avoid moving from hotel to hotel during our holiday.  And the kitchen at the hotel was so excellent we never considered leaving in the evening. 
• Third, one of us had a minor accident that required medical care just before traveling to Provence.  Because of this, we needed to delay our air travel by two days.  Sophie rearranged the trip so that we barely missed a thing on our itinerary. 
• And lastly, Sophie was dealing with a significant personal tribulation during the time of our holiday.  Still our activities in Provence proceeded absolutely flawlessly despite our upsetting the original timetable.  This reflects the excellence of the guides she had engaged for our trip.  

We need also to specially praise our primary guide.  She prepared each day so as to maximize our enjoyment of the tours. She was exceptionally generous of her time and knowledge, even giving advice to some fellow English-speaking tourists we encountered in the early morning at our hotel.

In the end, our time in Provence greatly exceeded our expectations, causing me to question why I had waited so long in my life to visit this beautiful area.