Alsace and Paris, the Camargue and Provence, the Riviera and beyond, planned by an advisor who has spent twenty years exploring France and knows its tables, its back roads and its people.
I have been incredibly lucky to spend a great deal of time in France. Our family has deep roots where Switzerland, France and Germany meet, and for twenty years we explored Alsace, where the family kept a holiday house.
My father-in-law ran a celebrated restaurant, and many of the region’s leading restaurant and wine families knew him, so I came to know and befriend them too. We love Colmar, Strasbourg and the smaller villages along the Alsace Wine Route. Paris was an easy three hours away by train, so we went often.
We once dreamed of buying a property south of Arles, and the Camargue remains one of my great loves. Imagine the Rhône meeting the Mediterranean, wild horses running, pink flamingos and towns still encircled by their stone walls. It is one of the least understood corners of France, and one of the most extraordinary.
“If I haven’t been there, you can bet I’ve sent clients there.”
I adore France. I know it well, I sell it often, and I would love to share it with you.
Alsace. Half-timbered villages, celebrated tables, family wine estates and Christmas markets, with introductions few travelers could arrange on their own.
Paris. Easily paired with Alsace or Switzerland by train, and planned around the neighborhoods, museums and restaurants that suit you.
The Camargue and Provence. Wild horses, flamingos and salt marshes where the Rhône meets the sea, with Arles, Avignon and walled UNESCO World Heritage towns close by.
The Riviera. I know where to find the best hidden meal in Nice, and I know and love the hotels and their owners, from Cap Ferrat to the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc. Èze for sea views, Monaco, and on to Sanremo in Italy: Italian beauty with a little French kiss.
Lyon and beyond. Wonderful meals in Lyon, where I have been lost on the ring road more times than I can count. Brittany, Burgundy and the countryside in between.
A slow canal barge through the countryside, or a river cruise from Lyon south through Provence. France is beautiful from the water.
Family-owned estates, cellar tastings, markets and tables that rarely appear in guidebooks, chosen through years of friendships in the restaurant and wine world.
France pairs beautifully with its neighbors: Alsace with Basel and Switzerland, the Riviera with Monaco and the Italian coast, Paris with London by train.
Tell me which France you are dreaming of, and I will design a journey around the right towns, the right tables and the right pace.