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French Immersion in Southwest of – region

Date: June 02 to June 11 2020

Day 1 : - Arrive in Bordeaux airport (ETA to be precised). Greeting from your driver and departure towards Perigord region and Sarlat-la-Canéda. Enjoy lunch on the way to Sarlat. Arrive in Sarlat at the hotel La Couleuvrine situated in the center of the city. In the evening, join Isabelle for a welcome briefing followed by dinner at the hotel.

Day 2 : Sarlat - After breakfast, day at your own leisure in Sarlat, and free lunchtime. Enjoy two optional excursions. Optional excursion 1 - English guided tour of Sarlat. Optional excursion 2 - English guided tour of La Roque Saint Christophe troglodyte site. Enjoy dinner at the hotel

Day 3 : / de Tayac - After breakfast, start you French immersion class with a certified French instructor at the hotel. In the late morning, depart towards Montignac by bus. On the way, enjoy lunch in a restaurant in village. After lunch, visit Lascaux IV Cave with an English-speaking tour guide. After Lascaux, visit the National Museum of Prehistory of Les Eyzies De Tayac with an English tour guide. If you would like to see more, visit the Cro-Magnon Shelter. It is a monument classified as a World Heritage Site. After two years of work, it is now open to the public, protected and safeguarded for future generations. The scenographic layout has been designed as a real learning path that is fun and interactive to meet our ancestor. In the evening, enjoy dinner at the hotel.

Day 4 : Castelnaud La Chapelle/Vezac - After breakfast, continue your French immersion class with your French instructor at the hotel. After class, leave the hotel by bus to visit the Chateau des Milandes (Castle of Milandes) with an English speaking tour guide. Before the visit, savor lunch at a local restaurant. Then, continue with a guided tour of the Marqueyssac hanging gardens. Set up on a rocky spur, the park overlooks the Dordogne valley from its high limestone cliffs. It offers one of the most beautiful panoramas of the Périgord. Enjoy dinner at the hotel

Day 5 : - After breakfast, continue your French immersion class with your French instructor at the hotel. After class, leave the hotel by bus to Rocamadour. There, enjoy lunch in the village. Enjoy a free afternoon in Rocamadour where it is said to be a place where miracles happen. With its forget-me-not cliff-side setting, we just don't find it hard to believe! Built on 3 successive levels, Rocamadour is both a place of legend and history where old stone houses, majestic towers and a castle keep cascade off the cliff into the Alzou Canyon. Enjoy dinner at the hotel.

Day 6 : Sarlat - After breakfast, enjoy a free morning at the market in Sarlat. This very colorful and tasty market will charm local gastronomy lovers. Enjoy free time for lunch in Sarlat. In the afternoon, continue your French immersion class with your French instructor at the hotel. Enjoy dinner at the hotel.

Day 7 : La Roque Gageac and Domme - After breakfast, continue your French immersion class with your French instructor at the hotel. After lunch at the hotel, enjoy an afternoon at La Roque Gageac. Enjoy a “Gabarre” local traditional boat river ride: come and discover 5 of the Dordogne Valley’s most charming châteaux. The Dordogne Valley has witnessed a succession of mythical peoples, scholars, merchants, Lords, religious people and especially the poor, without whom the others could not have existed. After the boat ride, ride the white train of Domme while you enjoy a panorama view of the Dordogne valley, the Old town flowery streets and houses, and sun scorched stones. Enjoy dinner at the hotel.

Day 8 : - After breakfast, continue your French immersion class with your French instructor at the hotel. After lunch at the hotel, enjoy the visit of Padirac. Located in the heart of the Dordogne Valley, near Rocamadour, the Padirac Chasm or “Gouffre de Padirac” is the largest underground natural heritage site in Europe. Your audio-guided tour begins with a 103-metre descent underground by lift or stairs, followed by a walk through the caves to the pier, where you set off for a boat ride. The river takes you past the Grand Pendeloque, an impressive 60-metre-long stalactite that hangs over the Lac de la Pluie. Disembarking from the boat, you continue to the Lac des Gours and the incredible Salle du Grande Dôme whose cathedral-like ceiling rises to a height of 94 meters, revealing a multitude of geological wonders shaped by nature over millions of years. Experience an incredible underground adventure! Inside the chasm, the temperature doesn’t exceed 13°C. Please bring warm clothes and comfortable closed shoes. Enjoy dinner at the hotel.

Day 9 : Tasting day - After breakfast, enjoy a bus ride towards a truffle farm in Sarlat. The farm is about 3 minutes from the centre of Sarlat and is dedicated to the summer truffle. Discover the Périgord Black Gold through a clear and educational guided tour during which the mysteries of the Périgord truffle will be revealed to you. The visit includes a video-projection session to discover the different species of truffles, the characteristics of truffle soils, the association of the tree and the mushroom. Then, enjoy a guided walk by the grower in the truffle field where you will go in search of the precious black diamond helped by the Border Collie Prune or by the truffle fly. Enjoy lunch at a restaurant in Sarlat. After lunch, visit a cellar that occupies a prime location on the borders of the Périgord Noir and the . Enter the vast building to visit the cellar and discover, during a free tasting, the production of 17 founding winegrowers of the cellar. They produce white, two types of rosé and different red wines, including a cuvee aged in oak barrels. After your visit, do not leave right away: 55 yards from the cellar, climb up the Moncalou tower, which overlooks the surrounding vineyards and allows you, in good weather, to enjoy a magnificent view of the Périgord. Enjoy dinner at the hotel

Day 10 : Sarlat to Bordeaux - Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. According to your flight departure from Bordeaux, transfer by bus to Bordeaux Merignac airport.

What is included:

• Transfer to/from Bordeaux airport • Transportation during all stay according to the program • Hotel 3 stars - La Couleuvrine in Sarlat based on double occupancy • French classes at the hotel with a certified instructor • All breakfasts • All dinners with wine and water • 7 lunches including wine, water, and coffee • Mentioned excursions and guided • Entrances at the Lascaux IV cave, National Museum of Les Eyzies, Chateau des Milandes, Marqueyssac Gardens, and Padirac caves • All tastings • Domme train • Gabare boat ride on the river Dordogne

What is not included:

• Guided tour of Sarlat and the troglodyte site of La Roque Saint-Christophe • Luggage porterage services • Personal expenses • Lunches on day 2, day 6, and day 10 • Travel insurance (highly recommended) • Flights to/from Bordeaux – we can take care of them if you desire

Price:

$2,995 (non-members) per person based on double occupancy $2,895 (members)

$3.295 (non-members) per person based on single occupancy $3,195 (members)