Discover our shore excursions range
Just one single day to see the best of Provence? Book one of our shore excursions.
Selection of quality wines
The wines tasted are all from sustainable or organic viticulture.
Intimate experience
From 2 to 8 persons.
Larger group option available on request.
English-speaking Guide
Provence wine expert for a relaxed and comprehensive experience.
Comfortable minivans
Our nonsmoking & A/C minivans ensure you a safe and comfortable travel.
Worry free shore excursion
We adapt our tours schedules according to your docking times.
A perfect wine day in Provence!
Embark on an exclusive wine journey with your personal guide, savoring a unique experience with private visits and tastings featuring four to five exquisite wines at each winery. To ensure an intimate setting, our groups are limited to a maximum of eight people, guaranteeing personalized attention from our knowledgeable wine guides. Drive through the picturesque landscapes of Provence in the comfort of an air-conditioned vehicle.
Our worry-free shore excursion is designed to ensure your timely return to the cruise port, allowing at least one hour before your scheduled departure. We understand the importance of flexibility, and we can tailor our wine tour departure and return times to accommodate your cruise ship‘s docking schedule. Choose from sevral distinct itineraries : Aix-en-Provence, Bandol and Cassis, Provence, Luberon, Avignon, French Riviera based on your arrival cruise port : Marseille, Toulon, Nice or Cannes, ensuring a tailor-made experience that perfectly complements your journey.
Private and group tours options :
- Group tours : The shore excursion departure is guaranteed with a minimum of 6 people. Price € 140 per person contact us !
- Private tours : If you want to live a tailor-made experience surrounded by your family or friends, we suggest you to book a private shore excursion, which will guarantee you a unique day, totally adapted to your desires – Prices on demand and group size according to your request. contact us !
Option 1
Wine Tour around
Aix-en-Provence
From € 135 / Person
Available from
Marseille & Toulon Ports
Immerse yourself in the beautiful wine regions of Côtes de Provence Sainte-Victoire & Côteaux d’Aix-en-Provence located at the foothills of the famous Sainte-Victoire mountain. With your wine guide, learn about these terroirs typicities : soil, climate, local grape varieties and about the winemaking process while visiting family-owned wineries and cellars. Discover the elegant city of Aix-en-Provence during your lunch break.
Option 2
Wine Tour around
Cassis & Bandol
From € 135 / Person
Available from Marseille,
Toulon, Sanary & Bandol Ports
Through the outstanding landscapes of Bandol & Cassis wine regions bordering the mediterranean sea, visit some typical wineries with its vineyards planted on terraces. Discover the characteristics of these areas and enjoy each tasting from the Cassis white wines to the Bandol rosé and red wines, widely praised by connoisseurs. Don’t miss the breathtaking view from Cape Canaille and the lunch free-time in the charming fishermen town of Cassis !
Option 3
French Riviera Wine Tour
& Eze
From : € 135 / Person
Available from Nice
& Villefranche Ports
You will be driven to Nice as an introduction, on the Promenade des Anglais (the “promenade of the English”) known to locals as the Prom’, this is a grandiose boulevard lined with palm trees, beyond which stretches the Blue Mediterranean as far as the eye can see… until reaching our way to Bellet wine region.
The Bellet wine appellation is one of the secret appellations beloved by locals but relatively unknown outside the local area. The landscapes are outstanding, with the snow-laden foothills of the Alps, overlooking the blue waters of the Mediterranean sea and Cap d’Antibes. The altitude and the winds offer just the right freshness and range in temperature required to produce great wines with plenty of elegance. With your wine tour guide, discover the rich heritage and story of the appellation of Bellet. Visit the wineries who are in charge of preserving a long tradition of winemaking.
After a morning dedicated to this very special wine region, you will be driven along the Moyenne Corniche, providing panoramic views of Nice and the Bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer, on your way to Eze village. You will then have free time to explore the medieval village of Eze, perched on the cliffs offering breathtaking views overlooking the Mediterranean.
Option 4
French Riviera Wine Tour
& St-Paul de Vence
From : € 135 /Person
Available from Cannes, Nice & Villefranche Ports
The Bellet wine appellation is one of the secret appellations beloved by locals but relatively unknown outside the local area. The landscapes are outstanding, with the snow-laden foothills of the Alps, overlooking the blue waters of the Mediterranean sea and Cap d’Antibes. The altitude and the winds offer just the right freshness and range in temperature required to produce great wines with plenty of elegance. With your wine tour guide, discover the rich heritage and story of the appellation of Bellet. Visit the wineries who are in charge of preserving a long tradition of winemaking.
After a morning dedicated to this very special wine region, enjoy some free time in the Saint-Paul de Vence, a charming medieval village made famous by the artists who have lived here. Its cobbled stone streets and scenic views of the Mediterranean have created a unique place. You’ll also have a break for lunch there.
Then, you will be driven to Nice, on the Promenade des Anglais (the “Promenade of the English”) known to locals as the Prom’, this is a grandiose boulevard lined with palm trees, beyond which stretches the Blue Mediterranean as far as the eyes can see…
Option 5
Wine Tour in Luberon
wine region
From € 135 / Person
Available from Marseille Port
Northern Provence, discover the south Luberon wine aera basking in a perfect Mediterranean climate. With your wine guide, learn about the winemakers’ savoir-faire and the authentic Luberon wines between Provence and Rhône Valley style – reds full of character & finess and gastronomic rosés. Enjoy some free time to visit and to lunch in the old provencal village of Lourmarin which is ranked as “one of the most beautiful villages of France”.
Option 6
Wine Tour in
Châteauneuf du Pape
From € 138 / Person
Available from Marseille Port
Discover one of the most famous wine regions in the world, located in the southern half of the Rhône Valley, close from Avignon. With its characteristic pebbly soils, Châteauneuf du Pape produces some top-rated powerful and complex red wines. A very small amount of white wine is produced there, to taste some once in your life is a luck. Enjoy some free time to have lunch in this historic village focusing on the wine production since the early 14th Century.
Option 7
Wine Tour in
Gigondas & Vacqueyras
From € 138 / Person
Available from Marseille Port
Both Gigondas and Vacqueyras, which lie north of Châteauneuf du Pape in the south of Rhône Valley, sit just beneath the mountain range known as the Dentelles de Montmirail, at the foothills of the highest mountain in southern France, Mont Ventoux. With your wine guide, learn about the characteristics of both of these villages whose red wines are blends based on Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre. Enjoy some free time to have lunch in one of these villages.
Option 8
Aix Cassis Marseille
Sightseeing Tour
From € 135 / Person
Available from Marseille Port
What a perfect excursion to discover in one day three lovely cities like Aix en Provence, Cassis and Marseille! You could explore with your English speaking driver guide the highlights of each city.
Stroll through the small streets in Aix en Provence, explore the historical center with its fountains, open markets and architecture in order to be like a « Aixois ».
Following to the charming fishermen village of Cassis know for its white wines, its cliff Cap Canaille, its beautiful calanques.
After your lunch in Cassis, you will discover the highest monument of Marseille, Notre Dame de la Garde. Basilica of Roman Byzantine style built by the French architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu. This style is unique in Provence. From there you could have a view of Marseille at 360° and you understand why Marseille is so beautiful!
Option 9
Wine Tour in
Côtes de Provence
From € 135 / Person
Available from Toulon Ports
Explore the beautiful wine region of Côtes de Provence between Toulon and Hyères with our wine expert’s guide sharing a private wine tour with us in the historical birthplace of rosé wines.
Guided by a wine expert, you will get a private visit of 2 high quality Côtes de Provence’s Château or Domaine in the morning, free time for lunch and the visit of the medieval town of Hyeres.
Discover 2000 years of winemaking, spectacular vineyards, enjoy the best of Côte de Provence wines and learn about this terroir: its soil, its climate, its grapes and about the winemaking process while visiting family-owned wineries and cellars. Taste some of the finest Rosés from Provence with powerful reds, and aromatic and lively whites.
Town with 2,400 years of history Hyères is known as « the palm tree town”. Nowadays it has lost none of its historical charm. You will have time to explore and wander the picturesque streets of the old medieval town, its Templar tower and its medieval castle.
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More Info :
- Private visit & tastings at 2 wineries (tasting fees included)
- 1h30 free time to lunch and visit Aix en Provence or Cassis or Lourmarin – on your own (lunch not included)
- Suggested itinerary depending on your docking times and port call
- Local guide expert in Provence wines
- Private or shared tour (small group of maximum 8 people)
- Transportation in a comfortable A/C minivan
From
€ 135 / person
on a basis of 8 persons
Departure: from monday to sunday
Pick up & Drop off: Cruise Port in Provence
