Small-Group Day Tour of Cassis and Bandol from Aix-en-Provence

Sightseeing  :  France  :  Provence Alpes Cote D'Azur  :  Aix-en-Provence  :  Day Trips

Leave Aix-en-Provence for a 9-hour day tour of Cassis and Bandol. Enjoy a convivial lunch with local products and taste some wine as well as olive oils. Admire the magnificent landscape including sharp hills and colorful villages with your small-group of no more than 4.Meet your guide and group at the predetermined meeting point, then begin your journey to Cassis. Once you arrive, board the awaiting boat to head to the Calanques of Cassis. After docking at your destination, take a guided tour of the area. Explore the village that was rebuilt on old ruins, resulting in a more regular layout than most other medieval villages. Enjoy a a nice walk through the old village streets which reveal old fountains, open-air artists market, and some nice old buildings restored with the colorful pastels of Provence

Next, tour the local vineyards that produce red, rosé, and white wines based on various types of grapes. Enjoy a tasting of the wines while you are being educated on the process of creating the most exquisite wines. After your tasting, enjoy a Provencal lunch as you face the sea from the harbor. Once you are done eating, take a tour of the Bandol Vineyards, a region that covers 8 villages. Afterwards, visit an oil and wine producer, who creates these items for trading purposes. Come 6:00pm, your guide will drop you back off at the Aix-en-Provence starting point.