Countryside Food Tour, Wine tasting & Apéro Pétanque with Picnic

About this tour

Escape Aix-en-Provence's crowded markets for a curated tasting tour through a quiet Provençal village. Over 4.5 hours, you'll sample exceptional bread at a regional bakery, taste oils at a working mill, sip local rosé, and select goat cheeses before settling under plane trees for a leisurely picnic. Between tastings, play pétanque with your guide—a proper introduction to how locals actually spend their afternoons. Transport, all food, and wine included.

Highlights

• Regional bakery visit with exceptional bread and baguettes
• Olive oil tasting at a working Provençal mill
• Rosé wine tasting focused on local producers
• Goat cheese and olive selection at village shop
• Pétanque match under plane trees with locals
• Picnic featuring pastis, saucisson, coffee and calissons
• Views of Sainte-Victoire mountain throughout

What to expect

Your guide picks you up in Aix and drives you to a smaller village where tourism hasn't overwhelmed daily life. The first stops involve tasting—bread, oil, wine, cheese—at working producers rather than tourist shops. You're buying ingredients as you go, building a picnic. Mid-afternoon you'll sit under shade with what you've gathered, play a round of pétanque (the bowls game), try pastis if you like it, and eat simply. The pace is deliberately unhurried. Expect to stand whilst tasting, walk between stops, and participate in pétanque whether you've played before or not.

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