Announcing A Very Important Addition to Our Team...

Very Excited and Proud to Announce...

Off the Beaten Path, LLC is excited and very proud to announce that Lauriann Green, founder and former owner of French Wine Explorers, is joining its' team beginning with the 2012 Tour season. Lauriann founded French Wine Exlporers in 1999 and was president of the company until 2007 when she sold it to pursue other professional opportunities. Under Lauriann's direction French Wine Explorers was considered a leading luxury French wine tour company in the U.S. Lauriann was noted as one of the "best wine tour guides in the world" in Food & Wine Magazine. She also holds the prestigious Sommelier-Conseil degree from l'Université du Vin in France. We are thrilled to welcome Lauriann to our team in 2012! She will lead our Bordeaux Wine & Culinary Tours and some of our Best Adventures in Provence Tours alongside OTBP owner Christy Destremau.

Especially For Our Women Travelers...

For all of our women travel guests, we have officially launched ROAM Women's Adventures ...

After 17 years of success offering small group, luxury tours to Provence, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Champagne and Dordogne, France for couples, friends, family, solo travelers and other small groups, Christy recently realized another dream with the launch of her second company, a company focusing solely on adventure travel to exotic destinations for women called ROAM - Truly Active Adventures for Women. Read more about ROAM by clicking on the link to access ROAM's website where women travelers will find complete details on all of the company's women only tour offerings to Africa, India and Vietnam/Cambodia. Now women can join Christy for an exclusive small group experience in France by joining one of her co-ed tours listed here at Off the Beaten Path, LLC's website or they can join Christy on one of her women only adventure trips and safaris to more exotic destinations by joining a ROAM Women's Adventure. Click the following link to access ROAM's website : ROAM - Truly Active Adventures for Women

Fabulous Photos of Provence during the Summer!!

Here are a selection of some of our favorite shots taken from our end of June and early July PROVENCE Tours.  We hope you enjoy them!  We had a lot of fun on these tours!  

  

Guest Raves from our June 18 Provence Tour

 "Just wanted to thank you for a fantastic trip. Marc's cooking class and the day in Cassis really stood out. This was my first venture into group travel and it could not have been better! Thank you so much ! " Cathy Gold, New York, NY


"Had a great time ! Activities were exactly what we would expect from the trip literature. The group, food and activities were fun! Thanks for everything!" Mark and Lyn Fanelli, American ex-pats on assignment in London, UK 

"Happy to be home but missing Provence~ thank you so much for a great time!! You're the best!!! I was having lunch in Marseilles (bouillabaise at the Miramar YUM), I met Claudia from Paraguay and I told her about your tours! Luckily, I had one of your business cards! I will highly recommend Off the Beaten Path!!" MJ Dino, Los Angeles, CA

"Loved all of the functions at the private estates! Thanks for a fun week ! " Kevan and Gail Vick, Lawrence, KS 

"Our group was great! Everyone really had fun together.  The two cooking classes and chefs were entertaining.  Especially loved playing petanque.  You were great!! " Dave and Becky Rosinbum, Olympia, WA

The Colors of Provence - Summer is here & so are the flowers !

 Preparing for an evening of petanque before dinner...a little wine always helps get things rolling ! 

Calanques Walk in June - Spectacular Colors !

Our calanques walk from Cassis turned out to be even more scenic than usual.

Provence Cooking Classes - June 18 Tour Group

The weather was warm, yet comfortable this past week in Provence, and created the perfect back-drop for our daily walks, evening petanque match and a fun week in general.  Going to post quite a few photos here in separate posts, because there were so many beautiful photo ops that it became to difficult to choose just a few to share.