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Cycling weekend through the vineyards

25/03/2008 - Lu 196 fois
Vineyards, gastronomy, lovely cycle tour . 2 days and 1 night .
 

SATURDAY:

Your arrival at Sainte-Foy-La-Grande in the Red Perigord should be in the morning in order to take advantadge of the local market ( one of the 100 best in France).
Towards the end of the morning , the Tourism Office will welcome you with an aperitif and give you the guidebook for the weekend, with restaurants, accomodation addresses , the route guide  by bike and addresses , and phone numbers of sites previously visited .

Then you can eat in a restaurant of your choice and begin your trip through the "Pays Foyen";exploring vines and roads .
The trip is 14km long so you'll have two breaks for visiting vineyards. Don't worry ! At the first visit there'll be wine tasting , of course,  and at the second a packed-lunch .


Bikes are for hire until 7.00 p.m which allows a lot of time to finish your trip gently. In the evening have  a "table d'hôte" dinner (different menu according to the formula chosen ).
Have a good night!

 


 SUNDAY :
You'll have a "table d'hote" breakfast. In the morning, you'll have another 14 km trip ; you"ll follow the banks of the river with the aim of visiting a farm where you'll find great knowledge and experience of the soil .

You'll visit the laboratory where duck products are made and then you'll taste them.


At 12.00 a.m , a car will take you back to your accomodation (the room must be cleared by 2.00 p.m latest ) .
Finally, you'll go to the restaurant for lunch.

End of the visit .

 

 

 


PRICES/ FARES : per person (based on 2 persons minimum ) : Traditional formula : 195€ per person or Gastronomic formula : 235€ per person

 This price includes :

Accomodation in guest room , based on a double room (one night) .
Full board from lunch of day 1 to lunch of day 2. (The gastronomic formula includes gastronomic menus for each meal and 1/4 of wine whilst the traditional formula includes simple  menus without drinks).
Aperitif offered at the tourism office the first day .
Cycle rental  from 2.00 p.m to 7.00 p.m on Saturday and from 8.30 a.m to 12.30 a.m on Sunday.
Visit and tasting at two vineyards of Pays Foyen .
Visit to a farm which makes only duck products.
Packed-lunch on Saturday afternoon.

This price doesn't include :

Transport .
Drinks with meal with traditional formula .
Extra for single room ( on demand  ).
Insurance .
All visits which aren't mentioned in the programme and included in the section "this price includes" .
 

iNFORMATION : TRAVEL AGENCY "VAC'DOR" : (00 33) + 5 57 41 92 93 or vacdor@wanadoo.fr