This tour is about learning that the best things in life come in big and small packages.  It’s about appreciating the fabulous nature of the cities of Nice and Barcelona and the plethora of cultural highlights they have, whilst then reveling in ‘small Europe’. The Europe of books such as ‘A Year in Provence’, where beautiful villages nestle in stunning countryside, where the pace of life and change is slow, meaning finding villages and towns not entirely dissimilar to what you would have encountered hundreds of years ago. This tour is also about indulging all your senses, one of the most important being that of taste. Spain and France are both well-known for their excellent cuisines and you will have an opportunity on this tour to also create your own French food, whilst also enjoying indulging in many other tastings of the local foods. And that’s to say nothing of the wine. Priorat is an area frequented and well-known by the locals in Catalonia, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape is world famous for its wine, so you will have a chance to compare both. Above all, this trip is about experiencing the Europe of the Europeans. It’s an amuse-bouche to tantalizing your taste buds in the hope that you will come back to experience much much more of Europe on future trips. Bon voyage!