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Going to France as if you were traveling abroad

2020-04-28T05:09:10.323Z


Six tailor-made tourism specialists are reinventing their craft to offer French people, who will not be able to fly to other destinations this summer, to rediscover France exclusively and with a light spirit.


What if summer 2020 was a unique chance to (re) discover France? We must "observe the greatest caution when booking international trips for the moment," insisted the Secretary of State for Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, because of the new coronavirus. Better (or worse): you have to “stay close, go to places you know”, added Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, anticipating the deconfinement. Even if the Schengen area opens up, France will more than ever remain the preferred destination for the French. So travel professionals get organized. To arouse the desire to solicit them, they develop high-end services. Some already proposed it as Voyageurs du Monde, which launched in January 2019 France under its brand. “The offer is as vast and diverse as are its terroirs and its know-how. And we wanted to look at this destination according to the approach to the world that we have cultivated elsewhere ”, argues Jean-François Rial, CEO of the Voyageurs group, in its dedicated catalog. Others worked as "receptive" (jargon of the profession to designate a local agency) for foreign tourists, such as Eluxtravel, which, failing to welcome them, will offer the French its expertise on the country. Still others are reinventing their profession, such as Asia Voyages, all of whose departures for its geographic area are stopped. Going to France and abroad, thanks to tailor-made, is what six specialists suggest, who back their offers “a strong dose of service and impeccable logistics”.

Read also: Coronavirus: "Blessed are the tourists who turned to professionals rather than going alone"

On the trail of explorers marked by Asia

"We will have to be a little inventive and diversify to save the summer season," says Guillaume Linton, CEO of Asia. Hence the idea of “scripting visit experiences” in France. “We know how to do this in 42 countries in the Asia Pacific region. How about a 43rd destination, which would be France? ” , pretends to question the manager. Nothing concrete yet. "The idea is to surf on what has always made us famous: the itinerant getaway for families or couples curious about stories, heritage." Thus he dreams of " revisiting some great classics (castles of the Loire, the Impressionists, royalty and the Empire, the painters of Provence and Occitania), through thematic routes". Trips of 3 to 5 days at the wheel of his car, "for a change of scenery near your home in the footsteps of artists, explorers or famous people, marked during their travels by Asian cultures and influences" . Tel .: 01 56 88 66 75 and Asia.fr

In Provence dear to visitors to France

Usually, Les Maisons du Voyage (Figaro group) operates in France only, for customers coming from China, because of historical links with this country. But this summer, it is the French who will be able to benefit from the expertise of this specialist in the places popular with these foreign visitors: "The South-West, Toulouse, Provence, the Luberon and the Côte d'Azur" , announces Arthur Courtinat, Director General of Maisons du Voyage. The routes are being finalized, as are the summer routes: Greece, Portugal and Italy. Tel: 01 84 25 43 71 and Maisonsduvoyage.com

Aubrac and the Tarn gorges, such as the Mongolian steppes and Colorado

Estaing, one of the most beautiful villages in France, at the foot of the Aubrac mountains, not far from the Lot and Truyère gorges. 25500856 / Fotomicar - stock.adobe.com

In the program of the agency Club Faune Voyages since Sylvie Bernon founded it, France is available in six proposals, soon eight. Among them: an adventure "from Aubrac to the Gorges du Tarn" , which could be subtitled "from the Mongolian steppes to Colorado revisited " . "We are going to seek at the end of the world, what we have at home , " observes Sylvie Bernon, who developed here "an atypical journey between nature and culture in the country of Soulages , Aveyron ". This 6-day trip, leaving from Rodez, including car rental, 5 nights with breakfast in a 5-star hotel, and all excursions and activities with guide, is offered from € 1,800 per person based of two participants. Tel .: 01 42 88 31 32 and Club-faune.com

Arty road trip from Nice to Arles

Place Massena in Nice. Sergey Dzyuba / bbsferrari - stock.adobe.com

The French leader in tailor-made travel distills 23 suggestions for joyful wandering in France on its site. Let us remember for its great breath of concrete art, whose confinement has deprived us, this “arty” road trip from Nice to Arles: 7 days punctuated by private visits to major art foundations in the region (Maeght, Carmignac), docking by private taxi boat on the island of Porquerolles, good tables already reserved ... A hedonistic program for an average budget of € 3,600 per person. Tel .: 01 42 86 16 00 and Voyageursdumonde.fr

Country walks from Limoges to Armagnac

Local agent for demanding Americans, Mexicans and Brazilians, Eluxtravel is adapting this summer to the French its network of extraordinary adventures on the roads of France. The catalog contains 50 routes and soon 80. Frédéric Savoyen, its CEO, has retained for us 7 country days from Limoges to Armagnac with a plethora of stopovers exalting the excellence of French know-how: visit-tasting in prestigious wine-making houses, nights in a 5-star hotel, treatments at the Sources de Caudalie and other wellness paradises, such as Les Prés d'Eugénie. Count € 3,360 based on two people. Tel: 01 76 24 24 40 and Eluxtravel.com

Exclusive experiences in the Loire Valley

Meetings and sharing: it is around these values ​​that Myriam Guyon, founder of Voyages Confidentiels, imagines her journeys at the end of the world as in France as a local agent. Its network, its expertise allow a crossing of the Loire Valley with exclusive experiences: a lunch in front of the Château de Chambord in a secret place, the visit of Chenonceau after its closure, or a private flight in a hot air balloon. For 4 days all inclusive, count € 3,500 per person (estimate before confinement). Tel: 09 70 17 00 04 and Voyagesconfidentiels.fr

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Source: lefigaro

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