Always a New Adventure on our Southern French Tours

Montfaucon specializes in offering themed Southern French tours that take advantage of the culture, arts, food, wine and activities in the beautiful Languedoc region in which we're located.

All of our tours are hosted by experts who are intimately familiar with the region. Our current tour packages include:

Arts in Languedoc - Reserving our private hotel exclusively for the tour group, Montfaucon offers the highest value painter's retreats anywhere in France. Some are groups of experienced artists, and others have a teacher. Programs can suit any individual artist.

Culinary Week - For our Culinary tour, we arrange a special week of hands-on cooking lessons, demonstrations, sight-seeing, wine tasting,tasty delicacies and specialty wines of the Languedoc-Roussillon region in Southern France.

Cycling Tours- Montfaucon is ideally situated in what we feel is the best cycling region in the world. Just steps from our front door are thousands of kilometers of quiet country roads that lead you through limitless possibilities. Whether you are a novice rider or a skilled enthusiast all of our cycling routes will take your breath away. Cycling enthusiasts love our Southern French tours.

French Language and Culture - Montfaucon offers one-week language and cultural immersion tours. You will live, play and perfect your French while exploring the countryside, shopping in the local stores, learning the history or sipping a café au lait in the town square.

A Week in Languedoc - If you want to spend your week enjoying a broad variety of activities from all of our various programs, then this is the tour for you! You'll visit ancient castles and abbeys, walk through medieval villages and enjoy the friendliness of the surrounding agricultural community.

Ultimately, you're the guide on any of our Southern French Tours. One of the great advantages of being owner-operators is that we have the flexibility to change the itinerary depending on what's happening culturally in the region, unexpected weather, and, of course, what you want to do.

Our Southern France tours can include a journey into the high Pyrenees or spending a hot day at the Mediterranean. If, as often is the case, you've reserved the whole hotel with a group of friends, we can be extremely creative, emphasizing a particular theme or interest. Your guide—full of historical, geographical and cultural information—is never far away.

Guided outings are offered every day except Wednesdays. If you wish to go off on your own on a particular day, we can provide you with maps, other information, and a bicycle. Golfing at the beautiful Carcassonne Golf Club is also an option.

• All breakfasts and dinners* in our Southern French tours are included in the package price.
• Read about your tour hosts.
• To optimize personal comfort, the hotel, its grounds and its vehicles are non-smoking areas.

* All dinners are included in the package price with the exception of one dinner per week.