Nice: Tour Gorges du Verdon en Lavendelvelden

Everything was very good, especially Roman, a full day. We really enjoyed the route and the lake, the small town too.

Tour of the Verdon Gorge and lavender fields, absolutely recommended, the tour was perfectly organized, our guide Dritan was exceptional

I enjoyed this tour and have no complaints. The roads definitely were curved, so I suggest taking motion sickness medicine. However, we stopped each hour or so, so it was never unbearable. Our first stop was a bathroom break at a waterfall and then on to Castellane. The visit there was long enough for a snack and wandering around to take photos. We had about an hour in Mousteirs St. Marie. I found this enough time to explore (but I skipped lunch to have more time to walk around and take in the town). The highlight for me was the lavender fields. There were still some unharvested fields (July 19) and I felt pleased to see at least some of the fields. The lake and gorge were gorgeous and the ride back was on a highway, so less twisted than the scenic route we took in the morning.

We were picked up in time and told that lavender fields had finished a week ago. We knew this might be likely but still excited about the other things. Our guide was an excellent driver- very confident and felt safe on the windy mountainous roads. Since no lavender fields we were able to have more time at the lake so we managed to swim there which was magical. We were taken to several good viewing spots to see the verdon gorge. The small village at the end was beautiful but the walk up to the monastery was hard - the stones were very slippery and a couple near us slipped on the way down. I would have liked our guide to tell us more about the region but the explanations were very brief. However aim glad he wasnt chatting when driving as the road needed concentration! Overall an excellent day.

Beautiful villages, but misleading on the gorges and lavender Pickup and drop-off were smooth and well organised. However, the trip didn't quite deliver on what it promised. The Gorges du Verdon, one of the main draws of this tour, was not covered properly - we were only given a brief photo stop rather than any real time to explore or get closer to them. Given how the route looks on the map, there was plenty of scope to include more time here on an 8-hour trip. The lavender fields had also largely been harvested by the time we visited (8th July), which the driver was clearly aware of beforehand. It felt misleading to market the trip around lavender when there was very little left to see. On top of this, the driver offered no commentary, history, or local insight along the way. For a full day in the car, some storytelling or context about the region would have made a huge difference. The villages we visited were genuinely lovely, and were, in fact, the highlight of the day - but the trip focused much more on villages than on the Gorges or Lavender fields it was advertised for. If you're booking this specifically to see the Gorges du Verdon or lavender fields, I wouldn't recommend it. As a village tour, it's pleasant enough, but it doesn't live up to its billing.

Travelers should be very careful that they do not get Rasul. Rasul was not a tour guide but a driver, and a very poor driver. He did not even introduce himself. The only reason that I know his name is because he sent me an email the night before. Rasul said that he spoke English and French. Throughout our journey, he did not give any commentary about the history of anything. He did not speak about any of the places that we were going. I learned nothing during this excursion because our driver chose not to talk. He took us to one field of lavender and did not stop for us to view the field of sunflowers. I paid a lot of money for these tickets and received a blah day. We spent 30 minutes at Lac du Croix which was not enough time to even go kayaking. I learned absolutely nothing about lavender but fortunately read about the Gorges du Verdon because I read about it in the museum. Rasul did not even say it WAS the gorges du Verdon. He said you can get out and take a picture. This was a long day with nothing new learned and an awful guide/driver.

Very beautiful experience, we had a very good day. The guide Alex was very friendly and answered all our questions. I highly recommend it!

The towns we visited were beautiful, and our driver was friendly, professional, and the transportation was comfortable (although windy). However, the tour did not match the itinerary that was advertised, which was very disappointing. Several stops were much shorter than promised. Castellane was advertised as a one-hour stop but we only had about 30 minutes. In Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, there wasn’t enough time to both explore the village and have lunch as described. My biggest disappointment was that we never visited the advertised Plateau de Valensole or received the guided tour of a lavender processing plant. Instead, we stopped briefly at a random lavender field on the side of the road for photos before moving on. Since visiting Valensole was the main reason I booked this tour, I felt misled. Overall, Provence is stunning, but the itinerary should accurately reflect what guests will actually experience. I would have rated this much higher if the tour had delivered what was advertised.

Overall great tour and great guide and I really enjoyed. The lavender fields were nice and he took us to a few to make sure we got the full experience and I really appreciated that. I had read reviews before and saw that people said the guide comes a bit early for pickup so I knew to be ready but when he showed up early for other people and they weren’t ready he was rushing them and was not happy. So in all would recommend and it’s definitely worth your money but make sure to be ready like 10 min early.

We loved our trip and tour with Francois. He was super nice, shared a lot of history on the region and navigated traffic really well and extended our tour when we we had delays. I highly recommend Francois for a fun and beautiful day traveling to Verdon Canyon and Moutiers Sainte Marie. It is a 9 hour tour with mountainous driving so be prepared.