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Sally’s Culinary and Cultural Tours
If you prefer expertly guided, small-group travel, Your Great Days in Paris leads acclaimed guided culinary and other specialty tours in France. Our great-value tours are always intimately sized, ten guests or less, and have knowledgeable leaders. Our tours offer a rare chance to see, experience, sample and savor both on and off the beaten path. We love French culture and enjoy sharing our favorite places, people, and experiences that make Paris so delightfully special. You’ll see our new Getaways for ‘Girlfriends’ here too. These are a little different than our week long guided tours. They are pre-designed, flexible, day-long Paris-immersion experiences led by our in-Paris colleagues that can be scheduled as you wish all year round. Sally's Guided Tours Basking in the Bounties of the Pays Basque October 2 - 10, 2012
A Culinary and Cultural Tour in France and Spain with Sally Peabody
We will enjoy art, shopping, visiting abundant markets, a gastronomic lunch at a secluded auberge, fabulous tapas and the freshest Basque cuisine and wines. This tour is fun! Sign up now. Fish market in St. Jean de Luz, France - Play The Video Shop. Taste. Eat. Explore Paris! A Cultural and Culinary Adventure
Shop. Taste. Eat. Explore Paris features visits to various vibrant Parisian markets, market streets and to quarters that are ‘real’ and engaging, replete with one of a kind shops, convivial cafes and welcoming small bistros. We will enjoy a Seine cruise with a Champagne tasting and a visit to an artisanal chocolate shop to learn about and taste classic French chocolates. We will explore off-the-beaten path places like the multi-cultural Faubourg St. Antoine and Aligre market, the charming Canal St. Martin, Batignolles village in the 17th, and the rue de Martyrs in the ‘South of Pigalle’ neighborhood. One full day will be devoted to ferreting out the best of the new ‘Concept Shops’ and other boutiques of note with a Parisian who is an ace private shopping guide. Our Cultural & Culinary Tours in Turkey Spring and Fall 2012
Mezzes, markets, magical minaret-defined skylines, modern art and evocative ruins, Turkey offers all this and much more. The delicious cuisine, humble or haute, integrates spices, grains, fresh vegetables, olive oils, excellent breads, meat and fresh fish all to delicious effect. We will enjoy complex dishes of the ancient Ottoman Court, creative modern riffs on rural cuisines, classic kebabs, and sample those glorious mezzes that take pride of place on Turkish tables. Visits to markets bursting with fresh vegetables, aromatic spices, breads, pastries, rich artisanal yogurts, pure honey, and more will add to the culinary bounty. Consider one of our 2012 three guided small-group tours in Turkey. We are also offering an Insider’s Turkey Tour for alumnae and friends of Hamilton College. Istanbul.Ephesus.Cappadocia.Bodrum South Eastern Turkey Taste.Eat.Cook.Shop Turkey Turkey is a feast for all the senses. Come and enjoy Turkey with us during either of these best travel months for comfortable weather and sunny blue skies.
France Through Eyes of Faith A Spirited Journey Through March 17-24, 2012
This promises to be a memorable experience. The weeklong tour includes four days in Paris, and day trips to Chartres, Angers and Reims. In Chartres, we will learn to ‘read’ the sculptures and windows of the great gothic Cathedral. In Angers, located in the heart of the Loire Valley, we will experience the glorious 14th century “Apocalypse Tapestries” (and also to a museum devoted to contemporary celestial tapestries inspired by those venerable treasures). Our day trip to the Champagne region will include jewel of Reims, the historic gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame. On a more secular note, we will celebrate our journey with a taste of Champagne in one of the historic cellars of the ‘Grandes Marques’ Champagne houses located in Reims and a drive through the verdant wine villages on our way back to Paris. Sally Peabody developed this week-long tour for fellow members and friends of Old South Church in Boston. Sally would be delighted to discuss this private small group tour with other guests or with congregations who would enjoy this spirited experience. 2012 Tour Dates TBA
Getaways for ‘Girlfriends’ In Paris
Here's What Else We Can Do: Paris Culinary Treasures Tour If a small group is interested in this tour, six minimum, we can schedule the Paris Culinary Treasures Tour for your group. Please call or email Sally Peabody: sally@yourgreatdaysinparis.com Our Paris Culinary Treasures Tours have been highlighted by the Boston Globe, International Travel News, San Diego Union Tribune, La Maison de la France and Bonjour Paris. These great-value opportunities will have you tasting your way across Paris, exploring the best French and multi-cultural markets, dining in carefully selected gourmet-bistros and winebars, tasting wines, cheese, chocolates, exploring the outstanding food boutiques and meeting culinary artisans--- and much more, including a day trip to Reims, the capital of the Champagne region to visit the cellars of Tattinger and taste champagnes. Contact us: sally@yourgreatdaysinparis.com - or call 781 391 6183 Tea.. Chocolate.. Paris
If a small group is interested in this tour, six minimum, we can schedule the Tea.Chocolate. Paris Tour for your group. Please call or email Sally Peabody: sally@yourgreatdaysinparis.com Paris, capital of the world for chocolate? Well known. Paris capital of the world for fine teas? Yes! But less well known! If fine tea and chocolate are two of your favorite food groups this is an experience for you! Sally Peabody, Your Great Days in Paris, and will take ten guests, maximum, to immerse in Paris’ very best tea, chocolate and patisserie, all over the city of light. We'll enjoy tastings and visits to the most atmospheric chocolatiers, tea salons, tea-sellers and patisseries. We will explore how the French Art of Tea includes creative uses of tea in chocolate making and in crafting irresistible pastries and macarons. A most delicious and revelatory experience of tea (and chocolate) in the cup and on the plate. We will get you to the best in Paris. And remember, we can prepare self-guided tea and chocolate lover’s itineraries for a day or more all year round. Contact us: sally@yourgreatdaysinparis.com or call 781 391 6183 Savor A Delicious Paris ‘Food Lover’s’ With Sally Peabody of Your Great Days in Paris
Explore the best Paris food-lover’s addresses
Paris "off The Beaten Path ” Three Days to Explore The ‘Hottest’ Quarters Our relaxed lunches will be in winebars or bistros of character. We will experience markets selling fabulous French foods, often enriched by the redolent flavors of Paris’ robust immigrant communities. We will visit shops with French decorative hardware, affordable linens, tablewares shops and more. We will stroll the atmospheric Canal St. Martin and explore verdant parks. We will taste Paris’ best Algerian patisserie and also visit a new patisserie winning awards for their re-interpreted French pastry, and one that has won top honors for pain au chocolat. This is a tour for adventurous adults who cherish the ‘true Paris’. |
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Your Great Days in Paris gets independent travelers to get to their best in and around Paris—carefully considering their interests, travel-styles and budgets through advising, coaching, our own intimately scaled tours, our articles and e-guides, and our ability to match you with superb custom guides to book as you choose.
Basking In the Bounties of the Pays Basque
This nine-day trip will provide seven fortunate guests with a fine taste of this delightful region. In France we will visit Biarritz, Bayonne, St. Jean Pied du Port, Bidarray, St. Jean de Luz & Espelette. In Spain, we visit the culinary mecca of San Sebastian and explore resurgent Bilbao and its stunning Guggenheim museum. 
Paris is an endless feast. This richly textured city always delights…. whatever your artistic, historic, fashion or ‘foodie’ interests. You are invited to enjoy five day’s of the best of Paris, on and off the beaten path, with Sally Peabody, experienced Paris-specialist and founder of Your Great Days in Paris and selected expert colleagues. If you love Parisian neighborhoods of character and charm, markets, one of a kind shopping and French food and wine this is a tour for you! Please note, this tour can be scheduled at other times during the year if you have a small group who would love this experience.
Your Great Days In Paris is heading east, way east, to Turkey… to explore the culture, savor the tastes, delve into the layered history, the rhythms and ruins of this beguiling hospitable land, a crossroad of civilizations for centuries. We have founded Turkish Journeys, a new division of our France business, to offer advising and small group cultural and culinary tours in Turkey. Visit us at 
Paris is a feast on so many levels. Your Great Days in Paris excels in accessing the culinary and cultural aspects of France, and now we are delighted to be offering this opportunity for small groups to explore ‘the mind of the Middle Ages’ and foundations of contemporary Christian beliefs as we look in depth at great Gothic Cathedrals, images of Mary, evocative labyrinths, and exquisite ancient tapestries in partnership with an expert ‘medievalist’. 
Lyon is a splendid French city with a scenic and strategic location in the lovely northern Rhone valley. Bounded by two rivers, the Rhone and the Saone, Lyon is a charmer replete with rich history, intact Roman ruins, a renowned gastronomic heritage and an enviable lifestyle. Among its many architectural treasures are two well-preserved Roman amphitheatres, an important medieval Cathedral and the largest intact Renaissance era quarter in Europe (outside of Venice). Add to all of that a sophisticated urban mix of theatre, museums, art, lively cafes and clubs and Lyon comes alive.
Lyon considers itself the gastronomic capital of France and a sampling of the markets, bistros, bouchons and food artisans leads one to believe that this just may be correct. Les Halles Paul Bocuse is a glorious permanent market with dazzling selections of the freshest foods and excellent wines from the Rhone-Alpes region. And there are other vibrant marché volants that set up along the riverbanks to sell beautiful fresh food and other products. Lyon is famed for rich dark chocolates from Bernachon and Richart, for redolent cheese such as St. Felicien and St. Marcellin, for uber-chef Paul Bocuse, and for its Bouchons, a uniquely convivial Lyonnaise style of bistro with hearty foods complimented by fine Beaujolais or Rhone wines, grown in nearby vineyards.
Four Days of Delectable Chocolate, Fine Teas and Patisserie Crafted With Teas 
Luscious classic and contemporary French chocolates, redolent cheese, artisanal charcuterie, glorious Patisserie, marvelous Macarons, perfect baguettes…. And so much more delicious-ness! Join Paris-specialist Sally Peabody on this spirited three-day immersion in the best Parisian Marché Volants, exploring characterful market streets lined with enticing gourmet shops, visiting convivial wine bars, patissiers, wineshops, a fine tea shop or two, and artisanal chocolatiers all over Paris.
Treat yourself to this delicious dégustation of the best Paris markets and culinary treasures in vibrant quarters ranging from the Marais to St. Germain, from So-Pi (South of Pigalle) to the Place d’Aligre market and surrounding flea market. Each day will include exploring vibrant markets and top market streets, tastings, a memorable lunch, excellent shopping and more. Your Paris ‘foodie’ address book will be filled with bonnes addresses to return to and savor again and again. Join us. You will be glad you did.
Love Paris, but, you’ve seen the Louvre, explored the Marais, Latin Quarter and St. Germain? Visited the Tower, strolled the Champs Elysées and cruised the Seine? Here is your chance to check out some of Paris’ most exciting up-and-coming quarters. Join Paris Specialist Sally Peabody on her new “Paris Off the Beaten Path” tour and explore four ‘hot’ quarters off most visitors’ radar. Experience dynamic “So-Pi” (South of Pigalle) and its remarkable rue de Martyrs market-street, visit village-like Batignolles and the lovely rue de Levis and, the arty, multicultural quarters of the Canal St. Martin, Faubourg St. Antoine/rue Paul Bert and Belleville.