French en Famille

13 nights / 14 days
Begins and ends Paris
6 nights Paris, 6 nights Provence, 1 night Paris
3 star accommodation

France en Famille offers the opportunity for parents to experience an unforgettable French holiday with their child, discovering the magnificent city of Paris, French history and traditions, and the beautiful hill villages and colourful country markets of Provence; while at the same time the students practice and improve their French, immerse themselves in French culture and enjoy time with others. This 2 week tour is run over the July school holidays and it is designed to be a rewarding, cultural experience in the rural beauty of Provence and the urban chic of Paris. The shopping is literally irresistible, the cuisine is a delight, the weather is beautiful in July and the lavender is out all over Provence!

Do you have a teenage daughter, son, grandaughter or grandson learning French at school? This tour is a superbly enjoyable, stimulating and unforgettable bonding experience with your teenager, taken in the company of other parents or grandparents and their children. French en Famille is an attractive alternative to French immersion programs, where your student has to be away from home for weeks or months.

As parents of teenagers ourselves, we know that many teenage students are not comfortable spending time away from home in an unfamiliar environment, living with an unknown family. However there are extremely limited alternatives that enable children to experience France and improve their French should they choose not to do an Exchange Program.

The emphasis on this tour is on having fun together in a small group environment, the students challenging themselves without feeling threatened or intimidated and for them to participate in the activities, games and events we have planned for them to share with you. They will have regular practice learning and speaking French with native speakers, and time for sight-seeing, relaxing, shopping, walking and talking as well as more structured activities such as a cooking class, a school visit, a food competition, guided tours in French, journal-writing, a French lesson, orienteering visits to places, market buying excursions and a visual presentation that they create for us, as well as lots of shared meals and ordering in French.

Your Tour Manager
Your Tour Manager and guide is Kate Stedman, one of our most experience tour managers. She is a battlefield historian and was head of History at Loreto Mandeville Hall for many years. She understands and has had much experience teaching teenage students as well as having a passionate love and wide knowledge of France’s culture, traditions and history.

“Many of my students come to me for practice in oral French as they seldom get enough opportunity to hear and speak French whilst studying it in Australia and they lack the confidence to try. This tour is designed to help them improve their language skills in a fun, safe and enjoyable environment in France itself”.

Tour Dates:
June 25th – July 8th 2012

Tour Price:
$6325 per person twin/double share

For a third person sharing a twin/double room on a rollaway bed, OR making the room a triple room, there will be a reduction of $920.