Contact Page - French Summer School & Activities in France
 Altiplano Training offers
a unique French summer school for children and
adults in Mens in the south east of France.
Prefaucon Farm provides a stimulating,
and friendly and fun environment which
allows you to develop your linguistic ability.
After your French lessons you will put what you
learn into practice by living and eating with a
French family, and learning about the French way
of life.
Prefaucon Farm is a working farm where
Jean-Louis is the gardener, and Sophie looks
after her 100 ewes, welcomes guests and cooks
very good local food, fresh from their own
garden. They also make their own local Trieves
wine, from their vineyards. Courses: A
5-day immersion course where you are immersed in
French life and culture (7 nights accommodation).
Children are looked after by their own French
language teacher and have their own program of
activities and classes with local children, each
day, so they learn to use the French language
naturally. There will be 2 groups of approximate
ages 6-9, then 10+, each group with their own teacher and
their own independent study program. Adults can
also study the French language with us or help
out on the farm, or follow their own activity
program.
Craft courses in pottery, felt-making,
watercolour painting, painting furniture,
organic cookery, medicinal plants and “green”
construction techniques are all possible, all in
French! Popular sports and activities include
walking, mountain biking, windsurfing & kite
surfing, horse riding and paragliding. Courses
in these sports are also available.
 Mens is the market town for the Trieves;
a wonderful plateau of rolling farmland and
forests surrounded by the mountains of the
Vercors and the Ecrins in
south-east France. This is real France
where you are unlikely to hear English spoken,
40min south of Grenoble and 2 hrs south of
Lyon. Here you stay with a local family, discuss
life & politics and farming and 'Europe', and
enjoy the atmosphere and live music in the
cafés.
The Trieves Plateau is home to France's most
important "green" centre - Terre Vivante - and
the ethos of organic farming and green building
permeate the region. Group language lessons are
timed to include the "foire Bio"; the annual
"green" fair of the Trieves which takes place at
the end of September every year.
Lyon St Exupéry is the nearest international
airport. Grenoble has daily flights from London.
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