Summer French Language and Cooking Course in France

Assoc. Cuisine Et Tradition:
Provence is a land of warm-hearted people, delicious cuisine, and spectacular structures built over its 2500 year history as one of the major centers of trade on the Mediterranean. It is our home, and we love to share it.

TWO WEEK FRENCH INTENSIVE : Language Study and Cooking classes

Come join us for two weeks as a resident of the ancient Provence city of Arles, and enjoy 30 hours of intensive French instruction. Alongside the French instruction will be cooking classes, wine tastings, tours of the city and the region, and much more.

During your time with us, we will include either dinner or lunch each day (demi-pension), inviting our friends to join us at the table to stimulate your ears and put your new-found language skills to immediate use. We will guide you through the history of Arles, and share some of its extraordinary richness with you. But we'll also give you free time to roam and explore the region yourself (or with a new-found friend).

The program includes:
- 13 nights' accommodations (spacious doubles) and 13 breakfasts
- 30 hours of French instruction at an intermediate or beginners' level (classes will have an average of 4-6 students)
- lunch or dinner every day
- 4 cooking classes
- wine tasting at a local winery (whose wine maker will then come join us for dinner to continue your conversation)
- a free pass to all the Arles' monuments
- a guided visit through the museum of Arles' Antiquity with an historian to learn the depths of the over 2500 years of history of this city and region.
- an outing to the wild beaches and marshlands of the Camargue by horseback or jeep (as you prefer)

Extra optional activities will include outings to St. Rémy de Provence, the Roman Aqueduct "Pont du Gard", to an olive oil mill, to visit an organic goat cheese maker, hiking by the sea coast, in the hills or amidst the wineries.