Uzès CULINARY ADVENTURE
Join me in my sparkling medieval French home town, where the sun shines 300 days a year and every meal is washed down with Rosé.
Uzès is a sun drenched and utterly gorgeous old town in the Occitanie region of Southern France, half an hour from Nimes. It is authentic, has no beach, no bling and is preserved in white stone. We have a castle, a real Duke and are graced with one of the best markets in the South, and it’s where I live for half the year. Think Pelardon goat cheese, pissaladière, truffles, olives, lamb, anchovies, parsley-sage-rosemary & thyme, tapenade, olive oil, seafood, fish from the coast – and of course an entire region dominated by wine. The last time someone drank water in Uzès was when there was a flood and the rosé ran out.
We will be based for 6 nights in the centre of town and radiate out to visit places like Nimes and Aix-en-Provence, coming home to our own beds each evening. There will be traditional Southern French cooking classes from me and guest chefs, lots of wine education, cultural visits, shopping tours for men’s provencal shirts & espadrilles.
The last night bash will be the usual top-secret affair involving a romantic location, dressing up, live music, singing, dancing and guess what? More wine.
IMPORTANT: For this tour you must be physically fit and healthy with no mobility issues. There is a lot of walking involved and the temperatures are hot.
2025 UZÈS TOUR
Occitanie region / Southern France
30 May – 5 June
Cost
NZD 6,599 per person
(based on twin share).
This includes 6 nights accommodation, Peta and our local guides, group transfer from Nimes station on days 1 & 7, internal transport, cooking classes, entrances, all meals & wine with meals.
NZD 1,000 accommodation single supplement subject to availability.
Maximum of 12 guests.
Accommodation
In Uzès we stay at
Boutique Hotel Entraigues
Our mission has always been to provide really authentic gastronomic and cultural experiences. We travel initially to lose ourselves and next to find ourselves, because travel cracks us open and so pushes us over all the walls and low horizons that habits and defensiveness set up.
Behind every person and every household is a story of local traditions and daily life in villages and towns. Traditional food is about ancestral memories and looking back and holding on to old cultures – it is profoundly about identity. Come with us and partake in the honesty, grace, generosity and fun that is a Peta Mathias tour. Suitable for fit and healthy gastronomic adventurers!
“The tour was so well organised, with such a variety of experiences packed in, food was FABULOUS, the hotel was gorgeous and Uzès your quintessential ancient French village! Well done you. Hopefully it won’t be the last you see of me. LOVED the Basque tour and now Uzès. My sister Claire had the time of her life. THANK YOU!”
“Thanks Peta, and the chefs for sharing their recipes. I have just returned home and am printing out the memories. Thanks so much for a wonderful week in Uzès, it is a beautiful village, the women were mad and the hotel was just lovely. ”
