in a region known throughout Europe for its spectacular scenery and outdoor adventures.
Bring a group of friends (at least five, up to 13!) and you stay for free in a French country villa where you can leave the modern world behind and get a new perspective on your life.
Discover what inspires you in a peaceful, soulful setting you can share with your friends. Give yourself a break, deepen your friendships and think about the next step in your life.
This spacious two story private villa, with its stunning views of the Canigou mountains, offers double and twin bedrooms - many en suite, stunning gardens, and solar heated lap pool. Add to your comfy stay, excursions, markets, wine tasting and a cooking workshop and you have the perfect retreat!
Outside kitchen and lap pool
Discover Authentic Rural French Life
Visit the farms that raise free range hens for eggs and goats for delicious cheeses and grow the organic vegetables for your meals. Explore villages whose centuries-old traditions are still practiced today.
Custom-designed Programs
We tailor activities to your group's interests and abilities. For more challenging mountain hikes we provide a professional guide.
Immerse Yourself
The best way to truly understand a culture is by cooking with its local products. So include in your itinerary a cooking workshop and experience true farm-to-table a la Francaise! (See our Home Page under heading Cooking)
You will return home, clear eyed and inspired, ready to write a new chapter in your life!
Cooking `workshop
Peaceful treks
Cascades, Vernet les Bains
Monastery St Martin del Canigou
Countryside rambles
The Villa lodging
Les villages des fleurs, villages of flowers
Local festivals
Stay tuned for 2026 dates!
Group Size
The Workshops, Chose 3:
Hikes : Intermediate Level
Walking Excusions anyone can do
Accommodations
All Meals (farm-to-table, local products)
Bring friends or come by yourself and make friends for life.
St Etienne Church on the hillside of Sahorre, France.
Photo courtesy Jack Ma