Off the Beaten Path, LLC of France, specialists in gourmet, wine, walking and active cultural vacations in France announces its’ 2004 Tour de France Spectator & Gourmet Cultural tour programs, July 12-17 and July 19-24. Off the Beaten Path will be present throughout this year’s Tour de France, as it is sure to be the most exciting in decades. Lance Armstrong, the Texas phenom, will try for an unprecedented sixth consecutive win in the world’s most challenging cycling event -- which doubles as a raucous carnival that winds its way around France at the height of the country’s sun-drenched vacation period.
Off the Beaten Path, LLC of France, specialists in gourmet, wine, walking and active cultural vacations in France announces its’ 2004 Tour de France Spectator & Gourmet Cultural tour programs, July 12-17 and July 19-24. Off the Beaten Path will be present throughout this year’s Tour de France, as it is sure to be the most exciting in decades. Lance Armstrong, the Texas phenom, will try for an unprecedented sixth consecutive win in the world’s most challenging cycling event -- which doubles as a raucous carnival that winds its way around France at the height of the country’s sun-drenched vacation period.
Off the Beaten Path, LLC of France, specialists in gourmet, wine, walking and active cultural vacations in France, is offering adventurous tourists a unique "you are there" and “insider” opportunity to participate in this supremely French sporting event – two, six-day combination, spectator & gourmet, cultural programs during the 2004 Tour de France that take vacationers right on the race’s course and into the action of this exhilarating event. Designed for the culturally minded, sports enthusiast, these trips take small groups along segments of the Tour de France route each day of the Tour de France. And Off the Beaten Path takes care of all the details; group members will spend their time mingling and having a great time in the traveling circus that accompanies the Tour de France.
Off the Beaten Path’s 2004 Tour de France packages are scheduled to follow the race’s most dramatic stages – from Dordogne through the Massifs Centrals and to the Pyrenees, and through the Alps to Paris. As in each precedent program, Off the Beaten Path provides tourists with expert guides and support staff, all transportation during each program, luxury, historical accommodations, regional gourmet dining and cultural excursions in combination with the company’s premiere selection of Tour de France stages.
Guided Tours
Program #1 of the Tour de France
July 12 – 17 (6 days/5 nights): JULY 12 - Rest day for the riders: Arrival day for Off the Beaten Path guests. JULY 13 - Stage 9 - Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat - Guéret -160 km. JULY 14 - Stage 10 - Limoges - Saint-Flour - 237 km. JULY 15 - Stage 11 - Saint-Flour - Figeac - 164 km. JULY 16 - Stage 12 - Castelsarrasin - La Mongie - 199 km. JULY 17 - Program Conclusion day - Traveler departures. The price is US$3,698 per person double/twin occupancy, “all-inclusive, land only” for this five-night tour. A supplemental charge applies for travelers requesting single occupancy.
Program #2 of the Tour de France
July 19 – 24 (6 days/5 nights): JULY 19: Rest day for the riders: Arrival day for Off the Beaten Path guests. JULY 20: Stage 15 - Valréas - Villard-de-Lans - 179 km. JULY 21: Stage 16 - Bourg d'Oisans - L'Alpe d'Huez, (individual time trial) - 15 km. JULY 22: Stage 17--Bourg d'Oisans--Le Grand Bornand--212 km. JULY 23: Stage 18 - Annemasse - Lons-le-Saunier - 166 km. JULY 24: Program Conclusion day - Traveler departures. The price is US$3,998 per person double/twin occupancy, “all-inclusive, land only” for this five-night tour. A supplemental charge applies for travelers requesting single occupancy.
About Off the Beaten Path, LLC:
Established in 1994, Off the Beaten Path specializes exclusively in exclusive, small group travel to France. In addition to the Tour de France program, the company offers fully guided, small group, luxury, “gourmet, wine & cultural walking tours” and “gourmet, wine & active cultural tours” to Provence, the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Dordogne, Alsace, Lyon & Beaujolais, Paris and the Greater Southwest, France. The company also offers private, custom-designed tours for groups of four or more guests wishing to choose their own dates and itinerary, accompanied by an expert. Corporate team building and specialty event programs are also available, as well as special private tours for clubs and professionals.
For more information, email reservations@traveloffthebeatenpath.com , or call toll free 1-877-628-1011 or 1.877.846.2831. Full information is also available on the Off The Beaten Path, LLC web site at http://www.traveloffthebeatenpath.com.
