Get a dose of ooh la la on a behind-the-scenes themed expedition with the new France Today Travels. The company — an offshoot of popular Francophile magazine France Today — offers local-intensive immersive tours from May until October for small groups of no more than 12 people, led by an English-speaking Provence-based guide. The luxury tours include:

• Springtime Southern France (May 21–28) with visits to a medieval fortress, a picnic in the vines and a tour along the Catalan artists trail in the southwestern region of Occitanie
• Delightful Dordogne (June 5–12) with tours of lovely chateau towns, a chance to see prehistoric cave art and romantic watermills, and visits to local fêtes with local foods and seasonal cheeses
• Provence Dreams (June 18–25) with lavender landscapes, the royal city of Aix-en-Provence and the deep blue Mediterranean
• A Dordogne Indian Summer (September 4–11) with cliff-top castles, winding rivers, night markets and fabulous French cuisine
• A September in Provence (September 18–25) with hilltop stone villages, a trip to The Luberon, Cezanne’s mountain and a wine harvest season culinary festival
• A Southern France Harvest (October 2–9) with castles and crusaders, vineyards sporting fall colors and the annual wine harvest festival in Banyuls-sur-Mer, where the grapes arrive by sea

Prices begin at $4,650 per person. Tours include seven nights in two beautiful hotels, all breakfasts, four to five lunches, four to six dinners with local wines, tour director and local guides; all private tours included in the itinerary, entrance fees and tastings; transportation throughout the trip; arrival and departure transfers from select airports and train stations; and all gratuities for baggage, porters and hotel services.