National licensed guide (card Number 01 13 /002 P) since 1987
I have regularly traveled and guided visitors around France and abroad. My trips are adapted to the particular interests of my guests: museums, landscapes, picturesque villages, castles, markets….Since 1997 my tours have focused on Provence, which is where I make my home.

Whether it is by boat, bus or car, I have enjoyed guiding many types of tours. As shore excursions manager of cruise ships I have gained extensive experience in tour organization, and I am particularly knowledgeable about VIP and incentive tours.
Come join me in Provence. I would enjoy guiding you to places not often seen by tourists!

I have worked on board cruise ships as Shore Excursions Manager which permits me be very efficient in tour organisation.
Paquet cruises, ocean cruise line : M/S Mermoz, M/S Ocean Princess, M/S Ocean Pearl, M/S Norway

I am used to guiding all types of tours from river or sea cruise ships, from Nice to Marseille or along the Rhône river from Burgundy to Arles: Macon, Lyon, Vienne, Tournon, Viviers, Avignon
M/S Normandy, M/S Arlene, M/S Cezanne, M/S princess of province , M/S Viking Rhone…..

LANGUAGES :
I can guide in French, English and German

o TOUR GUIDING ............................................................ .......
Since 1997 based in Provence
Free lance guiding and escorting for groups or individuals ( families, journalists, photographers) all around Provence: French Riviera, from Monaco Nice and Cannes to Saint Tropez, as well as Provence with historical cities like Avignon, Aix en Provence, Arles, Nîmes, Marseille…
Special theme visits: wine tours (visit of wine growing estates, wine tasting), Provence painters, Cezanne Exhibition in 2006

1988 /1997 : based in Paris
Free lance guide in Paris and surroundings, (including visits of national museums: Louvre, d'Orsay, Fontainebleau, Versailles, Monet's house in Giverny, etc.)
Tours in France with visits of historical monuments: Normandy, Mont St Michel, Châteaux of the Loire Valley , South of France, Burgundy…)
English and German speaking guide for excursions at the port of call of cruise ships (Rouen, LeHavre, St Malo, Brest, Concarneau, La Rochelle, Nantes, Marseille, Toulon, Nice, Monaco)
Tour Manager and guide on board of river cruise ships : Rhône, Seine, Volga...
Tour and guide manager on board of river cruise ships : Rhone, Seine, Volga ….

o TEACHING ................................................................... .....
Since 1999 (while also working as a guide)
Teacher in college level Tourism schools in Avignon and Montpellier.
Subjects taught to guiding trainees: tour operating, itinerary planning (geographic, cultural, artistic, and historical heritage of France), guiding techniques.

o REFERENCES ................................................................ .....
Globus gateway, Trafalgar, Carnegie museum Pittsburgh, Stanford alumni, Harvard alumni, West Virgnia University, Gohagan, Mondial Tours, Découvertes, Treasure Tours, Uniworld, Grand Circle Travel etc.,

o MY OFFERS ................................................................ .....

At your disposal for any type of tours, for groups, individuals and families, professionals, photographers, journalists…
Different topics can be: arts and history, traditions and daily life, wine and food, music and theatre festivals…

All around Provence and surroundings!

Contact

VMS
Tourisme
10, Rue Saint André
84000 AVIGNON
+33(0)6 03 07 37 72