The 12 Best France Farm Tours

1.Versailles Bike Tour with Palace & Queen Farm Entrance

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 492 reviews · 8 hours · from $128Our pick

Travel by train from Paris with an English-speaking guide, shop at Versailles Market, and cycle the vast royal grounds on a one-speed bike. You’ll visit the Trianons, Marie-Antoinette’s Queen’s Hamlet and farm, picnic by the canal, then explore the palace independently.

“Despite rain superb time biking versaille with 8 other adventurous individuals. Michael our guide 5 stars. Explained perfectly how I would get back to my hotel.”

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2.Loupian: Tour guide of our oyster farm and tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 86 reviews · from $11Best value

At Sanchez Huîtres in Loupian, you’ll follow the oyster-growing process in the Thau basin, from rope suspension and finishing to opening and shipping. A lively English or French guide explains the family trade, then serves several oyster types with one glass of white wine.

“It's a family business that's been growing, the guide explains it with passion and realism, an experience I recommend...we've learned a lot!”

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3.Sturgeon Fish-Farm Visit and Caviar Discovery Tasting in Neuvic

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 81 reviews · from $24

At Caviar de Neuvic in Dordogne, a professional guide leads you through a working sturgeon farm before a tasting of Signature caviar, sturgeon rillettes, caviar butter, and sparkling wine. The two-hour visit is offered in French or English and includes a close look at the fish.

“Une expérience fantastique pour notre petit fils et son grand père. Un accueil chaleureux une guide exemplaire. Félicitations à tous : par contre le caviar ne sera pas notre dégustation préféré mais merci pour la découverte. Famille du 92”

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4.Lavender Harvesting and Distillation Workshop in Bellegarde

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $36Top rated

At un MAS en PROVENCE near Nîmes, Gaël, Laura, and the team show you how to cut lavender with a Provençal pruning hook, load the still, and extract organic essential oil. You leave with floral water and oil from the plants you helped harvest.

“Thank you to Gaël for sharing his job with us with passion and thank you to my son for this gift, it was great!Auto-translated”

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5.Cannes Ooh La La Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 2 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $126

Join French chef and winemaker Virginie in Cannes for a 2-hour-15-minute walk through farmer’s markets and local food shops. Taste Provençal specialties, pair them with rosé, learn regional recipes, and finish with a traditional dessert. The group is capped at 12 people.

“Fabulous tour with Virginie. Excellent tours of markets and delicious samples and delights. Learned much about the Riviera food scene and delicacies. Highly, highly recommended! Would definitely take another of her tours again if I’m ever in Cannes! Wonderful!”

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6.Award winning “From Farm to Table, A Culinary Day in Lyon”

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $782

Spend 10 hours with Aldric and the Insiders Experience team, visiting Beaujolais farms, sharing a traditional mâchon at Château de Rapetour, then cooking a harvest-based Lyonnais dinner with private chef Michael in a 400-square-meter Lyon apartment.

“This was an amazing experience where we visited three very interesting lovely farms, poultry, vegetables, and finally sheep. We ate lunch at a lovely little French restaurant, and then went to a farm store. We were able to buy some of the products that we had seen earlier in the day. We bought products that we took to a beautiful historic home where we met up with a very experienced chef and proceeded to create a true farm to table dinner. Aldric and chef Michael were exceptional at what they do.”

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7.Sturgeon Fish-Farm Visit and Caviar Master Class Tasting in Neuvic

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $90

Meet your guide at Caviar de Neuvic for a private two-hour visit to the sturgeon farm and aquaculture estate. Learn how the fish are raised, see how caviar is produced, and taste four varieties with sparkling wine and vodka. The tour is offered in French or English.

“Superbe visite guide exceptionnel on y apprends beaucoup de choses , plus dégustation de produits une première pour moi”

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8.English Tour into the Sturgeon Farm With a Discovery Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $25

At Caviar de Neuvic near Bergerac, an English-speaking guide leads you through a working sturgeon farm, explains the full caviar process, and may take you into a tank to handle the fish. Finish with sparkling wine and a tasting of sturgeon rillettes, caviar butter, and Signature caviar.

“We’d visited here about 5 years ago with French friends and decided it was time for a revisit. The domain has undergone a lot of work since our previous visit including the provision of solar panels. Our tour in English was led by Tanya, a charming and knowledgeable lady who adapted the tour perfectly to accommodate our two grandkids - aged 10 & 8 who both found the tour fascinating. After a lot of very interesting facts and explanations it was time to don the waders and get to grips with the sturgeon in one of the tanks. Tanya joined 3 of us in the tank and explained the best…”

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9.From location: Truffle farm visit, culinary workshop, meal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $200

At Maison de Garniac in Provence, Yolaine leads you through a truffle farm visit and a hands-on cooking workshop. You will prepare truffled cheese, then enjoy scrambled eggs, cheese, a truffled macaroon, local wine, and coffee in a two-hour French food experience.

“The host was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. Plus, about the food menu she was very accommodating to what we liked to try.”

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10.Provence Olive Harvest

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 3 hours · from $37

At Les Pastras near Cadenet, guide Johann leads you through olive groves, vineyards, beehives, herbs, and truffle trees before hands-on olive picking. Finish with a Provençal apéritif, property red wine, cheese, bread, grapes, olives, and samples of olive and truffle oils.

“Johann is a wonderful host and guide. He provides excellent and detailed descriptions sharing his extensive experience of olives, truffles and farming in general in France. This was a very fun educational and hands on experience followed up with wine, cheese, truffles, bread, grapes, olives and oil.”

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11.English Tour into the Sturgeon Farm With a Initiation Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 2 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $47

Visit Caviar de Neuvic in Neuvic, Dordogne, with an English-speaking guide. See how sturgeon are raised, enter a pool in waders to touch one, then taste rillettes, caviar butter, Baeri Signature, Oscietra, and sparkling wine.

“We were not sure what to expect but signed up for it and communication was very responsive and quick. Our tour guide was lovely, lots of questions from my husband but he was happy to answer them and took his time to show us around. My 9 year old was very excited to see the PRINCESS goats and also jumping into the pool to touch the sturgeons. Incredible experience! Caviar was yum with the sparking wine, it was a taster session but very satisfied!”

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12.Half Day Grape Harvest Experience with Tasting in Epernay

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $114

Meet guide G at Épernay Tourist Office and ride to a family estate in the Marne Valley. Pick grapes, watch the pressing, taste fresh grape juice and Champagne, and learn about the region’s three main grape varieties in a group of no more than seven.

“The tour guide G was amazing He picked us up on time and was very knowledgable of champagne and the champagne region.”

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