Ophorus creates private tours and tailor-made journeys in France for couples, families, friends, and private groups. Our team of travel advisors works with you to build a multi-day itinerary around your dates, interests, preferred pace, accommodation style, and practical requirements. From private driver-guided day trips and city walks to multi-region travel packages, every journey is reserved exclusively for your party.

Why Choose a Private France Tour Package?

A private package gives you something a fixed itinerary cannot: the freedom to shape a journey around what matters most to you. Rather than joining a scheduled departure, you choose when to travel, how long to stay, where to go, and which experiences deserve the most time.

Your itinerary can be based on an existing Ophorus package or designed from the beginning with the help of our travel advisors. You may prefer Bordeaux wine country and the Dordogne, Paris with Normandy and the Loire Valley, Provence and the French Riviera, or Champagne, Alsace, and Burgundy. The route, rhythm, hotels, activities, guiding, and transport can be adapted to your party.

Private travel is especially suited to travellers who value flexibility, families travelling across generations, couples celebrating a special occasion, groups of friends, wine and food enthusiasts, and guests with particular mobility, dietary, or pacing needs.

What Can Be Customised?

A private package starts with a conversation. Share your travel dates, group size, budget range, preferred regions, hotel expectations, and interests. Ophorus travel advisors then recommend a logical route and shape an itinerary that makes practical sense as well as delivering the experiences you want.

• Travel dates: Choose dates that work around your international flights, cruise schedule, holiday period, or family plans.
• Duration: Plan a focused four-day escape, a one-week regional journey, or a multi-region France itinerary of ten days or more.
• Destinations: Select one region in depth or connect destinations that work naturally together.
• Accommodation: Choose the hotel category, location, character, and room configuration that suit your party.
• Travel pace: Allow time for relaxed lunches, scenic stops, free afternoons, museums, markets, or a slower route between destinations.
• Private guiding and transport: Add private guides, driver-guides, transfers, city walks, and regional touring according to your itinerary.
• Experiences: Focus on history, art, wine, gastronomy, gardens, villages, cooking, family activities, coastal scenery, or a combination of interests.

How Ophorus Plans Your Journey

Designing a private France package is more than placing famous destinations on a map. A well-paced itinerary considers realistic driving times, suitable overnight bases, hotel availability, opening days, seasonal conditions, and the right balance between guided activity and independent time.

Our France-based travel advisors help turn your ideas into a coherent journey. After discussing your priorities, we suggest the destinations and experiences that best fit your dates and trip length. We then refine the programme with you, coordinating private guides, driver-guides, accommodation, regional visits, and transfers before your journey begins.

The result is a route designed around your party: structured enough to make the most of your time, but flexible enough to feel personal and unhurried.

Choose the Right Length

Four Days: A Focused Private Escape

A four-day package is ideal for travellers who want to experience one region in depth, add a premium extension to a wider European holiday, or enjoy a short private break in France.

Choose Bordeaux for vineyards and wine estates, Champagne for cellar visits and tastings, Normandy for D-Day history and Mont-Saint-Michel, the Loire Valley for Renaissance châteaux, Nice for the Riviera, or Paris for museums, neighbourhoods, and royal Versailles.

The 4-Day Private Champagne Package from Reims is an excellent starting point for a wine-focused journey. It can be adapted around your preferred tasting style, from celebrated Champagne houses to smaller family-run producers, with time for Reims, Épernay, vineyards, and regional gastronomy.

Five Days: Discover One Region at Your Pace

Five days allow you to settle into a region and create a more relaxed rhythm. This format works particularly well for Provence, Bordeaux, the Dordogne, Alsace, or Strasbourg and its surrounding wine villages.

In southern France, the 5-Day Private Provence Package based in Aix-en-Provence can combine Aix-en-Provence, Luberon villages, Avignon, Arles, Cassis and the Calanques, or Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine country. Your travel advisor can help determine which experiences best match your interests and preferred pace.

Seven to Eight Days: Connect Complementary Regions

A week or slightly longer provides enough time to connect two regions without turning the journey into a series of long travel days. This is often the ideal format for travellers who want variety while still allowing room to enjoy each place.

Bordeaux and the Dordogne combine wine country, local food, historic towns, river valleys, castles, and prehistoric heritage. The 8-Day Private Bordeaux & Dordogne Package offers a strong framework that can be personalised around wine estates, market visits, village stays, cave art, gardens, cooking, or additional free time.

Champagne, Alsace, and Burgundy create another rewarding route for travellers interested in wine, food, heritage, and smaller French towns. The 11-Day Private Champagne, Alsace & Burgundy Package shows how several wine regions can be connected in one carefully paced journey.

Ten Days or More: A Complete France Journey

With ten days or more, France opens up in a different way. You can combine the essential first-time highlights with regional discovery, allowing enough time for Paris, Normandy, the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Provence, or another route shaped around your interests.

The 10-Day Private Paris, Normandy & Loire Valley Package provides a classic example: Paris and Versailles, Normandy’s D-Day beaches, Bayeux and Mont-Saint-Michel, followed by Loire Valley châteaux and gardens. The route can be adjusted according to your preferred hotel style, interests, arrival city, departure city, and available time.

For a journey centred on western France, history, and wine, consider the 10-Day Private Normandy, Loire Valley & Bordeaux Package. It connects D-Day history, Mont-Saint-Michel, château country, and Bordeaux vineyards in one private itinerary.

Choose Your France Travel Style

Wine and Gastronomy

Wine can be the central theme of your holiday or one memorable part of a broader France journey. Private travel makes it possible to choose the wine regions that interest you most, arrange tasting appointments in advance, and balance cellar visits with villages, food markets, local producers, and unhurried meals.

Explore Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Alsace, Provence, or the Loire Valley with a private guide or driver-guide. Browse Bordeaux wine tour packages for inspiration, or ask your travel advisor to combine wine experiences with cultural, culinary, and scenic discovery.

History and Heritage

Private touring is particularly rewarding for travellers interested in history. In Normandy, an experienced guide can help you understand the D-Day landings through the places, stories, and individual perspectives that shaped the campaign. In the Loire Valley, explore the royal history behind the châteaux. In Provence, discover Roman monuments, medieval towns, and artistic heritage at a pace that works for your party.

For a focused historical experience, explore private Normandy D-Day tours and incorporate them into a wider private package.

Art, Cities, and Culture

A tailor-made journey can bring together major museums, architecture, local neighbourhoods, gardens, and smaller cultural discoveries. Spend time in Paris with a private guide, follow artistic heritage in Provence and the French Riviera, or discover the distinctive French-German character of Strasbourg and Colmar.

Private city walks and guided museum visits can be combined with regional travel, allowing you to experience both France’s major cities and its quieter landscapes in one itinerary.

Families and Celebrations

Private packages are particularly useful for families and multigenerational groups because the route can be adapted to different ages, energy levels, and interests. Add manageable driving days, child-friendly activities, free time, and a balance of culture, food, scenery, and hands-on experiences.

For anniversaries, honeymoons, milestone birthdays, reunions, or a special trip with friends, travel advisors can help select distinctive hotels, memorable meals, private tastings, and experiences that suit the occasion.

Where to Go in France

Paris, Normandy, and the Loire Valley

This is one of the best routes for a first private journey through France. Begin with Paris, its museums, neighbourhoods, food scene, and Versailles. Continue to Normandy for D-Day history, Bayeux, Honfleur, and Mont-Saint-Michel, then travel south to the Loire Valley for châteaux, gardens, vineyards, and historic towns.

Bordeaux and the Dordogne

Bordeaux offers elegant architecture, wine country, gastronomy, and Atlantic influences. The Dordogne adds medieval villages, river scenery, markets, castles, and prehistoric art. Together, the two regions create a balanced southwest France itinerary that can be centred on wine, history, food, or family travel.

Champagne, Alsace, and Burgundy

This route is ideal for travellers who love wine, food, heritage, and smaller cities. Combine Reims and Épernay with Strasbourg, Colmar, the Alsace Wine Route, Dijon, Beaune, vineyard villages, and regional cuisine. Each region has a distinct identity, but they connect naturally through culture, landscapes, and gastronomy.

Provence and the French Riviera

Southern France offers a rich mix of Roman sites, market towns, hilltop villages, vineyards, art, coastal scenery, and Mediterranean light. Use Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, or Nice as a base, then create a route that includes the Luberon, Arles, Cassis, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Monaco, Cannes, Antibes, or Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

Bordeaux to the Basque Country

For a route that combines vineyards, Atlantic scenery, food, and a strong regional identity, consider Bordeaux and the French Basque Country. A private journey can include Saint-Émilion, coastal Arcachon Bay, Biarritz, Bayonne, local markets, and Basque food traditions before continuing toward San Sebastián in Spain.

When to Plan Your 2027 Private Package

Early planning gives you the widest choice of hotels, private guides, drivers, restaurants, tasting appointments, and preferred travel dates. It is especially important for spring and summer travel, school holidays, Christmas markets, harvest season, special celebrations, and journeys requiring several rooms or particular hotel preferences.

• Spring: A beautiful season for gardens, countryside, cities, and comfortable touring temperatures.
• Summer: Ideal for long days, festivals, coastal regions, and outdoor experiences, but popular destinations require earlier planning.
• Autumn: Excellent for vineyards, food, harvest experiences, museums, and changing landscapes.
• Winter: A strong choice for Paris, gastronomy, cultural travel, Alsace Christmas markets, and quieter city stays.

If your dates are fixed, contact Ophorus as early as possible. If your dates remain flexible, our travel advisors can suggest the best timing and routing for your preferred destinations and travel style.

Private Package or Small Group Package?

A private package is the best choice when you want to choose your travel dates, personalise your route, select hotel styles, adjust the pace, and travel only with your own party. It is designed around your priorities from the start.

A small group multi-day package is a strong alternative when you prefer set departures, a pre-designed itinerary, and the social atmosphere of travelling with a limited number of fellow guests. Ophorus small group packages are designed for up to eight guests.

How to Start Planning

To begin, think about four essentials: your preferred travel dates, the number of travellers, your approximate trip length, and the experiences you most want to include. You do not need to have every detail decided. A travel advisor can help turn broad ideas into a realistic and enjoyable route.

When contacting Ophorus, it is helpful to share whether your priority is history, food, wine, art, villages, scenery, family time, or a combination of interests. Also mention hotel preferences, mobility considerations, dietary requirements, arrival and departure cities, and any special occasion you are celebrating.

Plan Your Private France Journey with Ophorus

From a four-day Champagne escape to a ten-day journey through Paris, Normandy, the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Provence, Alsace, or beyond, Ophorus travel advisors can build a private package around the France you want to experience.

Request your tailor-made private France itinerary and begin planning a 2027 journey with a team that knows the destinations, logistics, guides, and experiences that bring France to life.