Jewels of Southwest France

If big cities, bright lights and high speed travel are your thing, I'd choose something different. This tour takes you through the smaller towns and villages, through farmland and via the back roads...

I have already put in my review some time ago - why do you need another?

Great trip, made even better by the expert guide Albert

Our tour covered a lot of the history, architecture and geography of that area of France. The hotels were generally very good and central to what we were doing. What really made the tour were our...

The tour took us to several smaller cities. We were able to visit Europe's largest sand dunes, an oyster producer, wine producer, and a cured ham store. Our driver Kaspar was excellent, always safe...

For the most part, the tour itinerary was fantastic. We enjoyed Albi and would have preferred a night there. I could have also skipped the night in the Pyrennes (rather stay in a village)....

I chose this tour at the last minute, having never travelled with them before. It was exactly as described, the participants were terrific, many had travelled on previous trips with Back Roads. We...

Bordeaux is wonderful area to tour, and Charlie (our guide) made sure that there was a good balance between exploring and having some necessary downtime. He has a really good knowledge of French...

A lovely taste to visiting some charming towns along the south west coast of France . Out tour guide Charlie and coach driver Ervince were special.
I would recommend having two night minimum stays in...

An excellent tour of SW France.

Beautiful destinations each day. I loved the group lunches and dinners and out tour leader and driver organised a lunch in a place called Domme with spectacular views. A visit to a winery with wine...

we had an excellent driver, a very lovely guide, great accommodation choices. Some of the accommodation was either excellent or outstanding, some not so great but always in very convenient locations...

Had an amazing time.
Tour guide, Max, was brilliant!!
Very friendly and helpful, constantly making sure everyone was happy

Excellent tour with great scenery and experiences. The guide, Max, was very experienced and well organised and his expertise made the holiday even more enjoyable.

Max was an excellent tour guide and his knowledge of the history and geography was unsurpassed.His guidance ensured all little problems were eresolved.

enjoyed the drive thru the Pyrénées, the Chateau visits were superb, and the wine tasting.

Fabulous tour visiting amazing off the beaten track places.
Albert was a fantastic knowledgeable and accommodating guide.
Small group of friendly like minded people.
A memorable experience.

Excellent tour including quality of itinerary and activity choices. Tour guide Albert was also excellent- friendly professional assistance and support. His knowledge and passion for history and...

We loved it
Real taste of the France we had wanted
Small fairytale villages
Beautiful countryside
Plenty of free time
Great director
Central location of hotels

I chose this tour because of the area. Our guide was superb - knowledgeable, friendly and professional, and willing to research if there was something he didn't know. With one exception (Biarritz)...

Hotels mostly were a bit on the small side, driver Alex & Tour guide Albert were fantastic, loved the backroads touring

This showed the real France I was hoping for with opportunities to see the countryside.

It was nice to see a new part of France, learn the history and eat the delicious local foods and wines.

Great backroads experience

The timing of some stops was not the best. Stopping to sample oysters just after breakfast. The vehicle (both) had issues, broken door and replacement was very uncomfortable.

Outstanding leadership, scenery, food, wine, company and interesting places to visit

Value for money Not Rolls Royce but very good

Tour was excellent - scenery was fantastic & our tour guide & driver were both fantastic

The tour and places we visited was outstanding, everyday was exciting. We didn’t drive all day, we had many sightseeing stops to break the journey. One criticism is that the stop at Lourdes was too...

Great bus, overall good accommodation. The last meal in Selatar was appalling, but apart from that, everything was very good.

Cities visited, location and quality of the accommodation. Included meals and tours with local guides were excellent.

Great tour through some beautiful country .Terrific guide -Max and driver- Alex and everyone on the group got on well
A couple of the hotels were disappointing-clean but very basic but as they are...

An enjoyable tour but room for improvement.

Fascinating itinerary, stunning scenery and excellent guide.

Overall the tour was good. The first day’s drive from Bordeaux to Biarritz was too long. It was good to see the “backroads”, but I think the tour should have returned to freeway sooner, giving the...

As I said before I was disappointed and felt our guide was under prepared and thought it could have been better with local guides. Also the accommodation wasn’t brilliant, some of the places felt very...

Guide lacked local knowledge of places to eat, where to locate bathrooms & was disorganised in regard to enough seats for some events. Group dinners were hit & miss.

A beautiful part of France. I was so glad I found Back Roads tour through this delightful region.

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The tour leader and driver did a good job running the tour and the content was quite good. The first day drive along the Atlantic coast was particularly interesting., but...

Same as explained above..different to other tours

An interesting tour, well conducted by Max, the competent leader

The bus driver was very knowledgeable and helpful. Always knew the best place to get an ice-cream in the evening ?

These tours aren't cheap, which is the main reason for only 4 stars. We still both enjoyed it. I thought two of the hotel rooms were very small, a room isn't big enough, in my opinion, when there isn...