About Us
Sarah Pernet -
Founder of Discover Provence
Sarah Pernet
After a busy professional and family life, an imposed career move brought English born Sarah and her family to Aix-en-Provence in 2001. She started a holiday rental business welcoming clients from all over the world. This experience and her love of Provence led to the founding of Discover Provence. The company offers a highly personalized , flexible and friendly service plus a unique understanding of clients' wishes and needs. With this winning formula the company has grown from strength to strength and has received many excellent client reviews.
Sarah has lived in France for over 28 years. She has an evident passion and knowledge of Provence as well as excellent language skills and an impressive local address book. Her tours are custom designed to give clients a unique insight into what makes Provence such a special place.
Romain Gouvernet - Local Wine Expert
Romain was born in Avignon and has spent most of his life in Provence.
When he was a student he used to help with the wine harvest in the famous vinyards of Chateauneuf-du-Pape where he fell in love with the beauty of the remarkable world famous wine growing area.
After spending time abroad, perfecting his English, he eventually returned to France and realized that his true passion, and skills, lay in the wine industry sector. After graduating from the ‘Wine Spirit and Education Trust’ in Paris he returned to Avignon where he started working as a manager at a famous winery responsible for oenotourism. He is now working in partnership with Discover Provence hosting a choice of educational and enjoyable wine tours in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape area. Click here for more information about his wine tours.
Our Philosophy: Our objective is for our clients to experience traditional Provence at its very best by offering a consistently high quality, personalized and friendly service.
We work with local professionals who are dedicated and proud to maintain Provençal traditions and techniques in their work.
Our Address Book: We can help you plan your stay by sharing our favourite addresses. We know Provence well and can share our resources and tips with you to help make your stay exceptional. We offer suggestions on where to stay , restaurants, favourite markets and shops.
After a busy professional and family life, an imposed career move brought English born Sarah and her family to Aix-en-Provence in 2001. She started a holiday rental business welcoming clients from all over the world. This experience and her love of Provence led to the founding of Discover Provence. The company offers a highly personalized , flexible and friendly service plus a unique understanding of clients' wishes and needs. With this winning formula the company has grown from strength to strength and has received many excellent client reviews.
Sarah has lived in France for over 28 years. She has an evident passion and knowledge of Provence as well as excellent language skills and an impressive local address book. Her tours are custom designed to give clients a unique insight into what makes Provence such a special place.
Romain Gouvernet - Local Wine Expert
Romain was born in Avignon and has spent most of his life in Provence.
When he was a student he used to help with the wine harvest in the famous vinyards of Chateauneuf-du-Pape where he fell in love with the beauty of the remarkable world famous wine growing area.
After spending time abroad, perfecting his English, he eventually returned to France and realized that his true passion, and skills, lay in the wine industry sector. After graduating from the ‘Wine Spirit and Education Trust’ in Paris he returned to Avignon where he started working as a manager at a famous winery responsible for oenotourism. He is now working in partnership with Discover Provence hosting a choice of educational and enjoyable wine tours in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape area. Click here for more information about his wine tours.
Our Philosophy: Our objective is for our clients to experience traditional Provence at its very best by offering a consistently high quality, personalized and friendly service.
We work with local professionals who are dedicated and proud to maintain Provençal traditions and techniques in their work.
Our Address Book: We can help you plan your stay by sharing our favourite addresses. We know Provence well and can share our resources and tips with you to help make your stay exceptional. We offer suggestions on where to stay , restaurants, favourite markets and shops.
