DATE / STAY TIME
PROGRAM :
Day 1:
Arrive late afternoon.
- Short walk leaving from the farm, to get some fresh air, either the Tour des Granges de Lullin accompanied by Alice or the Chemin des Ecoliers with a topo-guide.
- Tour of the farm and a chance to help with milking the cows
- make the dough for next day’s bread
Day 2:
Morning spent making bread with Michel’s instructions/explanations:
- Lighting & heating the oven (3 hours pre-heating needed before bread can go in)
- Kneading the dough and leaving it to rise in little “bénons” (special type of basket)
- Cleaning the oven and putting the bread in to bake
- Aperitif while bread is baking, then tasting of all the delicious dishes cooked in the oven at the same time as the bread (brioches, brioche filled with saucisson, Reblochon cheese flans,...). All piping hot, accompanied by a lovely salad straight from the garden and one of Alice’s homemade desserts.
Afternoon features cheese making with tour of the Ferme du Petit Mont in the company of Rebecca and Jean-Yves, enthusiastic farmers.
- Take part in the “Milk to Cheese” workshop then enjoy a farmhouse tea featuring all the farm produce on sale in the farm shop.
- After supper, spend evening with Alice and Michel, slide show on eco-friendly mountain agriculture presented by the Ferme du Petit Mont.
Day 3:
Morning walk around Le Châtelard to work up an appetite.
Afternoon working in the garden
in the company of Sylvaine, owner of the "Marmite Enchantée", when you can enjoy some
- hoeing, picking, removing leaves then putting some of her beloved plants to dry OR you may go off and pick some seasonal wild plants that grow near the farm.
- Make herbal tea with plants freshly picked from the garden or meadows.
- Tea-time with some of the produce grown on the farm (cordials, jams, herbal teas, lemonade, etc.)
Accommodation and meal :
Accommodation at alice and Michel's, guesthouse (2 épis, Gîtes de France) : half-board.
PRICE
3 days / 2 nights from 71 € per person for 2 adults and 2 children*
*from 4 years old. Different fares according to the age of the children
INFORMATIONS AND BOOKING
Tourist Office of Bellevaux
Brigitte Meynet Cordonnier
Tél : 0033 4 50 73 79 97
brigitte@bellevaux.com
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