French Language retreats in France

Week-long French Immersion throughout France

Rêverie runs small, intentional retreats across France -- week-long escapes built around speaking, learning and living life in France in a French château.

Set in Toulouse, Provence, Sancerre, or the Basque coast, this isn't a rigorous culinary school -- it's curious bakers coming together for a week to learn something new. Depending on the week, you might laminate dough for croissants, build a celebration cake from scratch, or finally crack the perfect gluten-free loaf. Like every Rêverie retreat, the food is unreal, made by our in-house culinary team -- and somewhere in the middle of it all, you'll make actual friends.

A week with Rêverie means a château to call home, every meal and every glass of wine included, mornings at local French markets, and a slow, real dive into the culture and rhythm of the region you're in. It's a week-long dinner party with people you haven't met yet -- baking is just the thing that brought you all to the same table.

Upcoming baking retreats in France

Past Baking Retreats

  • A group of diverse people, including men and women of various ages and ethnicities, posing together outdoors in front of a rustic building with vines and flowers, some wearing casual clothing and others in work aprons.

    2025 Toulouse with Erin Jeanne Mcdowell - French baking technique

  • A group of about 18 people gathered outdoors, smiling, holding glasses of wine, and celebrating in front of a lush green vine-covered wall.

    2025 Toulouse with cheryl day and nicole rucker

  • A group of 18 people, diverse in age and appearance, posing for a photo in front of a large gray door and beige stone building. They are smiling and standing or kneeling on the sidewalk.

    2025 Loire Valley with Cheryl Day and Nicole Rucker

  • Group of people standing on stairs in front of a large building with tall arched windows at dusk.

    2025 French Riviera with Erin Jeanne McDowell

  • A group of people smiling and posing for a photo on a city street at night, with buildings and shops illuminated in the background.

    2025 French Riviera with Ella Quittner and Erin Jeanne Mcdowell

  • 2024 Toulouse with Erin McDowell

    2024 Toulouse with Erin McDowell

  • Reverie Loire Valley with Tara Jensen Baking retreat

    2024 Loire Valley with Tara Jensen