The Weltons are the husband-and-wife team behind Welton's Tiny Bakeshop, a James Beard semi-finalist bakery in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, known for naturally leavened pastries and breads rooted in seasonal, thoughtfully sourced ingredients. Their week with us is built around the food they love most: wood-fired pizza, pastry technique, and the kind of baking that tastes like somewhere and something. Add natural wine tastings, a day in Toulouse, some of the best food you'll ever eat from our Michelin-trained chef, and a grill party that runs later than anyone planned, and you've got the idea.

Your week begins in Toulouse — one of France's great cities and our favorite place to land and exhale after a long flight. One night at Le Grand Balcon Hôtel in the city center, breakfast included, the evening yours to wander. Then it's out to the Gers, where Château de Labusquière has been waiting for you. For the next five nights, it's your home: the long table, the courtyard, the pool, the kitchen door that's always open. Baking workshops with Hannah and Zachary, market days, a natural wine tasting with Esmé, Chef Paul's food three times a day, and the particular kind of easy that only happens when someone else has thought of everything.