Perfect luxury vacation
Destination Management Company (DMC)
France by Ilanda is an up market and luxury Destination management Company dedicated to high end Travel Agencies & Tour Operators looking to serve a demanding clientele.
We’ll transform what could be a beautiful trip into an unforgettable experience through our deep knowledge and thorough testing of exceptional destinations and experiences.
French luxury vacation
France by Ilanda is a trademark of Ilanda Travel, a high end tour operator and travel agency born recently and created by 6 travelers each with over 30 years of extensive travels and adventures. The Company is located in the heart of the « city of lights », Paris.
Today Ilanda Travel, headquartered in Paris, support a French clientele throughout the World.
France by Ilanda serve and advise foreign travel experts and consultants to promote our beautiful Country, its excellence, its unique gastronomy or share its culture and history. All our consultants are French with profound knowledge of every tiny piece of France. They are service oriented and experts in designing what will amaze your clients.
Whether you are looking for an unforgettable romantic escape in Paris, or enjoying the unforgettable experience of an old castle by the Loire Valley, some unique wine testing in Bordeaux or in Burgundy, or being immersed in our history and culture, France by Ilanda is the right partner to advise, suggest, organize and secure with the proper level of high quality services your clients are meant for.
We target individual guest’s needs and dreams to create a personalized journey that will ensure a memorable stay in our magical Country.
Our destinations
Paris
Paris, the city of lights, has so much to offer. A first timer will explore one of the most iconic city in the World were a multi recidivist will always find something new to enjoy : restaurants, café croissants in the morning, fascinating Museum, art galleries, unique nightlife, luxe shopping, walking along the Seine, reading in a garden, enjoying exclusive and secret hideaways…Paris will always be Paris.
Brittany
Far West from Paris, a land of moors and legends with the enchanted forest of Brocéliande tied with Arthurian mythology, the magical coast of Brittany has much to offer : its empty beaches, its very special gastronomy, the pirate city of Saint Malo, the historical city of Dinard, the fishermen ports, the pink granit coast, the gulf of Morbihan and its 40 islands or Léon, Cornouaille and Trégor counties at the heart of the very hidden wild Finistère (Finis terrae, where earth finishes)
Normandy
Not that far from Paris, a land of cows, apple trees, cider and pancakes, with the very iconic Mont Saint Michel, the WWII landing beaches of Omaha or Utah, the lovely Honfleur, the trendy Deauville (the most searched “small French town” on the Internet), dramatic Etretat cliffs, and without to mention, on the way to Normandy not to miss the village of Giverny for the garden of Monet.
Loire Valley
At the heart of European Renaissance, Loire Valley propose, not far from Paris, an extraordinary escape to discover part of the French History along the beautiful Loire river, its stunning kings castle of Chambord, Chenonceaux or Cheverny, some very famous gastronomic restaurants and its peculiar wine of Vouvray, Chaumes, Quart-de-Chaumes or Chinon.
Bordeaux
Worldwide known for its unique selection of grand cru Bordeaux wine, Cheval Blanc, Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Margaux and others. But the region has so much to offer, the city of Bordeaux, the wine cellars and the castles, the Gascony moors, the dune du Pilat and the fashionable coast and up-market resorts of Arcachon and Cap Ferret.
Burgundy
Burgundy, the other Country of wine in France with some of the world's most famous wine villages …and for some the place to taste the best wines in the world (such as Romanée-Conti), the wine capital of Burgundy and beautiful city of Beaune with its unique 15th-century Hospices, in the town center, one of the best preserved renaissance buildings in Europe. A very unique and fine gastronomy. The place to eat the very french garlic snails. Amazing properties and castles, Chateauneuf, Bussy-Rabutin or Clos Vougeot, a vineyard created by Cistercian monks of Cîteaux Abbey and home of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin.
Champagne
Located northeast of France, this unique terroir is best known for the production of champagne, the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name. Its name for the worldwide known bubbles, Veuve Clicquot, Roederer, Taittinger and others. The city of Epernay, its « capital ». A different gastronomic stop over. Also part of our nation’s history with the Cathedral of Reims, cradle of the coronation of French kings for centuries, the medieval city of Troyes, birth city of the world-known French medieval rabbi Rashi, but also land of WWI.
Alsace - Lorraine
Located west bank of the Rhine river in Eastern France, next to Germany, Alsace and Lorraine have the taste for generosity. Alsace is another wine route with beautiful villages such as Ribeauvillé, home of less known but so tasteful Riesling, Pinot gris and Gewurztraminer wines, it is also a different gastronomy experience that you can enjoy with its unique flammekueche, Choucroute or kouglof cake. The city of Colmar and its well-preserved old town, Middle Age history in Strasbourg, official seat of the European Parliament, Mulhouse, famous for its museums. Lovely places to ride a bicycle in the vineyards. Finally Metz and the Centre Pompidou and Nancy with the famous place Stanislas but also the heartbreaking memory battlefields of WWI around Verdun.
Provence
Provence reason with summer time and southern light, the smell of lavender and the taste of one of the best olive oil. Not far from the sea, neither from the Alpes mountains, Provence is all about farniente and beautiful cities like Aix en Provence, the roman city of Arles (located on its territory is the largest wetlands in France, the western Europe largest delta of Camargue, home of pink flamingos, bulls, wild horses and the guardians) or the unique landscape of les Baux de Provence. Its sunny cuisine and, some local rosé wine are to be discovered.
French Riviera
The French Riviera or Cote d’Azur, a major yachting and cruising area with several marinas along its coast, rings the blue Mediterranean sea along the Calanques or golden trendy beaches. Land of the very glamorous Cannes Festival of the hype Formula 1 grand prix in Monaco, it benefits from 310 to 330 days of sunshine per year,. The worldwide place to be is Saint Tropez obviously but also Nice or Eze, Saint Paul de Vence and many more.
Corsica
A hidden Mediterranean treasure, also called the Island of Beauty (from Kalliste, its greek’s name) for its sublime landscapes between red cliffs plunging into turquoise waters, remote stone villages clinging to the mountain and deep gorges planted with chestnut trees. Because of Corsica's historical ties to Tuscany, the island has retained many Italian cultural elements and many Corsican surnames are rooted in the Italian peninsula. Small creeks or fine sandy beaches, peninsulas or capes. Island proud of its history, gastronomy and traditions. Not to mentioned the cities of Calvi, Bastia, Porto-Vecchio, Figari or Bonifacio with their citadels.
The Alps
One of the France’s wonders, including the highest mountain in the Alps, the Mont Blanc massif, shared with Switzerland and Italy. Summer green or winter ski. The historical place of climbers of Chamonix, the trendy fancy ski resorts of Courchevel & les Trois Vallées, Val d’Isère & l’Espace Killy or Megève & Evasion Mont-Blanc, best off-piste and free riding spots such as la Vallée Blanche or La Meije-La Grave, and such a gastronomy with raclette, fondue, tartiflette, whatever cheese you like and some very good local wines.
The Islands
The other France, the overseas one in the tropic, “French west indies” with the trendy Saint Barth and the lovely port of Gustavia. And not to forget the lovely charming Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, known for being places where one can find some of the best Rums in the world. The very romantic Bora Bora in southern Pacific French Polynesia, Tahiti and its colorful market, Moorea or Rangiroa’s lagoons.
But also
Private villas and luxurious Chalets
Private yachts
Concierge services
Specials
2023 Rugby Wold cup
2024 Paris Olympics
Perfect luxury vacation
If your clients already came to France a few times, we will always found new hidden gems to surprise them, we will enrich cultural or historical experiences, help to found new gastronomic places or even suggest some more adventurous and off the beat-en path activities. We have the unparalleled knowledge and expertise to create for your clients a perfect luxury vacation in France.
Contact our expert travel advisors to begin designing with you and for your clients the dream holidays in our exceptional Country.