• Return flights including 1 x 23kg checked baggage (if flight package is booked)
• Three nights bed and breakfast accommodation at Novotel Suites Colmar Centre Hotel
• Return airport transfer from Basel airport to the hotel and back
• Visit to Riquewihr
• Orientation walk of Colmar
• Services of an ECT Tour Manager
• Coach transfers to and from the Patchwork Show
• Two day entrance ticket to the Patchwork Show
• Welcome get together with tea/coffee & cake
• Travel disruption insurance

European Patchwork Meeting is one of the largest patchwork festival in the world. Scattered across the four picturesque villages that make up the Val d’Argent, it showcases more than 1,200 examples of beautiful textile art. 

In French the word Carrefour refers to a crossroad - a meeting of such from differnt 'roads'. As such this extraordinary event welcomes visitors from all over the world and has become a leading international event in bringing together the finest in traditional and contemporary patchwork and quilting art.

From exhibitions to seminars, talks and exhibitions there is so much to see and enjoy. You cannot help but come away with new ideas, techniques and inspiration, not to mention wonderful fabric and fittings to use in your own creations.

Quilter's who have exhibited in previous years include: Bente Vold Klausen, Charlotte Yde,Gabi Mett, Jane Lloyd, Josy Narcy, Mirjam Pet Jacobs, Olga Prins-Lukowski, Alicia Merrett,Maryte Collard, Libs Elliott, Inge Hueber,  Andrew Leblanc, Angela Walters, Sheila Frampton-Cooper, and Barbara Lange.  

Nestled amidst vineyards and filled with colourful, half-timbered merchants' houses, Colmar is the archetypal Alsatian town. You will have time to wander the pretty, cobbled streets of the old town, discovering architectural highlights such as the 16th century Pfister house with its ornate oriel window, the 17th century House of Heads, (so called because it is decorated with 111 carved stone masks), and the distinctive white-fronted houses that line the River Lauch. Local market gardeners, fishmongers and tanners used to pass along this stretch of river, showing off their produce in small, flat-bottomed boats.

The tradespeople have now disappeared, but the boats remain offering visitors the chance to see Colmar from the river and giving the town a rather Venetian feel.

Riquewihr is one of the most beautifully preserved medieval towns in Europe. Situated between the peaks of the Vosges mountains and the Plain of Alsace, in the heart of the famous Alsatian vineyards

For centuries this magnificent town has managed to mantain its authentic characte with colourful half-timberedd houses dating back to the 15th - 18th century and it's continued tradition of producting world-famous wines, from where it gets its nickname The Gem of the Alsace Vineyards. 

You will enjoy strolling through the cobbled streets marvelling at the distinct charm of the buildigs which have a sculpted, andulated feel and feature oriel windows, archways that lead to inner courtyards with old wells and fountains.

For wine lovers you will want to sample the delicious and varied wines of the region on offer at the  many wine cellars found along the narrow streets. Many samplings are accompanied by local delicacies chosen for thier perfect pairing with the wine.