Elodie, nature guide and urban storyteller
Elodie is the founder of Reisetrip. Nature walk leader and tour guide, she has a master’s degree in foreign languages and I is entitled to work as a tour guide since 2020 where she got her licence.
Originally from the Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, she spent part of her life between Tunisia, France and Switzerland, and she’s travelled a lot, visiting over 30 countries. She inherited her love of nature and sailing from her father, former member of the French Alpine Club (CAF) and a amateur scuba diver.
After a period in Paris working in audiovisual translation, she became a tour leader between 2016 and 2018.
She practises well-being disciplines with her mother introducing her to the techniques and today she’s convinced of their benefits. She needs to be immersed in nature, take the time to breath in the surroundings and let herself be transported. She wants to share this passion and raise awareness among people about the knowledge and benefits of plants and yoga for the body and mind.
She’s also committed to protecting the environment, and her aim is to provide information in favour of organic farming and the work of farmers and informing the public of former industrial sites that are being redeveloped.
The ReiseTrip Tours concept
ReiseTrip Tours is a juxtaposition of the German word “reisen” = “journey” and the English word “trip”.
The concept ? To organise immersive excursions and walks in Provence combining culture, nature and well-being, thanks to exclusive partnerships.
Elodie works together with craftsmen, farmers, skippers and yoga instructors.
Each tour is available in four languages: German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
ReiseTrip Tours is committed to sustainable, local and responsible tourism, focused on the well-being of participants.
Experience meditative walks on coastal paths, hike in the footsteps of Cézanne in the hills of Provence, discover organic farming in Haute-Provence, learn to recognise wild plants on botanical walks, rediscover the natural heritage of the suburbs, and be swept away by storytelling on a sailboat as you soak up the myths and legends of Provence.
Get to know our region’s natural and cultural heritage, learn about its ecosystems while you reconnect with your senses.
Partners & Collaborators
The Aix-en-Provence tourist office promotes and values culture and tourism in the Pays d’Aix, offering unique experiences in and around Aix-en-Provence. You’ll find announcements of festivals, exhibitions, fairs and guided tours, among other things.
The Istres Tourist Office, offering all kinds of activities around the Etang de Berre, and with whom we have designed tailor-made outings such as suburban tours and botanical and geological walks.
The Calanques National Park is a partner of ReiseTrip Tours for yoga hikes and botanical walks. We signed a partnership in May 2020 which enabled us to obtain the Esprit Parc National hallmark and we are now proud to be certified.
The Durance Lubéron Verdon tourist office in Haute Provence, which promotes tourism in the Alpes de Haute Provence and offers a range of activities and visits between lakes, gorges and hills, such as canoeing, discovering goat herding, bike trekking, and so on. It is with them that we have agreed to offer tours to discover the vineyards of Haute Provence and walks between villages and scrubland.
The FNGIC, National Federation of Tour Guides, is a professional association representing licenced tour guides in France. It brings together around 1500 qualified national guides, holding the professional guide card and working in up to 32 different languages. It is a key contact for public authorities and professionals in the tourism and cultural sectors.
ReiseTrip Tours is a member of both the PGI (Provence Guide Interprète association based in Marseille) and the FNGIC, and is committed to defending and promoting the profession, providing visibility and defending the rights of tour guides through the exchange of information, participation in training courses, meetings, and debates with political leaders.
Alex David and Françoise Jaubert, agricultural producers at the “Les Grandes Marges” estate in Valensole, have been cultivating their land for several generations, using sustainable, organic farming methods that respect biodiversity and local resources. Together, we can offer you pastoral walks around their estate for a unique sensory experience.
Olivier, founder of Urban Hike, is a tourist guide offering 10 to 13 kilometre urban hikes to discover Marseille. There are 3 possible routes: Sea and Summit, Urban Puzzles and Central Hills. Explore Marseille’s city centre and stimulate your body and mind. Like ReiseTrip Tours, Olivier combines culture and sport with an urban twist, a concept we love: walk, contemplate suburban architecture and climb peaks in this hilly city accompanied by a mapmaker guide and urban planner!
Clivia offers themed guided tours in French, English and German. With her good humour and German wit, she’ll tell you wacky anecdotes and stories about the different corners of the southern capital. You’ll be amazed by the atypical tours: “Marseille orientale”, “Marseille litéraire”, “Marseille shopping”, “Marseille artisanal”, “Marseille gourmet”.
Storytelling tours where you’ll embark into a world that’s a little legendary, a little historical. The Provence is the playground of these 3 passionate guides: Carole, Lydia and Sandrine. You’ll hear tales about history, both big and small, from their oral heritage.
They’re talking about us…
Mon Côté Sud show
December 15, 2024
Appearance on the France 3 Provence-Alpes show, Mon Côté Sud, where I present Bibemus’ careers in Aix-en-Provence to actor Marc Jolivet and his fiancée.
Our wellness, culture and nature walks cited in 2 magazines
Two well-known wellness magazines, Happinez and Simple Things, published an article about our immersive excursions such as the “yoga and hiking” outings in the Calanques and the “Cézanne hike” in the painter’s footsteps.
They highlighted our beautiful parentheses which allow you to reconnect with your senses and take care of yourself while rediscovering the natural heritage with respect for nature and humans. Why not also test our conscious walks?
Interview by Maritima Médias
31 janvier 2023
Short interview with Gilles Fenech, presenter, producer and promotion manager at Maritima medias, about the yoga hikes I offer in the Calanques, Côte Bleue and Etang de Berre.
The interview took place on 31 January at 11.30am on the “Etang de Berre” radio channel.
I talk briefly about my ReiseTrip Tours concept and how the yoga and tasting outings work.
Deutschlandfunk radio report on the south of France
Broadcast on 15 January 2023
A journalist from Deutschlandfunk, Peter Meisenberg, interviewed me for his report on Paul Cézanne and Aix-en-Provence, broadcast on the programme Sonntagsspaziergang (The Sunday Walk).
Philippe Cézanne, Paul’s great-grandson, takes you on a walk around the Cezanne family farmhouse named Jas de Bouffan, then I take over as tour guide in the heart of the Bibemus quarries in the scrublands, to talk to you about painting en plein air, so cherished by the Impressionists. The programme lasts 80′ and I’m on at the 63 minute mark.
Eine Reportage über Paul Cézanne & den Steinbruch Bibemus
Philippe Cézanne der Urenkel vom Mahler, hat auch Peter durch das Jas de Bouffan, die ehemaligen Familienvilla geführt. Eine Spaziergang für die Seele, Frankreich- und Impressionisten Liebhaber.
The Bibemus quarries on France 3 Provence Alpes
Broadcast on 12 October 2022
Television report of 6 Minutes in the heart of the Bibemus stone quarry. Interview of David Campbell, sculptor and stone carver, Jérôme géologist and Elodie Marie tour guide.
“Taking ownership of the French language and heritage through public speaking”
Interview with Marie-Cécile Drécourt, following the public presentation by students from the UP2A ((Teaching Unit for Newly Arrived Allophone Students) class at the Lycée Maria Casarès in Avignon, organised in conjunction with Fort Saint-André, following 30 hours of public speaking workshops with the Eloquentia association, on the theme of cultural heritage. It was a real achievement, given that glossophobia is the 3rd most widespread fear. The students, who came from different countries and backgrounds, took the microphone in French, the language they had just learned. Listen to their testimonies.
Lavalduc, the salt pond walk
La Marseillaise, 30 August 2022
Article of the newspaper La Marseillaise, about one of the eco-tours organised in partnership with the tourist office of Istres and ReiseTrip Tours. A guided walk around the Lavalduc pond, to learn about the history of this fascinating former salt pond with pinkish reflections and salt crystals.
From the Berre pond to the Provençal scrublands with ReiseTrip Tours
Listen to the interview with Cédric Frémi to find out more about our natural Provencal territory and learn about botany.
Tour guide Élodie Marie takes us on a stroll around the Etang de Berre (Berre pond) home to a thousand treasures. This nature guide, founder of ReiseTrip Tours, has a wide range of tours in her portfolio, including botanical walks to discover the scrubland and cade juniper in particular.
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