Explore · Guest Post · Road Trips South of France Chauvet Cave…A Controversial Opening May 4, 2015The French press and TV have announced the opening this month of a replica cave, which reproduces the 1000 examples of Stone Age paintings to be found in the nearby Chauvet cave in the Ardeche. The original drawings were done 36,000 years ago and were preserved. Grotte Chauvet It took 90 minutes to turn back …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire Cezanne’s Provence Painted by Artist Jill Steenhuis Part 2 February 16, 2015Provence-based artist Jill Steenhuis explains her painting style to Perfectly Provence readers (in case you missed part 1 you can read it here). “My soul was made full again by the daily activity of painting in the fields and allowing myself to become one with nature.” Jill Steenhuis I paint every day. The energy comes …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste Aix-en-Provence Vegan Meals and Language Lessons at Anticafé June 28, 2018I wonder if you have visited Anticafé Aix yet? Founded two years ago, its principle is that customers pay per hour. Your 5 euros per hour gets you as much coffee or tea as you like, plus there are breakfast cereals, bread to toast with jam, or later in the day other snack food. Recently, …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste Tasting Menu at BRUT Restaurant in Aix-en-Provence February 21, 2019After a couple of gloomy posts about store and restaurant closings in Aix-en-Provence, it’s good to be able to welcome a new enterprise. BRUT is a spacious restaurant which opened in the Place des Tanneurs in November to offer an interesting menu of ‘assiettes‘ for diners to combine and enjoy. Today we opted for the …Continue Reading
