François de Mélogue · Inspire · Shopping & Gifts This Holiday Season, Give A Sensory Story from Provence, not a Thing November 27, 2025In a time when so much of life lives on a screen, I have been drawn to making photographs you can actually feel. My series, “Stories You Feel,” began in a lavender field in Valensole on a hot afternoon when the sun turned the air to honey, and the rows of purple seemed to hum. …Continue Reading
Julie Whitmarsh · Rental & Self-Catered Properties in Provence · Stay: Accommodation & Rentals in Provence Looking for Rental Accommodation Near Apt November 27, 2020Make Apt Home Base Apt is one of the larger centres in the Luberon and a great place from which to explore the hilltop towns, lavender fields, and vineyards of Provence. The weekly Saturday morning market in Apt is popular all year, it’s one of the biggest ones with stalls running throughout the streets. In …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Piano Concerts the Festival in La Roque d’Anthéron June 14, 2021Every summer, the Luberon village of La Roque d’Anthéron greets visitors from around the world for the International Piano Festival. The month-long Festival starts in mid-July, and music lovers fill the stands at Château de Florans. For four decades, the acoustical stage, set under a leafy canopy of Plantanes (Plane Trees), is the focal point …Continue Reading
Julie Whitmarsh · Markets in Provence and Cote d'Azur · Taste Saturday is market day in Apt and I love it! November 25, 2016I always think it’s a shame that we don’t have the same approach to markets in England as they do in France. As I sit with my first coffee of the day and a ‘pain au chocolat’ in a cafe in Apt, the whole town is bustling, full of people and chatter. Continue reading here …Continue Reading
