Caroline Longstaffe · Explore Why You Should Take a Tour of the Chateau Lourmarin April 26, 2017Last time, I told you about Provence’s first Renaissance château, the Lourmarin Château and promised that next time, we would peek inside. Here, you will find a fascinating, sometimes quite surprising, eclectic collection of treasures, thanks to the legacy of its last private owner, Robert Laurent Vibert, and The Lourmarin Laurent-Vibert Foundation. Continue reading here …Continue Reading
Explore · Julie Whitmarsh · Villages Towns and Cities Exploring Provence the Luberon Villages and Beyond May 12, 2021I thought it was time to revisit something I did soon after starting this blog to do an A-Z of the Luberon and Vaucluse. I started it all those years ago, before we had bought the house, and with much less knowledge than we have now. Also, I never actually got past P, and as …Continue Reading
Explore · Our House in Provence Revisiting Film locations for “A Good Year” in Provence December 4, 2018I told you in a previous post that “A Good Year” starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard is my favourite American/British-made movie set in the South of France. The film is directed by Ridley Scott, who lives in the Luberon and is based on a Peter Mayle novel. The movie tells the story of Max …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post · Villages Towns and Cities Revisiting Provence’s Natural Ochre Hues in Roussillon November 2, 2017Sabine Pinon-Amoore is an artist and a free spirit. She currently splits her time between Aureille in Provence and Byron Bay, Australia. She can hardly deny her artistic predisposition – her mother was an art restorer at the Louvre in Paris, and her father worked at the American Art Foundation (Paris). Sabine and her husband are …Continue Reading