Les Pastras Grape Crush #WinesofProvence @LesPastras
Carolyne Kauser-AbbottExploreGuided Holiday Tours

Old School Grape Crush at Les Pastras

The summer truffle-hunts have wound down, and it’s too early to look for the black diamond beauties, but the Pepins refuse to take a break! Instead, they invite you to come on over and get your feet dirty…or rather purple. For some background on this Franco-American truffle-hunting couple, please read …

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Marche Forville Cannes Cote d'Azur @accessriviera
ExploreRebecca WhitlockeVillages Towns and Cities

Top 3 things to do in Cannes outside Festival time

Contributor blog post by Access Riviera: Cannes has a love/hate relationship with the huge influx of visitors that the annual congrès events and Cannes Film Festival bring to this popular destination. Bars crammed with people, traffic jams and a visible presence of the charming motorbike cops can overwhelm visitors – …

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Les Deux Garcons Cours Mirabeau #AixenProvence @PerfProvence
ExploreProvencal History & TraditionsThe Unexplorer

MFK Fisher’s Cours Mirabeau: Unchanged Over Time

Reading MFK Fisher’s Two Towns in Provence, you might be surprised that it was written so long ago. Cours Mirabeau, the cultural center of Aix, looks much like it did when Fisher and her two daughters sought solace at Les Deux Garçons or ambled down the boulevard so many decades …

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The Curious Forager: Wild Leeks and Rocket
Ashley TinkerTaste

The Curious Forager in Provence: Wild Leeks and Rocket

One of the wonderful things about living in the countryside in Provence is taking advantage of the free food found all over the landscape. Any amateur forager can benefit without putting their lives at risk! (Although my other half gets quite anxious when I’ve come back with a pile of …

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Cote d’Azur by Sea
ExploreJemma - French Lessons

Photo Essay: Cote d’Azur by Sea (Part 1)

Contributor blog post by Jemma: Some of our most memorable summer days in the Côte d’Azur are spent looking back at it. Several years ago, in a feat approached with unusual seriousness, Philippe bagged his French motor boating license. My husband may have been running a Fortune 500 company at …

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Pesto & PistouProvencal RecipesTaste

Salsa marò or fava bean pesto

Just like last August’s post on a similar subject, I arrived in France four days ago with broad beans (fava beans) from the UK. This time, however, there was a recipe on my agenda that had been there for too long and I had ran out of time to get …

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Uber France Taxi Provence @Jemma
Jemma - French Lessons

L’Uberization of France

Contributor blog post by Jemma: French Lessons is delighted to welcome back the ever-engaging Philippe for his annual musings on what makes France, well, France. “UberPop should be dissolved and branded illegal, and cars should be seized.” This recent declaration came from none other than Président François Hollande. His words …

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ExploreJulie Whitmarsh

N is for Nature Flora Fauna and sometimes a snake

Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer I can’t help it, I really enjoy being close to nature. We live in a small village, nearly 1000 feet up on Dartmoor within the National Park so we have a daily procession of sheep, cows and ponies walking past our front gate – …

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Chances For Children Foundation
InspireRebecca WhitlockeWhat's On Provence & Cote d'Azur

Chill for Charity – Friday 11 September

Contributor blog post by Access Riviera: After the success of the first-ever “Chill for Charity” event, the team at Chances for Children are organizing a second event! On Friday 11 September, please invite yourself to come relax, rejuvenate and recharge! With summer coming to a close it’s time to chill …

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Fabulous local goats cheese Banon @ProvenceTayls
David & Karen TaylorLocal Food ProducersTaste

Fabulous local goats cheese in Banon

Contributor blog post by David Taylor: The nearby village of Banon is renowned for its appellation controlled goats cheese. We are lucky to know a local award winning producer and can recommend a visit to their small shop on the farm where you can buy the freshest goats cheese at excellent …

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