Explore · Guest Post · Villages Towns and Cities Reasons Why You Should Plan a Visit to Gardanne March 6, 2017I have to confess driving round/past/through Gardanne several times but never stopping to have a look round. We did, this week, and found it interesting. It wasn’t a good start as the tourist office was shut. We had checked the opening hours on the website but when we got there, they had one of those …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post Making the Most of Monaco October 24, 2014With not one but two Grimaldi babies due at the end of the year, it’ll be all eyes on the Palais Princier de Monaco. Although we have visited Monaco at various times, I hadn’t realised that in fact you can go for a tour inside the palace. Speed though is of the essence as it closes on October …Continue Reading
Explore · Our House in Provence · Villages Towns and Cities Why Visit Uzès and Nearby Pont du Gard August 26, 2021Loyal readers who follow my musings about Provence know that visits to the Pont du Gard are a regular part of our annual visits to the South of France. However, after you have walked out to the Roman aqueduct and walked across the bridge and hiked to the top of the hill on the other …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Visiting the Alpilles? Our Guide to the Villages and Must-sees November 27, 2023Established in 2007, the Parc Naturel Régional des Alpilles covers the mountain range and its flanks. As a protected natural area, there are restrictions on construction and park usage. However, the artifacts from human settlements discovered in these hills date back to the Neolithic era, and the range is the result of millennia of continuous …Continue Reading