Our House in Provence · Taste · Wines and Spirits of Provence Wine tasting lunch alfresco and a visit to Carpentras February 25, 2016Contributor blog post by Michel: We always devote at least 1/2 day to shopping for kid’s clothes for our precious grandkids. Shirley’s favorite shops for kids are in the town of Carpentras, which is about 12 miles from Sablet. As we chatted one morning about going to Carpentras, it came out that friends Steve and …Continue …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Take a Walking Tour the Fountains of Aix-en-Provence March 10, 2020Fountains and Roman Baths Aix-en-Provence is known as the City of Water. Settled in 122 BC by the Romans who found natural springs, they called the city Aquae Sextiae after one of their important consuls Sextius Calvinus. The “Waters of Sextius” provided the population with water (both hot and cold) for daily life, animal husbandry …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Guided Holiday Tours Spending a Week in Provence Our Travel Planning Ideas March 3, 2023They are finally coming. They are finally coming! After two years of travel delays and several uncelebrated milestones, most of my family arrived in the South of France to spend a week in Provence enjoying the sites, the pool and some rosé bien sûr. Now what? We were ten, aged 9 to 83, gathering for …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post Travelling in Provence Ideas to Avoid the Crowds August 14, 2020Travel in Provence, France and the rest of the world became a lot more complicated this spring, but not impossible. The following guest post by Molly Crockett outlines a few ideas and tips on how best to avoid the crowds when travelling in the South of France. Thanks to the ongoing pandemic of Coivd-19 crowds …Continue Reading