Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities A Visit to Provence and Les Plus Beaux Villages de France June 11, 2019There’s a new obsession running around in my head: “visit as many of France’s ‘Les Plus Beaux Villages‘ as I possibly can.” So far, I’ve seen only 10 out of some 156 “authentic” Les Plus Beaux Villages. I have a lot of travelling to do. Les Plus Beaux Villages There are 156 communities in France …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
Explore · Jane Dunning · Villages Towns and Cities Beautiful Saignon a Village Perched Above Apt in the Luberon March 31, 2022There are many beautiful villages in the Luberon – Gordes, Ménerbes, Roussillon and Bonnieux to name but a few. I think Saignon is one to add to your list to visit. It’s just above the town of Apt so you could perhaps head to its wonderful market on a Saturday morning and then pop up …Continue Reading
Cheryl Shufflebotham · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste La Bastide de Marie Nestled Among the Vines in the Luberon May 30, 2017Just outside the village of Menerbes lies an 18th-century residence nestled among 57 acres of vines, surrounded by cypress and olive trees, and scented with rosemary and lavender bushes all around. La Bastide de Marie is an intimate, luxury farmhouse—a Provençal oasis in the Luberon to be discovered. Read Cobblestones and Vineyards for Cheryl’s description of …Continue Reading
