Explore · Our House in Provence · Villages Towns and Cities Head to Villedieu a Vaucluse Village for a Provencal Lunch November 7, 2022As long-time readers of Our House in Provence blog know, one of our favourite villages besides Sablet is Villedieu. It’s a small village (population 505), built on a hill overlooking vineyards, olive grows and pine trees near the Eygues River on the border of the Drome Provencale. Villedieu is located about 7 1/2 miles northwest …Continue Reading
David & Karen Taylor · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Goult Luberon Village Well Worth a Visit September 5, 2016We attend the annual Christmas carol service in Goult each year, it’s often cold and not the time to wander around the village! By contrast, when we visited this week it was the complete contrast, almost too hot to walk around! We had forgotten just how nice it is, …Continue reading here for David’s photos of Goult …Continue Reading
Our House in Provence · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste Wine and Dine Francis Mallmann’s Restaurant at Chateau La Coste March 8, 2023Previously, I shared our visit to Chateau La Coste in Le Puy-Sainte-Reparade to see the unusual art installed around this 600-acre organic winery and art center includes a luxury hotel and four (4) restaurants. The vineyard is owned by Patrick McKillen, an Irish art collector who has created a center dedicated to wine, art and …Continue Reading
Explore · Julie Whitmarsh · Provencal History & Traditions A War Memorial amongst the Lavender Fields in the Vaucluse January 26, 2018Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: Back in the Summer we spent some time exploring the pretty village of Simiane-La-Rotonde, a few miles away from us in the neighbouring Department of Alpes de Haute Provence. Whilst we were there we noticed the names of five (5) English Airmen had been added to the local War Memorial …Continue Reading