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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Local Food Producers · Taste

The Drome Provencale 6 Food Specialties Tastes Worth Trying

January 19, 2024

The Drôme Provençale, despite the name and the Mediterranean landscapes, is technically part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and not Provence. As a result of its natural setting, the Drôme Provençale has several food specialties that intersect the culinary boundary between the South and North. Below we highlight the six (6) top tastes you should try

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Explore · Paula Kane · Villages Towns and Cities

Mollans-sur-Ouvèze Villages of the Drôme Provençal Worth Exploring

October 19, 2023

I have never lived in a village in France. I lived in a city (Paris), but I’ve always lived in the countryside in Provence. Never far from a town, but not actually in one. As we are working out a plan for a full-time life in Provence, I thought it wise to spend some time

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Explore · Our House in Provence · Villages Towns and Cities

Visiting Grignan a Beautiful Villages for Lunch in the Drome

May 13, 2022

We often visit Grignan in the Drome Provencale, an area that falls between the Rhone River and the Alps north of the Vaucluse. Since we were last there in the summer of 2019, Grignan was added to the Plus Beaux Villages de France. And, there is little wonder why. Rising like an island from the

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Explore · Our House in Provence

Enjoying the Lavender fields in Vaucluse and nearby Drôme Provençale

July 13, 2017

It’s a toss-up between coquelicots (red poppies) and lavender, but probably no other scent or sight says Provence better than the pungent aroma of a purple field of lavender growing in mounded rows under a brilliant blue summer sky. We were lucky that it was the lavender season when we were in Sablet last summer

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Our House in Provence · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

Le Poème de Grignan Restaurant in the Drôme Provençale

March 8, 2017

We have been to Grignan in the Drôme Provençale several times, an area that falls between the Rhône River and the Alps north of the Vaucluse. So when we were in Sablet last fall with friends Steve and Mary, we took a day trip to Grignan and ate lunch at Le Poème de Grignan, one

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David & Karen Taylor · Explore · Stay Fit

Another cycle into the Drome Provencal

October 11, 2016

Contributor blog post by David Taylor: We are accommodating more cyclists this year, Nigel and his wife Jenny are on their second visit, Nigel (pictured) is a very experienced road and mountain biker, and so I was a little nervous joining him and our friends Kevin & Siobhan, also very experienced cyclists for a ride out

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David & Karen Taylor · Explore · Stay Fit

Cycling into the Drome Provencal

August 22, 2016

Contributor blog post by David Taylor: I am continuing to train for a further ascent of Mont Ventoux in the coming weeks so my Tuesday ride took me over the hills past Javon and down to Sault. As ever the first glimpse of Ventoux with the lavender in full bloom always makes the heart skip

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