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Cheryl Shufflebotham · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

Visit Maison de la Truffe et du Vin du Luberon in Ménerbes

January 10, 2019

At the top of the dreamy village of Ménerbes within a 17th-century mansion is la Maison de la Truffe et du Vin de Luberon. Year after year, upon visiting this village, we would peer curiously through the iron gate of la Maison de la Truffe into the most beautiful, intimate garden on the side of a

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Caroline Longstaffe · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities

Luberon Villages Lourmarin in the Off-Sesason

December 11, 2018

It’s raining today in Provence and after nearly a month of clear, blue skies and gentle, warm autumnal days, temperatures have plummeted signalling the beginnings of winter. Nowhere, even Lourmarin, is idyllic in the rain, or is it? Perhaps enticed by the recently hung lights across the streets of the village and the shops starting to

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Stay: Accommodation & Rentals in Provence

South Luberon House for Sale

December 4, 2018

Occasionally it’s time to say goodbye to a house. Even if it is one that you built yourselves and where all four (yes 4!) of your children grew-up. Recently, I was hiking with Agathe Forest of Live & Love Provence in the Alpilles. She shared that their family home was on the market so that they could follow their

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Stay Fit

Gorges de Régalon a 3-hour hike in the Luberon

November 12, 2018

Hiking in the Luberon A sprinkling of rain the night before had almost foiled our perfect “meet-in-the-middle” plan. Agathe the creative face behind the beautiful blog “Live Love Provence” (here, is her profile) suggested that the Gorges de Régalon hike was located at about the halfway point for each of us. The day dawned bright

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities

Ansouis Village is a Charming Must in the Luberon

October 23, 2018

The Gift of a Town Perched on a hillside with its back to the Mistral wind, Ansouis is a gem of a village in the Luberon that definitely earns its status as one of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. With its tiny laneways, houses built into ancient ramparts, and stone facades with brightly

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Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Rental & Self-Catered Properties in Provence · Stay: Accommodation & Rentals in Provence

Provence Holiday Home Owner Shares Her Luberon Lifestyle

August 2, 2018

Diving into Provence Ten years after Peter Mayle’s book “A Year in Provence” was published, Georgina Causton and her partner decided to spend a sabbatical year (1999) in Provence. Completely enchanted by the lifestyle in the South of France they never returned to live in London. Suddenly, they found themselves with three properties in the

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Barefoot Blogger · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities

Discovering Author Samuel Beckett’s Roussillon in the Luberon Valley

June 26, 2018

The red hills of Roussillon are an inspiration for artists, but I had no idea how many famous authors came to visit Roussillon. On my first visit to Roussillon, while riding along the winding roads of the Luberon, it amazed me to see the massive red hills up ahead. They seemed to appear from nowhere. The

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