Explore · Guest Post · Locals Travel Tips Marseille to Les Goudes Day Trip August 26, 2019Just imagine this being the view from your lunch table. That’s the pleasure of being in Les Goudes, an enjoyable boat ride from Marseille’s Vieux Port. An 8-euro one-way ticket takes you out through the Vieux Port, past Fort Saint Jean and MuCEM, out to the open sea where the engine of the navette maritime …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Guided Holiday Tours Enjoy the Festive Season and Tour Provence this December July 11, 2022Provence is magical during the holiday season, and December is a wonderful time to visit the South of France. The festivities begin in mid-November, running right through early January. The sparkling, festive ambience of Europe’s Christmas markets is legendary. The Strasbourg Christkindelsmärik is one of the largest in France, with 2+ million visitors attending during …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Villages Towns and Cities Our Top Touring Ideas for the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence August 22, 2022Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is nature’s patchwork quilt featuring mountains, gorges, rolling valleys, lavender fields and pockets of remote villages and busy towns. The Durance River plays an essential role in this department that features high mountain peaks of the Alps and the lower alpine foothills with remote villages. While there are other rivers, most of the watershed …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Guided Holiday Tours OohProvence Group Tours and Customized Itineraries January 14, 2021A Move South Christopher Curtis and Laurent Nurisso closed their design boutiques, put their possessions in storage, packed-up the car and the dog, and drove from London to Provence. Their friends in England thought they were crazy. Relocating to Marseille in 2013, Christopher and Laurent felt that the gritty port city’s transformation into the glittering …Continue Reading