Heading south in the Drome region of the Rhone Valley, the landscapes, agriculture and architecture of Provence gradually assert themselves. Even on frigid winter days we recognize glimpses of Provence in Valence, Grignan, Nyons — in town squares, lavender fields, truffle plantations, vineyards and olive orchards.
In Provence, contributor Elizabeth Esris breaks through the picture-post card view of lavender and old stones and allows her imagination to take over while visiting the Abbey of Senanque in the region’s Vaucluse area.
A tour of some of France’s most lively of the Christmas markets: Alsace (Strasbourg, Colmar, Mulhouse), Champagne (Reims), Provence (Avignon, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence) and Paris.
By Elizabeth Esris. While planning a trip to Provence a few years back my friend Sergio Cervetti urged me to seek out Mérindol, a town in the southern Luberon. He said it was a relatively obscure destination, but one that would connect me to his deepest roots in France.
About a month ago I opened the e-newsletter that I receive monthly from the Vaucluse Tourist Board in Provence and saw that they were promoting truffle season in the area. More than saw, I actually [...]
By Ester Laushway Life in the south of France can be a beach, and a crowded beach at that. So when looking for a higher water-to-people ratio than is usually available along the Mediterranean I [...]
Every summer, piles of gold are sold in the Provencal town of Cavaillon. The gold in question is not the precious metal measured in karats, it is the melon measured in kilos: a succulent, intensely [...]
Driving south from my home in Aix-en-Provence into the Camargue, the change in landscape is surprisingly fast as the giant plane trees and windswept pines of Provence are replaced by the flat marshlands and fine [...]
