Unfolding PROVENCE
Unfolding Provence invites you along to find out what’s to see and do but also what is less well known or even overlooked.
This blog will mainly cover Provence from Avignon and up and the Drôme Provençale including the Baronnies.
About a Special Olive
Olives, like Marmite, tend to polarise foodies into 'I hate them' or 'I love olives' camp. Which one are you? If you love olives like I do, let me introduce you to the olive of Nyons. Nyons is a small town in northern Provence surrounded by hills. They help create a...
The Best Chocolate In Provence?
An Artisan among Famous Vineyards Have you heard of the south of France village of Gigondas? Nestled at the foothill of the Dentelles de Montmirail (a small chain of mountains with striking jagged limestone peaks), Gigondas is famed worldwide for its full bodied red...
On Discovering Red Gold in Entrechaux
Saffron. The word conjures up exotic countries and dishes, the middle east and tales from 1001 Nights. It also brings to mind the beautiful saffron robes Buddhist monks wear. It's nickname is red gold. Evocative isn't it? So when I discovered saffron is grown down the...
What’s the link between Galileo and the haunted manor ‘La Pré Fantasti’ in Provence?
When you approach the village of Caromb from the north west, you can glimpse on the right hand-side an imposing derelict house with ochre walls. It’s easy to ignore it as yet another abandoned property, albeit larger than ordinary. But then, once you find out the...
The Village of Séguret: a Glimpse into a By-Gone Era
Medieval and picturesque, Séguret is unusual in more ways than one. A village with a Different Layout Seen from a distance, the village looks like a white narrow belt that fronts the flank of a hill. It’s unexpected in an area where villages tend to be built around...
The Giant You Can See from Avignon
What’s special about Mont Ventoux?
At first you see, from afar, a dark green mass with a white summit and…
A Stonehenge in the South of France?
The 9 Damsels’ Garden, a sophisticated work of art in Vaison-la-Romaine in Provence.
En Route on the Lavender Road
On the Lavender Road in Sault seen at its best between late June and early August.