Travel with a Twist
- Savon de Provence
The Marseille Olive Oil soap is truly multipurpose – it can be used as a baby soap, as a stain-fighter in the laundry, for shaving, and as a kitchen soap.
- Alone in Marseilles
Walking alone down the streets of Marseilles was not like walking alone anywhere else in Provence. Elsewhere in Provence there was a sense of mystery, a sense of uncovering something – a new friend, a new color, a new pastry, a new scent … Walking down the streets of Marseilles I found a sense of [...]
- Tarascon
I was alone in this place where kings once walked.
Travel Tips
- Traveling Without A Guidebook
Exploring without a guidebook takes me off the beaten path. No itinerary, no book, no maps.
- Tips For Women Traveling Solo
Traveling solo for a woman can be an exciting, thrilling way to travel.
Culture
- Les Alyscamps
Walking down the wide, poplar tree-lined path that leads through what is now a sort of jardin, I couldn’t help but notice that the place had not changed in the hundred years since Van Gogh painted this tableau, maybe (probably, no, without a doubt) longer. The Roman sarcophagi lining both sides of the avenue lay [...]
- Cafe de Van Gogh
My table this night is almost the same table that I sat at when I first visited the cafe four and a half years before. You can see it, it’s the one with the waiter in the painting.
- Sainte-Victoire
Landscapes dominate Provence, and Saint-Victoire is one of the most well known …
Food for the Table
- Pâtes Au Saumon Frais
Pasta, usually tagiatelle, with salmon in a rich cream sauce is a traditional dish in Arles.
- Salade Niçoise
Niçoise Salad is still somewhat of a mystery to folks who don’t live in the South of France. But it’s an easy salad to make if you have access to all of the ingredients.
- Christmas Eve and the Thirteen Desserts
Standing in line for my lunch was not the place to ask for a definition or explanation of the Thirteen Desserts. But over time, as I asked around, I gathered the following information.
What's On When
- AP’art International Contemporary Art Festival
Various locations in Provence July 8 – 13, 2010
- Fête de la Musique 2009
Summer Solstice concerts throughout the South of France on June 21, 2009.
- Pink Martini Play Nice and Perpignan
Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27.2008
With Eyes Open Surveys
- Survey 2: Your Favorite Town In The South Of France?
There are cities in the south, both large and small, and tiny villages that haven’t changed in centuries. The towns of the south have been home to painters, photographers, musicians, writers, and actresses who turned into princesses.
- Survey 1: Favorite Souvenirs From The South of France That You Did Not Buy?
Tell us about your favorite souvenir, that one you didn’t buy, from The South of France …
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Outside Our Realm
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Google Map of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille
Google Map of Arles and Avignon: Zoom in a little on Arles and follow the River Rhone north to Avignon, passing through two of our other towns, Beaucaire and Tarascon.
Browse Flickr: Type Provence in the tag search bar and then hit Go. It takes a minute to get used to it, but this nifty tool will keep you busy for as long as you can stand it!
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Photo of the Day
- Photo Of The Day: Backstreets Of Aix
A little not-so-pretty opening between the large buildings that leads, where?
- Photo Of The Day: Saint-Trophime Stairway
Stairways always have a feeling of movement, whether they are full of people or completely empty.
- Photo Of The Day: Font Of Saint-Honorat
The shell motif being the church’s only decoration.
- Photo Of The Day: Saint-Trophime Cloister Window
Massively thick stone walls leave room for sitting in an arched window alcove in the Saint-Trophime cloisters in Arles.
- Photo Of The Day: Notre-Dame de la Garde
La bonne mere of Marseille …




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