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 [...]
- 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. I’m not influenced by an author’s generic travels to a place, ones that are explored by every other person who has bought the same guidebook.
- Tips for Women Traveling Solo
Traveling solo for a woman can be an exciting, thrilling time. People seem to be easier to meet, destinations are at the tip of your finger, no waiting for an answer from your travel partner on where to go and what to do!
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 [...]
- 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
- 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.
- Arles Restaurant and Cafe Recommendations
Provencal cooking is a wonderful sunny melange of French and Italian cooking [...]
Photo of the Day
- Photo of the Day: Saint-Trophime Cloisters
The light streams through the columns making it a high contrast environment, a perfect one for thought and contemplation on the abstract spiritual concepts of light and dark.
- Photo of the Day: Marseille Shutters
There was life going on behind those shutters, but only the locals knew it.
- Photo of the Day: Under the Aix Clock Tower
The clock tower stands in the oldest part of Aix-en Provence …
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 …
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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In The News
- Fête de la Musique 2009
Summer Solstice concerts throughout the South of France on June 21, 2009.
- Was It Gauguin?
There is a new book hitting the shelves, in Germany, called Van Gogh’s Ear: Paul Gauguin and the Pact of Silence / Van Gogh’s Ohr: Paul Gauguin und der Pakt des Schweigens that claims that it was French painter Paul Gauguin that cut off Van Gogh’s ear in 1888.
- Pink Martini Play Nice and Perpignan
Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27.2008

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