If you’ve ever dreamed of wandering lavender fields at golden hour, sipping rosé under a plane tree, or simply embracing the art de vivre that defines French life, this list is for you. France—especially the sun-drenched region of Provence—has long enchanted travellers, artists, and romantics alike. From charming hilltop villages to bustling outdoor markets, the […]
Arles is a charming city on the Rhône River famed for inspiring the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, who stayed here with his friend Paul Gaugain. The Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914) was born near Arles, and Pablo Picasso, a lover of bull fights, was inspired by this local tradition to do two paintings and […]
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Attracted by the unique light, artist Vincent van Gogh created arguably his most beautiful paintings in Provence. But did you know that there is currently not a single painting of his currently permanently located here? Self portrait, Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh museum near St Remy Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in St-Rémy-de-Provence Vincent van Gogh was a […]
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Another famous figure who found refuge in Lourmarin is Albert Camus, a French-Algerian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 at the age of 44, the second youngest recipient in history (Rudyard Kipling was 42). His best-known works, including The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947), are exemplars of absurdism. Camus died in a car accident […]
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Henri Bosco was an acclaimed French writer. He frequently stayed in Lourmarin where, in 1947, he had acquired a bastidon isolated in the hills, a place of silence, daydreams and meditation. He described the unparalleled splendour of the Luberon in his books. Every scene of life, every place he described, came alive with his pen. […]
There are literally thousands of books about Provence: guide books, armchair travel companions, historic overviews, culture, food, wine … not to mention the novels and “expat” stories set in Provence. So where does one start? Well, we’ve read lots of them; some are simply marvellous (thanks, Peter Mayle for making it an impossible act to […]