Say bye to Napa Valley and hello to Chateau Russia. Climate change will alter the world wine travel map of 2050.
Let your kids choose the cabbages
April 19, 2013 By 2 Comments
Produce markets are yummy places for children to learn about Mother Earth’s bounty, and Aix-en-Provence markets are particularly berry delicious.
Losing weight in France
March 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
Losing It in France by Sally Asher reveals les secrets of the French diet – how to give yourself life’s pleasures in moderation and not get fat.
Romance of vintage travel posters
March 5, 2013 By 2 Comments
Before mass media, and when travel was a big romance, vintage travel posters were a seductive propaganda tool. Come with me for a giggle down memory lane where “every voyage a gay cruise” meant something else entirely.
Rental bikes in Paris cheap as pomme frites
February 21, 2013 By 2 Comments
Rental bikes in Paris is the most inexpensive way to get around. The Vélib scheme costs as little as 1.70 euros a day.
Gorgeous Provence village of Gordes
January 23, 2013 By 4 Comments
One day Peter Mayle came home to find Japanese tourists in his Provence swimming pool. He moved, somewhere near the village of Gordes but I can’t say precisely where.
We’re travel culture vultures, sort of
January 23, 2013 By 5 Comments
When Australians travel they like to become culture vultures. Up to a point. Because many still prefer English-speaking countries, a new survey reveals.
Jesus is waiting in reception
November 29, 2012 By 3 Comments
Well hello, it’s Jesus standing next to the reception desk. Welcome to Hotel Gounod in the heart of Saint Remy de Provence, possibly one of the quirkiest hotels in the world, and a glorious shrine to kitsch.
Poignant tribute to graceful princess
November 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
A photographic exhibition dedicated to the life of Princess Grace of Monaco, in the historic village of Les Baux de Provence, is a poignant reminder of how much she was loved.
Van Gogh’s beautiful St Paul de Mausole asylum
November 26, 2012 By 3 Comments
St Paul de Mausole is the beautiful, but sombre asylum where Vincent Van Gogh painted some of his most memorable works, and is still in use today as a mental hospital where art is a major form of therapy.
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