Destinations

Haunting Images of Provence | Daphne Beames | France, Provence, Avignon

A haunting swathe of French countryside lies cradled in the ancient divide between the edges of Languedoc and the western limits of Provence. Here monuments defy time - fictional heroes stride the stage and mysticism is deeply rooted in the soil

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Passion Play | Roger Moss | France, Provence, Arles

From here on the atmosphere is electric, less like a religious celebration and more like Rio visits the Mediterranean

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Along the Peage | Justine Hardy | France, Provence, St Remy

Sometimes the promises may be a little hollow and the veneer on the reproduction furniture a touch too thin, the pillows a bit hard and the sauces reduced just too far, but other times it is all run as if Madame La Duchesse had just left for a quick flurry to Versailles to teeter amongst the courtesans.

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Aix and Cezanne | Claire Gervat | France, Provence, Aix-en-Provence

Cezanne was so famously uncheery, in fact, that the recent discovery of a photograph of him almost smiling caused huge excitement

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Marseille | Martin O'Brien | France, Provence, Marseille

Marseille is a world away from the Provence of the travel posters, light years distant from the glittering promenades of the Riviera. And happy to be so

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Bouillabaisse | Martin O'Brien | France, Provence, Marseille

Thanks to a host of second-rate "soupes des pecheurs" and "Bouillabaisses a notre facon" which unscrupulous restaurateurs pass off as the real thing

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Practical Marseilles | Martin O'Brien | France, Provence, Marseille

Marseilles may be France's oldest city but there's nothing retiring about this reprobate Provencal pensioner.

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Marseille: The French Connection | Simon Busch | France, Provence, Marseille

I needed a blonde and a once-sharp suit, but I had neither. I headed to the Vieux Port anyway, in shorts

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On The Edge | Roger Moss | France, Provence, Marseille

Nothing has prepared me for the vastness of Marseille spread out far below as I burst like a cork from the final tunnel at the southern end of the aptly-named Auto route du Soleil

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Marseille | Solange Hando | France, Provence, Marseille

Pagnol, Pétanque and Pastis, the three ‘P’s, are the hallmarks of Marseille but not her only claim to fame. Founded by Greeks from Phocea in 600BC, it’s the oldest city in France

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