The Luberon is one of those places that does not ask to be photographed. It simply is. The ochre cliffs, the dry stone villages, the silence between lavender rows in late afternoon — it all holds together with a quality of light that has no equivalent in France. For couples who want something raw and […]

The Domaine d’Estoublon occupies a position in the Alpilles that few estates in Provence can match: a 13th-century château surrounded by its own olive groves and vineyards, with the white limestone ridges of the Alpilles rising behind it. The estate produces its own olive oil and wine — both sold under the Estoublon label — […]

Gordes is perhaps the most photographed village in Provence. The tiered stone houses rising up the cliff face. The 16th-century château at the summit, the entire village glowing ochre-gold in the late afternoon light. Les Bastides de Gordes, the hotel cut into the hillside just below the village, takes. Landscape and frames it for a […]