We’ve just added a lot of new photos for the village of Aspremont, located in the hills north of Nice, France, French Riviera. Aspremont is perched Medieval village, very close to the glitzy Côte d’Azur, yet where we recently hiked…
By Russ
We had a good hike this Monday, a nice 6-hour loop through the forests by the village of Venanson. Located in the upper Vésubie valley, beside the small town of St-Martin-Vésubie, Venanson is perched dramatically on a high, narrow mountain…
By Russ
L’Occitane Provence garden at Chelsea Flower Show
L’Occitane has sponsored a Provencal garden at the Chelsea Flower Show – I know becauseJulietold me on Facebook.The landscape of Provence is the inspiration forThe
L’Occitane Garden, which recaptures Olivier Baussan’s vision when he
set up the natural beauty company over 30 years ago.
The garden features key plant species that are found in the warm, sunny
climes of the South of France and the Mediterranean, including structurally
appealing olive and almond trees and iconic lavender cult
Topless in Provence face fines
British tourists who gotoplessin France this summer risk being
fined as cities bring in regulations designed to protect public decency. Perpignan,
near the Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, has
become the latest city to introduce new regulations to ban bare chests.
Such sanctions are not uncommon in seaside resorts – Cote D’Azur
locations such as Cannes and St Tropez have long enforced a ban on
shirtless men and women wearing bikinis, if they are walking around the
Keira Knightly buys Provence property
Keira Knightley has spent £1.5million on a secluded estate in Provence. Insiders say Knightley has bought the retreat, a
stone’s throw from Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ home, so she has
place to recharge her batteries.
“The house is incredibly private, small
and cozy and they intend to keep it that way,” a source explained.
“Keira is thrilled with the change of scenery and loves
the feeling that she’ll always have this place to retreat to when she
needs to recharge her batteries. Keira i
We’ve added photos for the Lac de Trecolpas to our Mercantour Mountain Lakes page. The pretty Trecolpas lake sits at 2150 m altitude, near the Refuge de Courgorde, northeast of Saint Martin-Vésubie and northeast of the Boréon lake and vacherie…
By Russ
Two days of early-Autumn hiking in the Mercantour – no crowds, great scenery, sore legs. On today’s hike, from the Vacherie de Boréon (Boreon Dairy) north of Saint Martin-Vésubie, up to the Refuge de Courgourde (a mountain refuge station). Then…
By Russ
L’Occitane Provence garden at Chelsea Flower Show
L’Occitane has sponsored a Provencal garden at the Chelsea Flower Show – I know becauseJulietold me on Facebook.The landscape of Provence is the inspiration forThe
L’Occitane Garden, which recaptures Olivier Baussan’s vision when he
set up the natural beauty company over 30 years ago.
The garden features key plant species that are found in the warm, sunny
climes of the South of France and the Mediterranean, including structurally
appealing olive and almond trees and iconic lavender cult
Topless in Provence face fines
British tourists who gotoplessin France this summer risk being
fined as cities bring in regulations designed to protect public decency. Perpignan,
near the Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, has
become the latest city to introduce new regulations to ban bare chests.
Such sanctions are not uncommon in seaside resorts – Cote D’Azur
locations such as Cannes and St Tropez have long enforced a ban on
shirtless men and women wearing bikinis, if they are walking around the
Keira Knightly buys Provence property
Keira Knightley has spent £1.5million on a secluded estate in Provence. Insiders say Knightley has bought the retreat, a
stone’s throw from Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ home, so she has
place to recharge her batteries.
“The house is incredibly private, small
and cozy and they intend to keep it that way,” a source explained.
“Keira is thrilled with the change of scenery and loves
the feeling that she’ll always have this place to retreat to when she
needs to recharge her batteries. Keira i
We’ve identified and revealed the mystery of the “Chateau des Quatre-Tours” in the wee village of Thorenc. We’ve seen the “Chateau” mentioned on other websites, but without any mention of where or why. And after having visited Thorenc several times…
By Russ
L’Occitane Provence garden at Chelsea Flower Show
L’Occitane has sponsored a Provencal garden at the Chelsea Flower Show – I know becauseJulietold me on Facebook.The landscape of Provence is the inspiration forThe
L’Occitane Garden, which recaptures Olivier Baussan’s vision when he
set up the natural beauty company over 30 years ago.
The garden features key plant species that are found in the warm, sunny
climes of the South of France and the Mediterranean, including structurally
appealing olive and almond trees and iconic lavender cult
Topless in Provence face fines
British tourists who gotoplessin France this summer risk being
fined as cities bring in regulations designed to protect public decency. Perpignan,
near the Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, has
become the latest city to introduce new regulations to ban bare chests.
Such sanctions are not uncommon in seaside resorts – Cote D’Azur
locations such as Cannes and St Tropez have long enforced a ban on
shirtless men and women wearing bikinis, if they are walking around the
Keira Knightly buys Provence property
Keira Knightley has spent £1.5million on a secluded estate in Provence. Insiders say Knightley has bought the retreat, a
stone’s throw from Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ home, so she has
place to recharge her batteries.
“The house is incredibly private, small
and cozy and they intend to keep it that way,” a source explained.
“Keira is thrilled with the change of scenery and loves
the feeling that she’ll always have this place to retreat to when she
needs to recharge her batteries. Keira i
L’Occitane Provence garden at Chelsea Flower Show
L’Occitane has sponsored a Provencal garden at the Chelsea Flower Show – I know becauseJulietold me on Facebook.The landscape of Provence is the inspiration forThe
L’Occitane Garden, which recaptures Olivier Baussan’s vision when he
set up the natural beauty company over 30 years ago.
The garden features key plant species that are found in the warm, sunny
climes of the South of France and the Mediterranean, including structurally
appealing olive and almond trees and iconic lavender cult
Topless in Provence face fines
British tourists who gotoplessin France this summer risk being
fined as cities bring in regulations designed to protect public decency. Perpignan,
near the Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, has
become the latest city to introduce new regulations to ban bare chests.
Such sanctions are not uncommon in seaside resorts – Cote D’Azur
locations such as Cannes and St Tropez have long enforced a ban on
shirtless men and women wearing bikinis, if they are walking around the
Keira Knightly buys Provence property
Keira Knightley has spent £1.5million on a secluded estate in Provence. Insiders say Knightley has bought the retreat, a
stone’s throw from Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ home, so she has
place to recharge her batteries.
“The house is incredibly private, small
and cozy and they intend to keep it that way,” a source explained.
“Keira is thrilled with the change of scenery and loves
the feeling that she’ll always have this place to retreat to when she
needs to recharge her batteries. Keira i
L’Occitane Provence garden at Chelsea Flower Show
L’Occitane has sponsored a Provencal garden at the Chelsea Flower Show – I know becauseJulietold me on Facebook.The landscape of Provence is the inspiration forThe
L’Occitane Garden, which recaptures Olivier Baussan’s vision when he
set up the natural beauty company over 30 years ago.
The garden features key plant species that are found in the warm, sunny
climes of the South of France and the Mediterranean, including structurally
appealing olive and almond trees and iconic lavender cult
Topless in Provence face fines
British tourists who gotoplessin France this summer risk being
fined as cities bring in regulations designed to protect public decency. Perpignan,
near the Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, has
become the latest city to introduce new regulations to ban bare chests.
Such sanctions are not uncommon in seaside resorts – Cote D’Azur
locations such as Cannes and St Tropez have long enforced a ban on
shirtless men and women wearing bikinis, if they are walking around the
Keira Knightly buys Provence property
Keira Knightley has spent £1.5million on a secluded estate in Provence. Insiders say Knightley has bought the retreat, a
stone’s throw from Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ home, so she has
place to recharge her batteries.
“The house is incredibly private, small
and cozy and they intend to keep it that way,” a source explained.
“Keira is thrilled with the change of scenery and loves
the feeling that she’ll always have this place to retreat to when she
needs to recharge her batteries. Keira i