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The House of Candied Fruit opens in the Luberon
Last update: 26/05/2020
It’s just been added to France’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage and has earned its native town recognition as a “Site Remarquable du Goût” (Remarkable Site of Flavour); it’s beautiful, shiny and distinctive, and yet it’s largely… ...
Opening of the Inguimbertine in Carpentras
Last update: 28/04/2020
Welcome to the only museum-library in France! It opened on November 4 in Carpentras and bears the name of its founder, Mgr d’Inguimbert, humanist bishop and visionary of Carpentras in the eighteenth century and also the… ...
Avignon’s municipal museums are now free!
Last update: 28/04/2020
You’ve wandered the halls of the Pope’s Palace, taken a selfie on the Pont d’Avignon, and enjoyed a lavender sorbet in the Place de l’Horloge – maybe now you feel refreshed enough to continue your cultural explorations… ...
Opening of the wine school at the Carré du Palais
Last update: 28/04/2020
The magnificent 18th century mansion of Calvet de la Palun, one of the last mansions built in Pontifical Avignon and formerly the Bank de France, is the ideal setting for showcasing the wines of the Rhône… ...
Discover a replica chandelier from the Kremlin at Lustrerie Mathieu
Last update: 28/04/2020
Régis Mathieu, the owner of Ateliers Mathieu “Everything changes all the time, here.” So says Régis Mathieu, the owner of this long-running family business, whose contagious creative energy can’t help but rub off on his visitors. It’s true that… ...
Jon Chiri, a Californian chef in Avignon’s covered market
Last update: 28/04/2020
Amidst the hustle and bustle of Avignon’s Les Halles covered market, this tall, intrepid Californian happily rises to the challenge of dishing up delicious French “bistronomy” in this temple to Provençal gastronomy and agriculture – and always… ...
Follow in the footsteps of Albert Camus at the Domaine de Palerme
Last update: 28/04/2020
You can now make your way through the doors of this magnificent 18th-century country house, recently converted into a guesthouse. It was the holiday home of Albert Camus in the 50s, and his friend, the poet René… ...
A New Olive Oil Museum in the Luberon
Last update: 24/04/2020
This summer, an Olive Oil Museum opened in the village of Oppède, near Cavaillon. Set up by the Hugues family – winemakers at the Domaine de la Royère since 1986 – it showcases the age-old art of… ...
All-terrain electric scooter rides on the Mont Ventoux
Last update: 23/04/2020
In Mormoiron, at the foot of Mont Ventoux, Vaucluse’s mountain biking champion Mosso has come up with the idea of exploring the area on rather strange machines – electric scooters the same size as a bike with… ...