It’s Provençal perfection, from the lavender and olive groves around the house to the ingredients on the plate — many grown in the restaurant’s garden. A red cliff face at Sentier des Ochres de Roussillon GETTY IMAGESThe most unexpected sceneryThe Sentier des Ochres de Roussillon, a former ochre quarry in the Vaucluse area, has a dramatic landscape to rival even Colorado. Ridley Scott thought so too: it was the setting for his joyously clichéd 2006 rom-com, A Good Year. Flamingos in the Camargue GETTY IMAGESThe most glorious birdlifeIn the most southwestern part of Provence, at the mouth of the Rhône delta, lie the wild, marshy flatlands of the Camargue, where French cowboys called gardians herd the region’s famous black bulls. Crillon le Brave is made up of 17th and 18th-century buildingsThe hotel with a viewYou want a room with a view in Provence and Crillon le Brave will deliver it.

Source: The Times April 23, 2022 15:38 UTC