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Provence highlights 2005:
· Travel to Provence in a luxury coach through enchanting
villages like Gordes and Roussillon
· Treat your senses to the chirping of cicadas and the heady scent
of herbs and lavender
· Be beguiled by the irresistible charm of the region's personalities
and natural delights
· Experience the azure blue skies that inspired artists like Cézanne
and Van Gogh
· Go antiquing in L'Isle sur la Sorge, a village renowned for its
antique shops
· Shop for regional treasures like designer textiles and Marseilles
soap
· Savour the regional cuisine and taste wine at Châteauneuf du
Pape
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Ochre veins streak through the cliffs at
Rousillon
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Pont Saint Benezet in Avignon
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Cabrieres will open their doors and offer
us a private wine tasting.
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· Play boules with the locals
· Visit the famous Palais des Papes
· Delight in the quaint French Provincial architecture
· Feast your eyes on olive groves and fields of lavender
· Visit the breathtaking garden of a renowned French designer
· Stay at a Provençal mas, a hilltop priory and historic châteaux
· Stopover in historic Aix en Provence, Bonnieux and Carpentras
· Discover how to make olive oil and appreciate its subtle flavours
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Cypress trees in the Luberon reach dizzying
heights
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'It is many people's dream
to live in Provence. Ah, the land of sun, perched villages,
poetic landscapes, olive trees, lavender and magnificent pink-cast
sunsets.'
American writer Karen Fawcett
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