My friend Ernie and my husband have been to all these places. My heart aches to be back. Everywhere one looks is a subject for a painting. I love the south of France!
My husband and I spent 3 weeks driving in this area years ago and had no problem with communicating even then. We loved the region and I'm looking forward to returning in September.
I hope you have a wonderful time! My husband and I just returned from another trip to Provence. This time we stayed in Gordes and Avignon. It was definitely more crowded (the end of June instead of the beginning), but it didn't interfere with our mission to photograph the lavender! St-Saturnin-les-Apt was lovely and the lavender in that area was the best. We re-visited Roussillon and walked through the Ochre Cliffs, which was well worth it! I will be posting another video soon! We still haven't seen it all...and plan to go back!
Thank you, Christopher. We love the area and returned in the spring of 2014. It was more crowded, but the lavender and blue skies were lovely and I got some beautiful shots in Rousillon. Our hosts in Gordes and Avignon couldn't have been nicer. I will try to post a new video soon!
Have a great time in Tuscany. We stayed in upper Chianti a couple of years ago. We share a house near the Pont-du-gard in Provence. If you look at Vers-pont-du-gard on my site, it is the "belle laison" Let me know when your video is done and I will post a link to it. Bob
They were taken on a cloudy day in May 2013, rather late in the afternoon. (I used photoshop to get some of those blue skies!) We returned this year during the 3rd week of June and what a difference! It was a sunny day and the place was packed!
Hi Michel, I have a Panasonic Lumix FZ200, (25 - 600 mm.) It's great for travel because you don't need to change lenses.) We were there in early June. We knew we'd miss the lavender, but the weather was cooler than we expected. I actually had to photoshop in some blue sky! I used iMovie on my MacBook Pro to make the video. We loved Provence so much that we're returning at the end of June this year. We'll be staying near Gordes, with the hope of photographing the Abbey in the early morning before most of the other tourists arrive! I should add that I do speak French, and though I'm far from "fluent," the people we met were so friendly and kind. We had no trouble communicating.
Hello Lynette, thanks for the info! I am from Belgium and we have just booked our holiday, by the end of June we go to Mornas and so we will also visit the Vaucluse and Luberon. If yoo haven't done yet, please do visit La fontaine de Vaucluse. I am also planning to take some photographs, i own a canon eos 400D and 7D You're collage was made very well and stylish, i shared it with some friends with who we will be on holiday this summer If you're interested, take a look at www.michelpyck.be If you happen to know some places near Gordes to swim in the natural surroundings, please let me know
Michel Pyck Michel...your photos are spectacular! I see you've been to Etretat--what a lovely spot! I was in the area in 2010--before I started making videos. Honfleur was one of my favorite villages. We are actually returning to the Luberon at the end of June this year--specifically to see the lavender. We will spend two nights at a B & B in Gordes (June 21 and 22) and one in Avignon. La Fontaine de Vaucluse is on our list of places to see! Don't miss the Abbey de Senanque! If you're going to be in the area at the same time...let me know. Unfortunately there is nothing in my guidebooks about places to swim in Gordes.
hello Lynette, yes Etretat can be a very magical place with a lot of people enyoing a good sunset we will be arriving at Mornas June 28th, are you guys still around there in the area ? or are you already up to another great region of beautiful France ? we are going with our kids and some friends and their kids, they are totally not in the photographing "business" so i hope i will get enough opportunities to take some pictures... i read the book "one year in france" to get in the "southern france" mood some weeks ago and i am considering visiting a restaurant from the book, i think it's "cafe de la gare" at Bonnieux, i would like to feel the atmosphere as described in the book, and get a good affordable meal in the old traditional way i guess you are really feeling the essence of the provence and are not some tourists that come to the south of france for laying on the beach and buy some souvenirs, i have the feeling you guys are really looking for the true spirit of the south of france, and i like that for us Belgians it is not that far from home - still a day's drive - but it is a popular destination and so very different than our belgian coast when i was little, we went few times over there and eventually my sister got to know her husband over there so in 1978 she married over there (Sète - Languedoc) and still lives there in Poussan and enjoys the meditteranen climate
Michel Pyck Hi Michel! Unfortunately, we will be home by June 28. I will have to read "One Year in France." My husband would actually love to spend one year--or at least 3 months--in France, but we have 2 cats! Yes, you're right: when we travel, we like to explore the "back streets." If you watch my Arles video, you will see we stayed in a charming B & B in a tiny street filled with graffiti! Our host is a chef, so he sent us to several excellent restaurants. Our B & B in Vaison la Romaine was also a delightful place, a 5 minute walk from town. (If you go to either city, I can give you the names of several wonderful traditional restaurants.) I lived in Paris for two years when I was a child, so I like to think of France as a second home. My father often traveled to Brussels. He loved Belgium. I have never been there...i should put it on my list! Lynette
The monks have not maintained the lavender at Senanque for a couple of years. It is no good anymore. There is real nice lavender between Jucas and Roussillon.
Oh yes! You are right! We returned to Provence this year around the third week of June...no lavender at Senanque, but we did see a lot around Roussillon. I an working on a new video!
If you cannot speak Fluent French, Americans should not consider going to this area or Aix en Provence....I just returned and I can tell you less than 8% of people speak English you can understand, this includes waiters, taxi drivers,information departments in the train station and more......This place is for French people in Paris, Normandy etc to come here for a holiday and sun.
Good Grief. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Hill Towns? Citadel "type" towns and villages in France are called perched villages....“villages-perchés” . Not Hill towns. L'Isle-sur-la Sorgue? L'Isle-sur-la Sorgue is NOT even IN the Luberon....and it certainly isn't perched. I certainly hope that people don't take your "advice" as authoritative fact.
Well, David, my title comes directly from Rick Steves' travel guide. He calls the above three towns "Hill Towns of the Luberon." Does it really matter so much? I am simply trying to show people what the towns look like. I am not trying to give advice--except to go see them! .
@@lynettetaylor6420 Rick Steves is a salesman who flogs bus tours to people who need to have their destinations dumbed down for them. His "customers" are people who have never been past their local Waffle House & Walmart. So.....inaccurate info means nothing to them...they don't know any better. Rick Steves doesn't speak a word of French.....but if you are going to charge $$$ for your bus tours and nonsense books, shouldn't you at least TRY and provide accurate information?
@@davidmassie765 Perhaps you are right, but, when planning trips to Europe, I have found Rick Steves' books and videos to be pretty helpful. Do you have an alternate suggestion?
Thanks for your wonderful video! My wife and I are planning to visit Rossillon next spring but now everything is on hold. We hope we can go.
My friend Ernie and my husband have been to all these places. My heart aches to be back. Everywhere one looks is a subject for a painting. I love the south of France!
My husband and I spent 3 weeks driving in this area years ago and had no problem with communicating even then. We loved the region and I'm looking forward to returning in September.
I agree. My husband and I never had a problem either! We are returning next month--hopefully to see the lavender!
Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing. :) We are planning our trip right now and I'm so excited after seeing your video!
I hope you have a wonderful time! My husband and I just returned from another trip to Provence. This time we stayed in Gordes and Avignon. It was definitely more crowded (the end of June instead of the beginning), but it didn't interfere with our mission to photograph the lavender! St-Saturnin-les-Apt was lovely and the lavender in that area was the best. We re-visited Roussillon and walked through the Ochre Cliffs, which was well worth it! I will be posting another video soon! We still haven't seen it all...and plan to go back!
Thanks much for the video. I've been to several of the places, but many years ago. Your well made video is like a revisit.
Thank you, Christopher. We love the area and returned in the spring of 2014. It was more crowded, but the lavender and blue skies were lovely and I got some beautiful shots in Rousillon. Our hosts in Gordes and Avignon couldn't have been nicer. I will try to post a new video soon!
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Have a great time in Tuscany. We stayed in upper Chianti a couple of years ago. We share a house near the Pont-du-gard in Provence. If you look at Vers-pont-du-gard on my site, it is the "belle laison"
Let me know when your video is done and I will post a link to it.
Bob
When did you shoot these pictures? There are no people in any of them. Must be January or February.
They were taken on a cloudy day in May 2013, rather late in the afternoon. (I used photoshop to get some of those blue skies!) We returned this year during the 3rd week of June and what a difference! It was a sunny day and the place was packed!
Very nicely done! What camera and what software did you use to make the collage ?
Hi Michel,
I have a Panasonic Lumix FZ200, (25 - 600 mm.) It's great for travel because you don't need to change lenses.) We were there in early June. We knew we'd miss the lavender, but the weather was cooler than we expected. I actually had to photoshop in some blue sky! I used iMovie on my MacBook Pro to make the video. We loved Provence so much that we're returning at the end of June this year. We'll be staying near Gordes, with the hope of photographing the Abbey in the early morning before most of the other tourists arrive! I should add that I do speak French, and though I'm far from "fluent," the people we met were so friendly and kind. We had no trouble communicating.
Hello Lynette, thanks for the info! I am from Belgium and we have just booked our holiday, by the end of June we go to Mornas and so we will also visit the Vaucluse and Luberon. If yoo haven't done yet, please do visit La fontaine de Vaucluse. I am also planning to take some photographs, i own a canon eos 400D and 7D
You're collage was made very well and stylish, i shared it with some friends with who we will be on holiday this summer
If you're interested, take a look at www.michelpyck.be
If you happen to know some places near Gordes to swim in the natural surroundings, please let me know
Michel Pyck Michel...your photos are spectacular! I see you've been to Etretat--what a lovely spot! I was in the area in 2010--before I started making videos. Honfleur was one of my favorite villages. We are actually returning to the Luberon at the end of June this year--specifically to see the lavender. We will spend two nights at a B & B in Gordes (June 21 and 22) and one in Avignon. La Fontaine de Vaucluse is on our list of places to see! Don't miss the Abbey de Senanque! If you're going to be in the area at the same time...let me know. Unfortunately there is nothing in my guidebooks about places to swim in Gordes.
hello Lynette, yes Etretat can be a very magical place with a lot of people enyoing a good sunset
we will be arriving at Mornas June 28th, are you guys still around there in the area ? or are you already up to another great region of beautiful France ?
we are going with our kids and some friends and their kids, they are totally not in the photographing "business" so i hope i will get enough opportunities to take some pictures...
i read the book "one year in france" to get in the "southern france" mood some weeks ago and i am considering visiting a restaurant from the book, i think it's "cafe de la gare" at Bonnieux, i would like to feel the atmosphere as described in the book, and get a good affordable meal in the old traditional way
i guess you are really feeling the essence of the provence and are not some tourists that come to the south of france for laying on the beach and buy some souvenirs, i have the feeling you guys are really looking for the true spirit of the south of france, and i like that
for us Belgians it is not that far from home - still a day's drive - but it is a popular destination and so very different than our belgian coast
when i was little, we went few times over there and eventually my sister got to know her husband over there
so in 1978 she married over there (Sète - Languedoc) and still lives there in Poussan and enjoys the meditteranen climate
Michel Pyck
Hi Michel!
Unfortunately, we will be home by June 28. I will have to read "One Year in France." My husband would actually love to spend one year--or at least 3 months--in France, but we have 2 cats!
Yes, you're right: when we travel, we like to explore the "back streets." If you watch my Arles video, you will see we stayed in a charming B & B in a tiny street filled with graffiti! Our host is a chef, so he sent us to several excellent restaurants. Our B & B in Vaison la Romaine was also a delightful place, a 5 minute walk from town. (If you go to either city, I can give you the names of several wonderful traditional restaurants.)
I lived in Paris for two years when I was a child, so I like to think of France as a second home. My father often traveled to Brussels. He loved Belgium. I have never been there...i should put it on my list!
Lynette
The monks have not maintained the lavender at Senanque for a couple of years. It is no good anymore. There is real nice lavender between Jucas and Roussillon.
Oh yes! You are right! We returned to Provence this year around the third week of June...no lavender at Senanque, but we did see a lot around Roussillon. I an working on a new video!
If you cannot speak Fluent French, Americans should not consider going to this area or Aix en Provence....I just returned and I can tell you less than 8% of people speak English you can understand, this includes waiters, taxi drivers,information departments in the train station and more......This place is for French people in Paris, Normandy etc to come here for a holiday and sun.
Good Grief. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
Hill Towns?
Citadel "type" towns and villages in France are called perched villages....“villages-perchés” .
Not Hill towns.
L'Isle-sur-la Sorgue?
L'Isle-sur-la Sorgue is NOT even IN the Luberon....and it certainly isn't perched.
I certainly hope that people don't take your "advice" as authoritative fact.
Well, David, my title comes directly from Rick Steves' travel guide. He calls the above three towns "Hill Towns of the Luberon." Does it really matter so much? I am simply trying to show people what the towns look like. I am not trying to give advice--except to go see them! .
@@lynettetaylor6420 Rick Steves is a salesman who flogs bus tours to people who need to have their destinations dumbed down for them. His "customers" are people who have never been past their local Waffle House & Walmart.
So.....inaccurate info means nothing to them...they don't know any better.
Rick Steves doesn't speak a word of French.....but if you are going to charge $$$ for your bus tours and nonsense books, shouldn't you at least TRY and provide accurate information?
@@davidmassie765 Perhaps you are right, but, when planning trips to Europe, I have found Rick Steves' books and videos to be pretty helpful. Do you have an alternate suggestion?