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🏰 Soon, we will guide you through Avignon ⚔️Get ready to travel back in time as we explore some of Provence’s most iconi...
14/02/2026

🏰 Soon, we will guide you through Avignon ⚔️

Get ready to travel back in time as we explore some of Provence’s most iconic sites ✨

🕍 Palais des Papes – The Heart of Medieval Power.
Did you know the Palais des Papes is the largest Gothic palace in the world? With around 15,000 m² of space — equivalent to the volume of four Gothic cathedrals — it stands as a monumental testimony to the Church’s power in the 14th century.

📜 Built in about 20 years (1335–1352) under the direction of Popes Benedict XII and Clément VI, this fortress-palace was the residence of several popes when the Papacy temporarily moved from Rome to Avignon.

🏛 Within its walls you’ll discover 25 rooms and spaces to explore — from ceremonial halls, chapels and cloisters to the Pope’s private apartments adorned with priceless frescoes by Italian masters like Matteo Giovannetti.

🌉 Pont d’Avignon 🎶 The Pont Saint-Bénézet was originally built in the 12th century and once linked both banks of the Rhône River.

🏗 While it had 22 arches at its peak, today only 4 remain — an intriguing sight that fuels both legend and imagination.

📍 Both the Palais des Papes and the Pont Saint-Bénézet are part of Avignon’s UNESCO World Heritage Centre, celebrated for its exceptional medieval architecture and cultural influence. �
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UNESCO TravelGuide MedievalArchitecture France 🇫🇷

Flying over En Vau 🌊🌞This viewpoint doesn’t come for free. To reach the Belvédère d’En Vau, you have to earn it, hiking ...
01/02/2026

Flying over En Vau 🌊🌞

This viewpoint doesn’t come for free. To reach the Belvédère d’En Vau, you have to earn it, hiking through the heart of the Calanques ⛰️.

Once you’re there, the reward is pure magic: sheer limestone cliffs plunging into crystal-clear turquoise waters, with the Mediterranean stretching endlessly below.

🌿 One of the most breathtaking panoramas in Southern France. ✨

🍷 Art, Wine & Architecture in ProvenceNear Aix-en-Provence, is a 200-hectare vineyard estate founded in 2004 around a 1...
28/01/2026

🍷 Art, Wine & Architecture in Provence

Near Aix-en-Provence, is a 200-hectare vineyard estate founded in 2004 around a 1682 bastide by Irish collector Paddy McKillen. The domain brings together biodynamic wine production, contemporary art, fine architecture, a hospitality complex, 6 restaurants, ... 🌿

🚶‍♂️ The Art & Architecture Walk

An open-air pedestrian parcours presenting 46 permanent works installed across vineyards, forests and hills.

🖼️ Artists & works featured in this post :

▪️ Tom Shannon — Drop

▪️ Louise Bourgeois — Crouching Spider

▪️ Prune Nourry — Mater Earth

▪️ Jean-Michel Othoniel — La Grande Croix Rouge 

▪️ Gucci — calix meus inebrians

▪️ Sean Scully — Wall of Light Cubed

▪️ Tunga — Psicopompos

▪️ Andy Goldsworthy — Oak Room

A burst of Provence in motion 💃🌞Right in the heart of Aix-en-Provence — Cours Mirabeau and Place de Verdun — tradition c...
14/12/2025

A burst of Provence in motion 💃🌞

Right in the heart of Aix-en-Provence — Cours Mirabeau and Place de Verdun — tradition came alive through music, rhythm, and color. 🥁🎶

These Provençal folk dances, including the famous farandole, date back to the Middle Ages. Once danced during village feasts and religious celebrations, they symbolised unity, seasonal cycles, and community bonds 🤝🌿. The open chain of dancers, led through the streets, reflects a collective spirit deeply rooted in southern France.

The traditional costumes tell their own story 👗🧵:
– Women in long skirts, fitted bodices, and lace headpieces inspired by 18th–19th century Provençal fashion
– Men in waistcoats and scarves, echoing rural and maritime influences
– Regional flags and blazons proudly displayed 🏳️⚜️, expressing local identity and historical allegiance

The soundscape is unmistakable: the galoubet (three-hole flute) and tambourin, an emblematic duo of Provence, guiding each step with ancestral rhythms 🎼🥁.

A true time capsule — vibrant, festive, and alive — reminding us that Provence isn’t only something you visit… it’s something you feel 💛

X-mas in Marseille 🎅🎄🎉 -mas
06/12/2025

X-mas in Marseille 🎅🎄🎉

-mas

Aix-mas time 🍂🎄⛪️
21/11/2025

Aix-mas time 🍂🎄⛪️

Take a walk 💦🌞
10/11/2025

Take a walk 💦🌞

Le Vallon des Auffes 🛥📍Founded as a small fishing inlet in the early 19th century, the Vallon des Auffes has always been...
09/11/2025

Le Vallon des Auffes 🛥📍

Founded as a small fishing inlet in the early 19th century, the Vallon des Auffes has always been a world apart from the city around it. The name “Auffes” comes from the plant amphé — a local esparto grass once used by craftsmen to make ropes and fishing nets 🎣. The traditional wooden pointus anchored here 🚤 have remained symbols of the place.

At the water level, the cove feels enclosed, almost secret — terraced houses stacked against the rock, boats reflecting in the calm water at sunset 🌅, and the smell of grilled seafood drifting from historic restaurants like Chez Fonfon, opened in 1952 🍤 — one of the city’s emblematic spots for authentic bouillabaisse 🔥.

From the top of the 1863 stone arches supporting the Corniche Kennedy road, the perspective widens: the tiny port below, the limestone cliffs glowing in the last light... It is one of Marseille’s most iconic viewpoints.

Paul Cezanne came back to Aix in 2025 🖼Indeed, the successful exhibition "Cezanne au Jas de Bouffan" grouping about 150 ...
08/11/2025

Paul Cezanne came back to Aix in 2025 🖼

Indeed, the successful exhibition "Cezanne au Jas de Bouffan" grouping about 150 paintings and sketches from "the father of modern Art" put light on Aix-en-Provence cultural heritage internationally.
hosted it.

As his family house, the "bastide du Jas de Bouffan" opened to the public for the first time this year, the city of Cezanne celebrated the memory of its dearest artist with several qualitative events.

Come and discover the wonderful city of Aix, its History, Architecture, Wine, Gastronomy and Art 😎

Which painting is your favorite?

Droit au but :🏛️ The Docks of MarseilleBuilt between 1858 and 1864, the Docks were designed by architect Gustave Desplac...
29/10/2025

Droit au but :

🏛️ The Docks of Marseille
Built between 1858 and 1864, the Docks were designed by architect Gustave Desplaces to support Marseille’s role as the main port of the French Empire. The complex originally stretched 365 meters in length — one meter for each day of the year — a symbolic reminder of a city in constant movement and trade. 🌊⚓

The building housed goods arriving from across the Mediterranean, Africa and the East, stored in vast brick warehouses reinforced with iron structures. After years of decline, the site was carefully restored and reopened in the 2010s, transforming its industrial corridors and inner courtyards into a space for shops, studios, restaurants, and cultural events. 🥳


Did you ever hike around Marseille? ⛰️🥰
28/10/2025

Did you ever hike around Marseille? ⛰️🥰


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