Provence

Provence is the epitome of the southern French lifestyle: lavender fields stretching to the horizon, ochre-yellow villages perched on rocky outcrops, olive groves bathed in evening light, the chirping of cicadas, and the scent of thyme, rosemary, and warm stone. Between the Rhône Valley and the Côte d'Azur lies a landscape that has attracted painters, poets, and bon vivants for centuries—and still looks today as if Cézanne had just captured it on canvas.