# About — The South of France
> Who we are: an independent, bilingual journal of the Mediterranean. We write only about places we have paid for, slept in, and would return to.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/about/*

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Who we are · Qui nous sommes

We are an independent journal of the Mediterranean — written by people who live _here_, for those who travel slowly.

The South of France has been described to death. It has sold a million postcards, lent its light to a thousand brands, and become a shorthand for a holiday rather than a place. We started this journal to write about it the way you would describe it to a friend over dinner — honestly, with the names of the people who make it worth the journey.

We publish **four issues a year**, in print and online, in English and in French. Each one gathers a handful of long reports, a season’s worth of tables and stays, and an address book we keep updating long after the issue closes. We are not a listings site. We do not try to cover everything. We go to the places ourselves, and we write only about the ones we would go back to.

Our editors live between Marseille, Aix and the Var. Some were born here; others arrived and never left. What we share is a conviction that the Midi rewards patience — that the best of it is found at the speed of a back road, a long lunch, and an afternoon that goes nowhere in particular.

This is, in the end, a simple promise: to send you only to places we love, and to tell you the truth about them. We go to each one ourselves, and we write down what we saw.

How we work · Notre méthode

## Three _principles_

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### We choose by hand

No algorithm picks these pages. Every address is chosen by an editor who has been there — for the table, the welcome, the way it holds up off-season.

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### We go in person

Nothing in these pages is written from a press kit. If we describe the light on a terrace at six, it is because we were sitting there at six.

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### We write to last

We favour the places that have earned their permanence — the family table, the perched village, the estate that has farmed the same hill for forty years.

The masthead · La rédaction

## The _editors_

![Portrait of the editor](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1573496359142-b8d87734a5a2?fm=jpg&q=74&w=400&auto=format&fit=crop)

#### Élise Marchand

Editor · Provence

Born in Aix, a former wine writer. Covers the Luberon, the Alpilles and everything that grows between them.

![Portrait of the editor](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1500648767791-00dcc994a43e?fm=jpg&q=74&w=400&auto=format&fit=crop)

#### Julien Vasseur

Editor · The Table

Cooked professionally for a decade before he started writing about it. Chases the Midi’s kitchens, from two stars to the harbour shack.

![Portrait of the editor](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1438761681033-6461ffad8d80?fm=jpg&q=74&w=400&auto=format&fit=crop)

#### Camille Roux

Editor · The Coast

Photographer and diver, based in the Var. Knows every cove from Cassis to the Esterel, and which ones to keep quiet.

From the region · Du terrain

## Occasional _contributors_

A handful of people who live a corner of the South well write for us now and then — once, about the thing they know. They are not on staff; they are friends of the desk.

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#### Iwona Trembowska

Occasional contributor · Côte d’Azur

A friend of the desk who lives in Cannes and knows the Riviera from the inside. She points us toward the corners of the coast we would otherwise miss, and writes for us now and then on what she knows first-hand.

EK

#### Emilie Keil

Occasional contributor · Mougins

Has lived in Mougins for many years, where she runs the neighbourhood goldsmith [Maison Or et Bijoux Mougins](https://maison-or-bijoux-mougins.com/). Drawn to precious metals for their history and their lasting worth, she writes for us on craft, patience and the unhurried southern life she chose for her family.

[How occasional contribution works  →](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/become-a-contributor/)

Our promise · Notre promesse

We write only about places we have paid for, slept in, and would _return to._

Nous y allons nous-mêmes, et nous écrivons ce que nous avons vu.

The Editors · Marseille