# The Journal — The South of France > Every report, table and address from The South of France — a bilingual journal of the Mediterranean. *Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/journal/* --- ![The Mediterranean at golden hour](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1535928021132-3dfd912533d7?fm=jpg&q=76&w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop) Cover Story · N° 09 The Grand Report · Var ## Forty-eight hours on the _Îles d’Or_, where summer never ends Porquerolles, Port-Cros, Le Levant. Three islands off the Var coast, a notebook, and no return ticket — the South as it was promised. Words — The Editors · Hyères [Read the report — lire le reportage](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/iles-d-or/) ### Latest from the _Midi_ Issue N° 09 · Spring 2026 [ ![A Provence village house under blue sky](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597512432969-dd65354dba02?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 09 Provence · Stay #### Hôtel Crillon le Brave A perched village reimagined as a single hotel, with a pool above Mont Ventoux. Crillon-le-Brave · Vaucluse ](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/crillon-le-brave/) ![A Mediterranean harbour at golden hour](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1665237592603-b03f244e1496?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 09 Languedoc · Table #### La Table de Castigno A two-star table inside a wine-village resort, the most quietly inventive kitchen west of Marseille. Assignan · Hérault ![Red cliffs above the sea, the Esterel](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604948559069-3287d5c5a6e5?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 09 Alpilles · Wine #### Domaine de Trévallon Forty years of biodynamic farming at the foot of the Alpilles, and reds that age for thirty. Saint-Étienne-du-Grès ![A coastal village on the French Riviera](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1587579785043-eccb9f70391d?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 08 Côte d’Azur · Stay #### Hôtel Les Roches Rouges A 1950s seaside hotel rescued from kitsch — bare terrazzo and a saltwater pool cut into the rock. Saint-Raphaël · Var [ ![A perched Provence village seen from above](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597824854158-9226c52cd21b?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 08 Provence · Report #### A weekend in the Luberon, village by village Gordes, Bonnieux, Ménerbes, Lacoste — forty kilometres of back road and the art of arriving nowhere. Vaucluse ](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/luberon-weekend/)[ ![A countryside farmhouse among wildflowers](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 08 Camargue · Stay #### Le Mas de Peint A working rice and bull farm turned discreet hotel deep in the delta — horses at dawn, salt on the wind. Le Sambuc · Bouches-du-Rhône ](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/mas-de-peint/) ![A hillside village among trees](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1673423050661-134515109330?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 07 Provence · Villages #### Ménerbes, the writer’s village Where Peter Mayle made the Luberon famous — and why it survived the fame. Ménerbes · Vaucluse ![A tree beside an old stone building](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446155844149-5ac83a06ca74?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 07 Haute-Provence · Table #### La Bastide de Moustiers Alain Ducasse’s country inn below the gorges du Verdon, with a kitchen garden at the door. Moustiers-Sainte-Marie [ ![A hilltop village in Provence at first light](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1600762849691-4b51bc94009c?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)N° 07 Provence · Walks #### The ochre trail at Roussillon A short loop through the old quarries, where the earth runs from butter to blood red. Roussillon · Vaucluse ](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/) ### The complete index 48 - [The Grand Report · Var Forty-Eight Hours on the _Îles d’Or_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/iles-d-or/) - [The Table · Provence The Provence Table, _a field guide_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/provence-table-guide/) - [The Table · Côte d’Azur The Riviera Table, _from Nice to Menton_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/riviera-table-guide/) - [The Grand Report · Camargue The Camargue, _a guide to the delta_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/camargue-guide/) - [The Grand Report · Languedoc The Languedoc, _coast, canal and garrigue_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/languedoc/languedoc-guide/) - [The Itinerary · Provence A weekend in the _Luberon_, village by village](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/luberon-weekend/) - [The Itinerary · Côte d’Azur The _Riviera_ in three days](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/riviera-in-three-days/) - [The Itinerary · Provence A weekend in the _Alpilles_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/alpilles-weekend/) - [The Itinerary · Camargue _Arles_ in a weekend](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/arles-in-a-weekend/) - [The Itinerary · Languedoc The _Canal du Midi_ by bicycle](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/languedoc/canal-du-midi-velo/) - [The Grand Report · Vaucluse Roussillon and the _Ochre Trail_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/roussillon-ochre/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes _Èze_, the Village in the Air](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/eze-village/) - [The Grand Report · Gard Aigues-Mortes and the _Pink Salt_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/aigues-mortes-salt/) - [The Grand Report · Vaucluse Gordes and the _Abbey of Sénanque_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/gordes-senanque/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence The _Gorges du Verdon_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/gorges-du-verdon/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes _Saint-Paul-de-Vence_, the Village of Painters](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/saint-paul-de-vence/) - [The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône The _Calanques_ of Cassis](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/calanques-de-cassis/) - [The Grand Report · Gard The _Pont du Gard_ and Roman Nîmes](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/languedoc/pont-du-gard-nimes/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes _Menton_, the Gardens and the Lemon](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/menton-gardens-lemon/) - [The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône _Aix-en-Provence_, Cézanne’s City](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/aix-en-provence/) - [The Grand Report · Vaucluse Avignon and the _Palace of the Popes_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/avignon-palais-des-papes/) - [The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône Marseille, the _Old Port_ and Le Panier](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/marseille-vieux-port/) - [The Grand Report · Vaucluse L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the _Island of Antiques_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/isle-sur-la-sorgue/) - [The Grand Report · Vaucluse _Mont Ventoux_, the Giant of Provence](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/mont-ventoux/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes _Nice_, the Promenade and the Old Town](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/nice-vieux-nice/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes _Antibes_, the Cap and the Picasso Museum](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/antibes-picasso/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes _Grasse_, the Town of Perfume](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/grasse-perfume/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes _Villefranche-sur-Mer_, the Deep Harbour](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/villefranche-sur-mer/) - [The Grand Report · Var _Saint-Tropez_, Port and Light](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/saint-tropez/) - [The Grand Report · Côte d’Azur Cannes and Its _Festival_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/cannes-film-festival/) - [The Grand Report · Aude _Carcassonne_, the Medieval City](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/languedoc/carcassonne/) - [The Grand Report · Hérault _Sète_, the Singular Island](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/languedoc/sete-port/) - [The Grand Report · Pyrénées-Orientales _Collioure_, the Catalan Harbour](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/languedoc/collioure/) - [The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône _Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/saintes-maries-de-la-mer/) - [The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône The _Flamingos_ of the Camargue](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/pont-de-gau-flamingos/) - [The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône Les Baux-de-Provence and the _Carrières de Lumières_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/les-baux-de-provence/) - [The Grand Report · Bouches-du-Rhône _Saint-Rémy-de-Provence_, Van Gogh and Glanum](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/saint-remy-de-provence/) - [The Grand Report · Alpes-Maritimes Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and the _Villa Ephrussi_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/cap-ferrat-ephrussi/) - [The Grand Report · Gard _Uzès_, the First Duchy](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/languedoc/uzes/) - [The Grand Report · Vaucluse _Lourmarin_, Gateway to the Luberon](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/lourmarin/) - [The Guide · When to Go The South of France in _October_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/things-to-do/south-of-france-in-october/) - [The Table · A Way of Eating The Mediterranean _Diet_](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/mediterranean-diet/) - [Stay · Hotel Hôtel Crillon le Brave](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/crillon-le-brave/) - [Stay · Hotel La Colombe d’Or](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/la-colombe-d-or/) - [Table · Restaurant L’Oustau de Baumanière](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/oustau-de-baumaniere/) - [Table · Restaurant La Chèvre d’Or](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/la-chevre-d-or/) - [Stay · Guest house Le Mas de Peint](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/mas-de-peint/) - [Stay · Wine estate Château Les Carrasses](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/chateau-les-carrasses/) 1 2 3 4 Next →