# Provence — The South of France
> Provence, from the Luberon to Mont Ventoux — stone villages, plane-tree squares and the light that has never stopped drawing painters. Hotels, tables, vineyards and walks.

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

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The Region · La région

From the _Luberon_ to Mont Ventoux, a country of stone villages, plane-tree squares and light that has never stopped drawing painters.

![A perched Provence village seen from above](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597824854158-9226c52cd21b?fm=jpg&q=76&w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop) The Grand Report · Vaucluse

The Grand Report · Vaucluse

## A weekend in the _Luberon_, village by village

Gordes, Bonnieux, Ménerbes, Lacoste. Four perched villages, forty kilometres of back road, and the slow art of arriving nowhere in particular.

Words — Élise Marchand

[Read the report — lire le reportage](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/provence/luberon-weekend/)

### The latest from _Provence_

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![A Provence village house under blue sky](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597512432969-dd65354dba02?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Stay

#### Hôtel Crillon le Brave

A perched village reimagined as a single hotel, with a pool above Mont Ventoux.

Crillon-le-Brave · Vaucluse

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![A farmhouse among wildflowers](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Walks

#### The ochre trail at Roussillon

A short loop through the old quarries, where the earth runs from butter to blood red.

Roussillon · Vaucluse

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![A tree beside an old stone building](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446155844149-5ac83a06ca74?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

The 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 hillside village among trees](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1673423050661-134515109330?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Villages

#### Ménerbes, the writer’s village

Where Peter Mayle made the Luberon famous — and why it survived the fame.

Ménerbes · Vaucluse

![Rocky cliffs above the sea](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604948559069-3287d5c5a6e5?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

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

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![A Provence village street](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1587579785043-eccb9f70391d?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Markets

#### The Sunday market at L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

Antiques on the water, melons by the crate, and the most photogenic morning in the Vaucluse.

L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

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The Address Book · Le carnet d’adresses

### Provence, _kept_

Stay

##### La Bastide de Gordes

Gordes · Vaucluse

Table

##### La Beaugravière

Mondragon · truffle country

Wine

##### Château La Coste

Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade

Coffee

##### La Maison Jouvaud

Carpentras

Shop

##### Brun de Vian-Tiran

L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue

Walk

##### Le sentier des ocres

Roussillon

[See all Provence addresses →](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/)