Way of life, taste and experience

Provence is about "art of living"
Experience the Provence accent not only in the language but also in all matters. The ideal geographic location offers also culinary variety without any equal. The proximity of the sea permits the consumption of fishes and the sunniness offers tasteful fruits and vegetables. Try the tasty Bouillabaisse in Marseille.

Marseille soap

It is without doubt one of the world's best known products as well as a symbol of the past for Marseilles. On the eve of the first world war there were some 90 factories producing 180,000 tonnes a year. Then after the war, its existence was threatened by the arrival of washing machines and washing powders. Today, only a half-dozen soap factories remain in Marseilles and Salon de Provence. Go visit

Visit Marius Fabre factory in Salon-de-Provence, 4€ the visit.

Week-end watercolour painting

Between the Luberon and the Mont Ventoux, located at 5 minutes of Venasque, a charming village typically provencal: La ''Gavaniole'' welcomes you in a park of one hectare, with open view on the Mont Ventoux, the Dentelles de Montmirail and the Alpilles. A half-day class proposed by Myriam, your host, will permit you to learn or to perfect your technique of watercolours, and you will keep your work in memory of your weekend." Go visit

160 € for 2 persons includes accommodations in double room, the breakfasts.
3 hour watercolor class: + 45 euros / pers. includes equipment. Price does not include: transportation, meals.

Orange : Wine and chocolate stay

The association of wine and chocolate seems daring; it is an experience to be lived!
The program: Visit the Wine Museum and an artisanal chocolate maker, taste wine and chocolate matches at a wine estate in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation.
You will stay in a Provençal Mas from the XVIIth century for this stay of pleasure and sensorial discoveries. Go visit

170€* for 2 - 3 days / 2 nights.
Price for 2: including in double room with breakfasts, visit of the chocolate plant, old-fashioned chocolate goûter, visit of the wine museum with tasting. + 6 €/pers. for the wine/chocolate match tasting. Not included: transport, meals (meals with your host possible: 25 €/pers. including beverages)

Maison de la Truffe et du Tricastin: in the Heart of the Provencal regional products

In the shade of the Cathedral, in the heart of the old town of Saint-Paul Trois Châteaux, in the South of France, under the magnificent vaulted ceiling of a plush old residence, the Maison de la Truffe et du Tricastin is both a symbol and a showcase of a region which has kept alive its traditions and rural lifestyle.

Here, at the Maison de la Truffe et du Tricastin, you enter straight into the fascinating and mysterious world of the Black Truffle of France, for which the Tricastin is a favourable land.



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Colourful provencal markets

Markets are a part of the life of the villages and towns. They are picturesque, full of life and movement, and a place to see and meet interesting people. Provençal markets abound with delicious colours and smells, tantalising even the least sensitive nose. You will most often have a selection of fish and meats from local butchers, fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers, as well as other specialties such as bread, cheese, olives, spices and wine. But it also has stalls offering plants and herbs, fabrics, clothes, shoes, honey, olive oil, gifts... Each town typically has a market one day a week, although some towns do hold markets daily. Go visit

Sardinades and mediteranean specialities

Created more than 18 years ago, this culinary festival echoes in all Provence and beyond. People comes from everywhere in France to enjoy fruits of the hospitality and get drunk and take profit of the friendliness. We feast on all the dishes there which line the Mediterranean Sea, grills of fishes, in the typical culinary preparations.
Restaurants offer their terrace to the visitors as an invitation to travel around the Mediterranean Sea.
For the lovers of balleti, it is every evening the party in the sound of the orchestras. And for children, carousels and games. Evenings rocked in a good mood. Go visit

Cooking class: The world-famous Bouillabaisse !

The Bouillabaisse is a legendary fish stew-soup that was formerly prepared by the fishermen for themselves and their families with the unsold fishes. Attend Miramar cooking class and learn from the cooking secrets of the Chef. Go visit

120€ per person, from 5 to 8 participants.

Greedy Camargeu

This demonstration is a real shop window of regional products such as the rice of the Camargue, the meat of bull of the Camargue, the sausage of Arles, the local wines of Arles, the olive oil ...
To the program this year: workshops conferences on products, tastings, painting workshops of rices, discovery games for the children with the complicity of the Regional Natural reserve of the Camargue, the workshops of demonstration of cooking with the syndicate of riziculteurs and south big academy of local cookings . Go visit

" For the 5th consecutive year, the Greedy Camargue gathers the best producers of the region to promote the products of country which make the reputation of Arles, Crau and the Camargue.