Some places are picture postcard pretty – Egiusheim and Riquewihr certainly come to mind. Brightly coloured, flush with blooms, they’re the peacocks of French village life. Hunspach meanwhile is a white swan, serene and elegant, […]
Category: Les Plus Beaux Villages
2024 Day 80 – Riquewihr
We edge a smidge further north today, to Riquewihr, yet another picture postcard pretty Les Plus Beaux Village. Our path is lined with endlessly perfect rows of vine plantings. Their meticulous lines are deeply pleasing […]
2024 Day 66 – Saint Antoine l’Abbaye
Himself is determined to push further north, I was hoping for a more sedate pace . I feel I’m yet to find my groove this year. All those times I dragged myself onto a plane, practically […]
2024 Day 63 – La Grave
Our drive to La Grave is glorious. Endless mountains, the bluest of lakes, ski chalets, snow! I’ll take a view with the lot thanks. As beautiful as it is, there’s no denying it’s a long […]
2024 Days 55 & 56 – Moustiers Sainte-Marie
We’ve quite inadvertently landed in the spectacular mountain setting of Moustiers Sainte-Marie. The village sits at a 640 metre elevation, impossibly perched between two vertical rises. Being Provence, the only way to it is up a […]
2024 Day 51 – Menerbes
So here we are under the Provincial sun and despite being Spring’s last gasp, it’s hot, hot, hot. The sun’s splitting the stones as the Irish would say. 33 degrees to be precise. Menerbes is […]
2024 Days 46 & 47 – The Gorges of Tarn
The Gorges of Tarn. Sounds straight out of Lord of The Rings doesn’t it? So named for the gorges gouged out though the limestone plateaus of the Sauveterre and Mejean by the Tarn River over […]
2024 Day 44 – Saint-Come-d’Olt
We’ve edged our way closer to the very centre of southern France. Our path has taken us to Saint-Come-d’Olt, yet another Les Plus Beaux Village from our exceedingly useful book. Saint-Come-d’Olt houses feature scallop shaped […]
2024 Day 43 – Estaing
The morning starts with a last walk through Capdenac-le-Haut, ostensibly in search of a Boulangerie but we’re out of luck – closed. I do spot this bunny cheekily set with a strategic view. Himself sets […]
2024 Day 39 Jardin de Marqueyssac
We’re off, by all accounts, to the glorious perfection of Jardin de Marqueyssac, aka The Hanging Gardens of Marqueyssac. The gardens are are betwixt Beynac-et-Cazenac and La Roque-Gageac, within the clifftop Chateau de Marqueyssac, one […]
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