South of France

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in the south of france, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Arts In Arles. A Way Of Life Deeply Rooted In Tradition.

11/12/2025 by .
Solange Berchemin offers her personal guide to Arts in Arles, southern France's magnet for artists for centuries. 

Solange Berchemin offers her personal guide to Arts in Arles, southern France’s magnet for artists for centuries.

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Insider Guide To Nîmes. French Rome has never looked so impressive.

18/11/2024 by .
Insider Guide To Nîmes

In his Insider Guide to Nimes, Rupert Parker Finds Well Preserved Roman Architecture In The South Of France

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Canal Cruising in The Camargue. Discover wild white horses and pink flamingos

08/10/2024 by .
Canal cruising In The Camargue

Rupert Parker goes canal cruising in the Camargue and discovers saltwater lagoons, golden beaches, wild white horses and pink flamingos.

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Maison Noilly Prat, Marseillan, Southern France

22/02/2023 by .
Barrels of wine fermenting at maison Noilly Prat distillery

Anthea Gerrie Visits Maison Noilly Prat For A Bittersweet Taste Of The Original French Vermouth

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Menton Review, the Pearl of France

30/09/2022 by .
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As the weather turns cooler and the first signs of autumn appear, it’s time to indulge in a last fling with summer, Solange Berchemin pens this Menton review.

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Discover The Roman Glory of Nimes.

11/03/2020 by .
Pont Du Gard © B.Watts

Beverley Watts visits the area around Nîmes and is transported back through time to the Roman Glory of Nimes.

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Montpellier. Modern metropolis with a mediaeval heart 

13/02/2018 by .
Montpellier Antigone fountain

That you can get a great glass of organic wine in Montpellier for three euros tells you something about the allure of this under-visited city.

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Truffle Hunting in Uzès. Discover the home of wonderful truffle plantations.

26/01/2017 by .

Travel Guide to Rocamadour

03/08/2016 by .
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Travel guide to Rocamadour. Looking from a distance rather like a bad architectural pile-up in imminent danger of collapse, the lovely village of Rocamadour in the department of Lot rises high above the Alzou canyon, a tributary of the Dordogne river. 

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Guide to Aveyron. Insider insight to this beautiful region.

04/07/2016 by .