Provence is a feast for the senses: purple lavender fields in summer, bustling weekly markets, Roman ruins and golden stone villages perched above vineyards.
Base yourself in Avignon or Aix-en-Provence and explore the Luberon villages, the ochre cliffs of Roussillon and the Pont du Gard aqueduct.
This is slow-travel country — long lunches of rosé and tapenade, the scent of herbs, and a light that has drawn painters for generations.