The Good Life France Magazine Winter 2016 | Page 40

Micro Provence:

Parc Naturel Régional des Alpilles

Provence is the perfect antidote to stress, renowned not only for the startling luminosity that brought artists like Paul Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso, Mistral, Camus, Pétrarque and Vincent van Gogh – who, incidentally, new research now reveals really did cut off his ear rather than just a bit of it – but as much for a tranquillity and scented hinterland that has a very calming effect.

Terry Marsh explores Provence...