Paradou

The idea is to organize a trip for our South Florida family to Paris and the South of France. I contact all interested parties, and by late September I have 10 interested persons for a 10-day visit to start on Friday 30th. April, returning on Sunday 9th. ...

08 Sept 06 - 14 Sept 06 Another stop in France, and here we are in Provence, in Le Paradou exactly, very warmly welcomed by Mr and Mrs Yamakawa! Very nice lounging by the pool, hiking in the Alpilles, discovering the cities of Les Baux, Arles, ...

It's a lovely clear sunny day. Early breakfast of course as we have another busy day ahead of us. We didn't come all this way to while away the mornings in bed! We enjoy a plentiful breakfast of rolls, croissants, fruit juice and plain yoghurt. The plain ...

It's now 8:30, dusk is falling and we are way behind schedule. We walk towards the Cours Mirabeau on the narrow winding streets of the old town, past the St-Sauveur Cathedral and through the striking Place de L'Hotel de Ville. The streets are lined with ...

... up against steep cliffs and built of honey coloured stone.  We found our base for the next 2 nights – the Bastide du Paradou, a quaint building each room having a planet’s name (we’re in Venus).  Sitting in the shade of an ...