Provence–The Perfect Vacation Spot

France is known for its liberal and engaging population, avant-garde arts community, storied history, fine food, aesthetic beauty and superior wines. In Provence, you will find all this and more. When one imagines romantic France, it is usually Provence they picture.

The people of Provence are known for being friendly but reserved, simultaneously warm and elegant. What else could one expect from residents of an area where world-renowned frescoes, universally revered architecture and lush rolling hills soften the spirit and refine the palate? The region is so famously beautiful it would be hard to occupy it with any unsmiling face.

Occupied continuously from at least 27000 BCE, Provence is home to some of the most magnificent and best preserved structures to have survived from the Roman Empire through the reign of Louis XIV and all the periods in between. Standing out is the single best preserved Roman theater in Europe, the Roman Theater In Orange, Vaucluse. Orange is also home to a particularly complex and fine triumphal arch, the Arc de Triomphe D’Orange. The theater would have been the center of the town during Augustus’ reign, but the new center of this lush agricultural community is now the Rue Saint-Martin, a white brick road with picturesque stucco shops and lined with tall conifers.

Vaucluse warrants a few days exploration in and of itself, and the area deserves your undivided attention. To get the total experience one simply must rent a vacation property and take advantage of the local hospitality.