What better way to celebrate the holidays with family than a few days in Paris and a villa rental in Provence?
We rented a lovely apartment in the Marais and spent a few days in the city of lights visiting museums, skating at the Hotel de la Ville, and taking tours with our good friend and favorite guide – Antoinette.
On Christmas Eve we took the TGV to Avignon and drove to our home for the next week – a beautiful five-bedroom villa in the village of beaumes-de-Venise.
We spent our days exploring Provence – colorful and festive and free of any tourists. We toured the Luberon, Les Beaux, Vaisonla Romain, Avignon and St.Remy. We shopped local markets and cooked in the beautifully well-equipped kitchen, replete with La Cornue stove. We explored Christmas markets and local churches displaying their nativity scenes. We skated on outdoor rinks and sampled lots of hot chocolate.
Our favorite outing was to the truffle market in Templiers where we saw truffles being purchase by locals and restauranteurs, and indulged in all things made with
truffles. We were even invited to a school gym for a fund-raising truffle breakfast!
Our home came with a lovely host that served as our concierge, tour guide and connection to the local festivities.
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