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Events:
Le Tour de
France: July 4-July 26 2009 (Tour passes
closest to MaisonLuberon Saturday, July 4, to Monday, July 6, at the
start of the stage from Monaco to Brignoles and the stage from
Marseille.)
Festival
d'Aix en Provence: 3 July-1 Aug. 2009
Jazz à Vienne: 27
June-10 July 2009.
Festival d'Avignon:
7-29 July 2009.
Nice Jazz Festival, Dates to be confirmed: www.nicejazzfestival.fr
Weather
Provence
weather map
Star Gazing
Centre d-astronomie de Saint-Michel
l'Observatoire
Local
News
FR3
Méditerranée
Restaurants
La Petite Maison,
Cucuron.
Peter
Mayle's review
Golf
Pierrevert Golf Course Website:
http://www.golf-du-luberon.com/uk/index.htm
http://www.golfpass-provence.com/golf-courses-europe.htm
Reviews
http://www.golfinfrance.f9.co.uk/luberongolfcourse.htm
Truffles:
http://www.provencebeyond.com/themes/truffles.html
http://www.perigord.com.au/what_are_truffles.htm
http://www.french-truffle.com/
References:
www.franceguide.com
Information About Pierrevert
Maire
de Pierrevert
Population,
Office of the Maire, Statistics
Wines
Information about the
appellation: Wikipedia
About the Luberon:
http://www.parcduluberon.com
For a map, see: http://www.parcduluberon.fr/atlas/atlas/index.htm
UNESCO biosphere reserve: http://www2.unesco.org/mab/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=FRA+08&mode=all
Rail:
Direct Waterloo-Avignon services, 6 hours 20 minutes, every Saturday
during the summer. Click
here. Avignon is about an hour's drive. from the
house.)
www.raileurope.co.uk
Airlines serving UK-Southeastern France:
British Airways:
EasyJet
Ryanair (Flights from London to either Marseille or Nimes)
BMI Baby (Flights from
Birmingham to Nice)
Auto Rentals:
www.holidayautos.co.uk
Route Planning:
www.theaaa.com
www.viamichelin.co.uk
Museums
www.museum-aix-en-provence.org
Recent Reading on the Luberon
Autumn
in the Luberon: Provence: Going for Gold. Telegraph reporter Fiona
Duncan reports bright sunshine, air perfumed by bonfires and wood smoke,
and fresh truffles on the menu make the Luberon a perfect autumal
destination.
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