Photos

The best photos of the south of France that we can buy, beg or borrow

Landscape photos

On the south of France site home page we use ‘widescreen’ (landscape) pictures’ that get pushed off the front page when a new feature appears, never to be seen again. This is a shame, so I thought I’d post them here as well for the sake of posterity. Aubeterre-sur-Dronne Mont-Lozere Ardeche gorges

Marseille harbour photo

This photo of Marseille harbour is very beautiful despite having little colour, and a background view that is hard to see clearly. The Marseille it portrays is not especially realistic – very few of the ships in Marseille harbour are decked with rigging – but that hardly matters. The question is, would it make you [...]

Popes palace in Avignon

This impressive series of buildings was built in the 14th century, after Rome became too violent for Pope Clement V and he, along with successive popes, set up home in Avignon instead. The Pope’s palace in Avignon continued to be home to the popes until 1377, and following a later split in the Catholic church [...]

Conques

Conques

Conques is a very attractive village in the Aveyron department, with a renowned pilgrimage abbey and a main street lined with beautiful houses, all in a picture postcard setting in a wooded valley. So why does this photo of Conques show none of that? This house caught my eye because of the balustrades that form [...]