Provence is the south of France as you’ve always imagined it, with its sun-bleached hilltop villages, lazy squares and fields of blooming lavender. Centre your stay in the medieval city of Aix-en-Provence, with its shuttered honey-coloured houses. You’ll be wanting to snap pictures at every turn, and you’ll quickly discover why famous artists such as Vincent van Gogh were drawn here.
Paul Cézanne, another famous artist, spent