Provence river cruise: A week of blissful simple pleasures

By Kristie Kellahan
Updated November 23 2016 - 12:14pm, first published November 19 2016 - 12:15am
Exploring Provence on a slow boat.
Exploring Provence on a slow boat.
Provence's famous lavender fields.
Provence's famous lavender fields.
Some of the local produce. Photo: Kristie Kellahan
Some of the local produce. Photo: Kristie Kellahan
Aigues-Mortes salt marsh. Photo: Kristie Kellahan
Aigues-Mortes salt marsh. Photo: Kristie Kellahan
All calm on deck. Photo: Kristie Kellahan
All calm on deck. Photo: Kristie Kellahan

There are worse ways to spend a warm mid-summer afternoon than relaxing under the shade of enormous plane trees on a farm in Provence, tasting homemade jams and traditional olive oils. The confitures burst with the flavours of lemon, fig, raspberry and blood orange. The oil tastes like sunshine in a bottle.

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