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VIREES D’ETE : Tiphaine Guiran’s Favourite Spots in the Luberon
We first met them at home — in their living rooms, kitchens, by the pool or in the veggie patch. This summer, we’re following them outside: through the streets they wander, the spots they love, the hidden corners they only share with friends. A series of living postcards, in videos and words, from Paris to Marseille via Goult, from Bayonne to the Loire. Think: impromptu strolls, insider tips, and that effortless way they have of mixing style with ease. Summer, exactly how they live it. And how we’d really like to live it too. Because yes, they have great taste, even in flip-flops. For the second chapter of our saga that smells like family sunscreen and salty hair, it’s creator Tiphaine Guiran who takes us along to her favorite spots across the dreamy landscapes of the Luberon, between Goult and Ménerbes.
Location
Luberon
Author
Elsa Cau
Photos and videos
Valerio Geraci, Gautier Billotte
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Beau Repos, Goult
Specialty: flowers and root vegetables. Fun fact: over 20 varieties, from parsnips to radishes, tuberous parsley to Peruvian oca, and every kind of squash imaginable. Christine and Robert started out working the land with their parents, who themselves had done the same with theirs. The family farm has come a long way since then, adding a new chapter when the couple’s aptly named daughter, Florie, swapped her Paris communications career for growing (French, of course) dried flowers in Goult.
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Café du Progrès, Ménerbes
It ticks so many boxes it’s almost dizzying: a well-stocked newsstand, café, bistronomic restaurant serving delicious seasonal plates, plus all the bonuses you wouldn’t dare to ask for: a terrace overlooking vineyards, facing Mont Ventoux, in a spectacular landscape, with impeccable service, and open all year long in a region where many shops run on tourist season time. Hats off.
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La maison de Dora Maar, Ménerbes
It’s here, in one of France’s officially prettiest villages (hey, we’re just quoting the label), that artist Dora Maar found refuge after breaking up with Pablo Picasso. In Ménerbes, just after WWII, she bought an 18th-century townhouse where she would retreat every summer. After her passing in 1997, American patron Nancy Brown Negley purchased the home and transformed it into a residency for artists, writers, and researchers. Don’t worry, you can visit — just don’t forget to peek at the small hilltop garden in front of the house, open to all, where locals love to set up their easels and brushes to keep the tradition alive.
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Pépinière appy, Roussillon
Think Ali Baba’s cave, but make it plants, Luberon-style. Around since the 1960s, it’s a must-visit for anyone into gardening. Local green thumbs will all tell you with a knowing nod: “At Appy, you’ll find everything.” Seven hectares, to be exact, of plants of all kinds, with a clear love for local flora. Recently, they’ve also added a space for outdoor (and indoor) decor.
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Viveur de pizz, Goult
« Les meilleures pizzas du monde selon ma mère » : l’inscription sur l’ardoise donne le ton dans ce petit restaurant à l’identité jeune, joyeuse et soignée, niché au cœur des ruelles sinueuses du beau village Goult. Ne passez pas à côté de la pizza mortadelle-stracciatella-pistache. Un futur grand classique.
327 Rue de la République, 84220 Goult
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