We've added a lot of new photos to Beyond's La Garde-Freinet page. Admittedly our previous page was pretty lame, with only 3 small and ancient pictures. The current bunch of photos include some taken from a visit a few days ago along with some much earlier photos.
The annual Chestnut Festival in La Garde-Freinet happens the next two weekends: 18 and 25 October, 2009.
We've added a few photos of the 2009 Tour de France as they passed us on stage 2, near Seillans in the Var.
The little village of Roumoules has been added to Beyond. Roumoules is located beside the village of Riez on the Valensole Plateau, a main site of the Lavender Fields of Beyond. It's a tiny village, with a shady terrace café, and a great little restaurant.
The 12th-century Senanque Abbey is in the Vaucluse, in a narrow valley north of the clifftop village of Gordes. We've had Senanque online in Beyond for a few years but, following a recent visit, we've added 18 new photos and updated the text.
We're heading up there again this weekend, to see if the lavender fields in front of the Abbey are in bloom yet.
Beyond's page for the Cistercian Abbey de Thoronet is vastly improve (not the abbey itself). We've expanded the text with a lot of new information, and replaced the original 4 medium-sized photos with 18 larger and improved photos.
Some of our photos are from previous trips to the abbey, in 1995 and 2003, but most are from our visit there last Saturday.
We also visited the Senanque Abbey in the Vaucluse a couple of weeks ago, and will be updating that page soon with new photos and text. We're going to try to make another trip there soon to see if the lavender fields in front of the abbey are in bloom yet.
Another Var village, Sainte Anastasie-sur-Issole, has been added to Beyond. This is a small village in a very attractive setting.
Flassans-sur-Issole is a village in the central Var department southeast of Brignoles and northwest of Saint Tropez. It's positioned on the Issole river and has the ruins of a castle and the old village on the adjacent hilltop.
The picturesque 16th-century Chateau of Javon has been added to Beyond. Sitting beside the road, the Javon Chateau makes a wonderful accidental discovery while driving up the road through the forest from Cavaillon or Gordes to Sault.
We've refreshed Beyond's page for the Var town of Brignoles, with updated text reflecting the updated town, and a batch of new photographs. Brignoles, located in the Var department, between Marseille and Cannes, will be a stage finish next month for the Tour de France 2009 cycling race.
We've added the Var town of Besse-sur-Issole to Beyond. A nice little town (or large village) on the Issole river, southeast of Brignoles and northeast of Toulon, Besse-sur-Issole has a lot of old fountains, and a small lake right at the edge of the center.
Our Besse-sur-Issole page includes over 20 photos, of the village and the ancient Medieval stone bride. We've put a collection of the Besse-sur-Issole Fountains on a separate page.
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