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Pinch Me Provence is a collection of 'more than memorable' travel experiences in the heart of Provence.

It is run by Lori Howard (french resident / expat in France since 2015) - Destination vacation and event planner; Bilingual tour guide extraordinaire.

18/09/2024

Come wine taste with Pinch Me Provence!! 🍷💜🫶🍇

25/04/2024

2025 year of Cezanne - did you know? For Cezanne lovers now is the time to plan for 2025 in Aix en Provence - learn more — DM me!

2025 will be the year of Cézanne in Aix en Provence. The city is planning a tour of the main sites frequented by the artist, while a major exhibition is being prepared at the Granet Museum. Cézanne 2025 is already underway with rehabilitation or restoration projects for emblematic places linked to the painter. This is the case for the artist’s Sainte Victoire refuge, the Lauves workshop and the Jas de Bouffan estate.

To date, nearly 70 works have already been confirmed for international loans from major American, European, Japanese museums... with, of course, a partnership with the Musée d'Orsay and the Petit Palais, so that we can find masterpieces painted by Cézanne at the bastide of Jas-de-Bouffan.

In 2025, the emblematic painter of the city of Aix en Provence and it’s famous mountain, La Sainte Victoire, will be in the spotlight through a cultural journey going from his workshop to the mountainside Bibémus quarries via the Jas de Bouffan estate where the painter spent part of his life. A year which is already being prepared with the restoration spaces and living places linked to the artist.

With a view to 2025, Cezannes studio and former estate (Jas de Bouffan) will be renovated and opened for tours.

His Lauves workshop, also called the Paul Cézanne workshop, was built according to the artist's plans in 1901. The workshop, which has become a museum, can be visited today and welcomes around a hundred thousand visitors each year.

The restored Bastide of Jas de Bouffan, home of Paul Cezanne, is in the final stretch for renovations to the home and park. This is a major project for the city of Aix en Provence where Cezanne grew up, lived and painted from 1859 to 1899.
The large glass roof, once created at the request of Louis-Auguste Cézanne for his son Paul's workshop, has found its place again. The garden now has shrubs, fruit trees and a meadow. Pond, ornamental fountains and terracotta statues have been restored. The Bastide and property will be included in the tour route for Cézanne 2025.

08/04/2024

Come walk one of my favorite Luberon villages: Goult! Authentic… magical… full of locals and life and yet quiet and real! Thousands of years of history not far from the Roman route (via domitia) - a castle built in limestone bedrock - an old grain windmill - stores and cafés but just so that its a ‘living’ village and not a touristy one. Old doors and stone steps and homes in Renaissance and earlier architecture. Goult has it all💜 including my heart. Let’s tour this one and others together! Pinchmeprovence !! Now you know why I named my touring company this! I pinch myself everyday as I get to wander such historical magic!! Happy to call Provence ‘home’ 🫶💜

04/03/2024

Dont accept any FB requests from an acct with the photo below It’s no longer me !!!! Thank you - guess I was hacked - the real me is still here …

24/02/2024

Wow thank you Occidental college for featuring me.. and Pinch Me Provence in this months college magazine! Check it out (shameless plug - oh well… I’m happy with my story and all my clients and tours ..so there you have it! Passion wins!! ) Enjoy! Enthousiaste!

https://www.oxy.edu/magazine/issues/winter-2024/pinch-provence

07/02/2024

SOLD OUT!!! The Lavender - Rosé 2024 tour is fully booked! I still have June 22-30 open for touring: Aug 2024 And well.. we can begin to plan your 2025 holiday dreams !! Let’s travel en Provence together!!!

16/01/2024

I’m in the full planning stage for 2024 itineraries - families, couples renewing wedding vows, bestie trips, mother-daughter / mother-son, a wedding, family with kids activities, family reunions, before or after the Olympics …what’s your group?? — so many great opportunities to share Provence in a purely custom way for each group big & small. Scroll thru these pics of experiences that I am choosing for my guests and dream that this could be YOU! Wine tours, olive oil tasting, truffle hunts, markets, villages, hikes and water sports, a day at the sea, flowers/gardens from iris to lavender to sunflowers, grape stomping, cooking classes, art, history, nature, culture, speaking French or just listening to it all. Visiting a farm and its gardens and goats! Dining on amazing Provencal cuisine — Yes — Oui oui, I could go on and on! I’m so lucky to do what I love and to help YOU experience Provence by walking in my footsteps and planning itineraries the way YOU want to travel! Please reach out and email or DM me and let me help you create Pinch Me Provence moments 💜
À bientôt!! Lori Howard

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