The Luberon, authentic land or landmark of sores?

This article is taken from the Figaro Hors-Série "Eternal Provence, French Tuscany" . Discover the centuries-old history of Provence, its Roman cities, its hilltop villages, its abbeys, its castles, its vineyards, its living traditions.

Le Figaro

For this summer, send your dunces to sunbathe on the Côte d'Azur and take your good students to the Luberon. It is the ideal place for Jean-Michel Blanquer's “learning holidays”. The most attentive already know that it is no longer necessary to put an acute accent on the “e” of Luberon: they will acquire a lot of other knowledge. This country of farmer drives and low noise underground laboratories invites you to do so. Here, local products come from organic or sustainable agriculture, discreet estate agencies, wood or solar heating, educational markets, mansions spared from bad taste, having had the chance to be built before 1848. Everything is thought to slip the little pleasures of the present into the shell of the

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