Anthony Peregrine
Porto: world capital of (very) slow food
It’s not only the port wine which ages in Porto, Portugal’s second city. Humans, too, can put on a couple of years between arriving at a restaurant and being served Read the guide
Make mine Menton, the crème of the Côte-d’Azur
Anthony Peregrine really didn’t want to go to Menton in France. After a couple of days of sea and winter sun, Provençal food, epic scenery and a rugby encounter, he really didn’t want to leave Read the guide
Aix-en-Provence vs Avignon
Avignon has culture, history, good food and beautiful women. So does Aix-en-Provence. How on earth are we to choose? Allow me to explain Read the guide
In the Pink: drinking your way round Provence
The rosé wines of Provence are routinely rubbished by experts. That's because experts know nothing. In truth, the pinks heighten the sensuality of the sunlit south. We should get among them Read the guide
Take me to Arles, Provence’s hottest city
Van Gogh, cowboys and Julius Caesar are among the cast in the hot-blooded spectacle which is Arles. So are beautiful women. Join them any time in a town where the tempo stays up all year round Read the guide
