Summer in abundance|in Aix-en-Provence
Travel Travel journal Lili Barbery Coulon

Summer in abundance
in Aix-en-Provence

Only three hours from Paris on the TGV, located in the center of Aix-en-Provence, the Villa Gallici is so blissful that no one ever wants to leave. As soon as guests arrive, they are made to feel at home in a family that has but one desire: to ensure they have a good time.

A sense of weightlessness |at Les Prés d’Eugénie
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A sense of weightlessness
at Les Prés d’Eugénie

For the last forty years, Christine and Michel Guérard have spread the word of 'well-being' across each square millimetre of their estate Eugénie Les Bains, a small village in Landes known worldwide for the virtues of its springs.

48 hours in Palombaggia|through the eyes of Lili Barbery
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48 hours in Palombaggia
through the eyes of Lili Barbery

Infused with the aromas of the maquis, the Bergeries de Palombaggia hotel sidles up to the hillside and overlooks one of southern Corsica's most beautiful beaches of turquoise waters and white sand, surrounded by stone pines. Slightly farther in the distance are the Îles Cerbicales.

Cliveden House, a lesson in elegance
Travel Lili Barbery Coulon

Cliveden House, a lesson in elegance

It looks much like the venerable estates in the television series Downton Abbey. Yet Cliveden House possesses a history and heritage beyond anything in that drama. An extraordinary hotel of rare beauty, the place for all those who have always dreamed of spending a night in a museum.