My wife and I, her mother, and her brother visited the Vaucluse region of Provence in early May, 2007. We stayed just outside of a small village, Puyméras, in Roman villa-style accommodations (the Villa Elaia, which be visited online at http://www.hotel-villaelaia.fr/index.php) run by a very charming and artistic French couple. Puyméras lies in the extreme northeast corner of Vaucluse and is a little over an hour's drive northwest of Avignon. The area is absolutely beautiful, with green rolling hills throughout, ... (more)