About the Portal
Sharing Provence
Guest houses to discover on their owners’ websites, and photo stories to inspire you to visit Provence.
The project
Discover a guest house and its surroundings
A bed and breakfast or holiday cottage is also a starting point for exploring an area. Properties on the Portal are grouped by destination, helping you find somewhere to stay near the places you would like to visit.
Each listing invites you to visit the owner’s website. There you can explore the accommodation, services, rates and booking conditions, then contact the owner or book directly.
The Getaways in Provence offer other possibilities: a village to explore, a market, a landscape or a path. These photo stories invite you to picture your stay and feel inspired to come yourself.
Behind the Portal
Vincent Flachaire, from web design to the paths of Provence
I have been a freelance web designer based in Avignon since 2004, specialising in accommodation websites. I created the Portal in 2006 to bring together my clients’ websites. It later grew to include other properties and the areas around them.
I have also been exploring Provence by bicycle for many years. A quiet road, light on a façade or a landscape around a bend can be a reason to stop, take a photograph and tell a story.
The Getaways continue this work on the ground. Through my photographs and perspective, I hope to share the atmosphere of these places and inspire you to discover them. I build this guide gradually, revisiting the writing, images and connections between places.
Articles credited “Text and photographs by Vincent Flachaire” bring together my own writing and images. Photographs by other contributors carry their own credit.
A direct approach
How does the Portal work?
Owners pay an annual fee to feature their property on the Portal. No commission is charged on bookings: enquiries and reservations are made directly with the owners.
Are you a property owner? Find out how to list your property (in French).
A comment, or somewhere to recommend?
If you have spotted an error or would like to suggest a place, you can write to me at contact@chambres-dhotes-provence.net.
Vincent Flachaire