The Doors of France: Part 3 (Haute-Loire)

Posted on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 by mariesherlock

By Marie Sherlock I had never heard of France’s Haute-Loire area before I planned to travel there – and only then because it was, more or less, a midway point between two other destinations. Turns out it’s a stunningly beautiful departement of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alps region. (French Geography Lesson: There are 13 regions in France –…

The Doors of France (Part 2: Coaraze)

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by mariesherlock

By Marie Sherlock I’m devoting this entire post to the doors of just one tiny perched village in the far eastern part of Provence, almost on the Italian border. Coaraze, a quick half-hour drive from Nice, is (IMHO) one of the most underrated plus beaux villages of France. This enchanting hamlet is a maze of…

The Doors of France (Part 1: Provence)

Posted on April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 by mariesherlock

I didn’t set out to put together a series of photographic essays on “The Doors of (Small Town) France.” In late 2017, I was working on several articles on “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France” (France’s Most Beautiful Small Towns) and found myself mesmerized and gravitating toward the whimsical, varied and sometimes inexplicably small, odd…