While foreign tourists flock to the south of France in summer, locals in the know prefer to save Provence for the autumn. When the beach crowds fade, the Var region transforms. In Cotignac, some 230 ...

What’s the area like around Lou Calen? Located in the Var department, Cotignac may well be the Platonic form of a Provencal village. Tree-lined streets, dappled sunlight, a local bakery, men with ...