The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence

For some reason we are longing for a holiday in France. Perhaps it was that North Devon, while magical in many ways, was not quite enough of a change. So this week on the Post a fantasy French holiday, taken from the 1994 Thames & Hudson book The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence by Michael Jacobs, photographs by Hugh Palmer. We would start at Annot in the Var valley. The caption reads: 'A typical Provencal scene: sunlight filtering through the plane trees of Annot's lively main square stipples the faded facade of the Hotel Grace, a family-run establishment of great charm.' With a croissant, coffee and new favourite novelist Helen Hull we would be in heaven.