Cafe Life in Lourmarin

Note the half liter of rose wine on the table along with a carafe of water and a bowl of nibbles.  You have the sunlight and everything that you need to enjoy the open air cafe in Lourmarin.  This is the essence of Provence.

Town of Lourmarin

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Lourmarin is at the foot of the Luberon valley in Provence.  It is in the Vaucluse department of France.  This is what Wikipedia has to say about Lourmarin:

Extremely picturesque, the village is a magnet for tourists. Prominent sites are the village itself, the pretty Renaissance castle, the Catholic and Protestant churches and the view from the village of the Proches Bastides, a large fortified farmhouse dating to the Middle Ages. From the village itself it is 20 minute drive down to the Durance River and then about 40 minutes on to Aix-en-Provence.