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posters, as well as black-and-white photographs
by Peter Beard downstairs. Room 10 is the Vaison-la-Romaine 6
grandest, and the bullfighters’ favourite.
5 Bistro du’O Bistro €€
(%04 90 41 72 90; www.bistroduo.fr; rue du
Glanum 4 Château; lunch/dinner menus from €19/32;
hnoon-2pm & 7.30-10pm Tue-Sat) Gosh, this
5 La Cuisine des place knows how to impress. First the setting:
Anges Bistro €€ a vaulted cellar in the medieval city (once the
(%04 90 92 17 66; www.angesetfees-stremy. château stables). Then the food: local and
com; 4 rue du 8 Mai 1945; 2-course menu €25-27, seasonal, rooted in the classics but contemporary
3-course menu €29; hnoon-2.30pm & 7.30- in style, and dictated by what talented young chef
11pm Mon, Wed, Sat & Sun, 7.30-11pm Thu & Fri; Philippe Zemour has found in the market. The
aW) Packed with locals and tourists, this menu’s short, but full of surprises: we loved it.
casual maison d’hôte (B&B) has been around
for an age and just doesn’t lose its edge. Light 5 La Lyriste Provençal €€
Provençal dishes are derived from organic local (%04 90 36 04 67; 45 cours Taulignan; menus
ingredients and served in the interior patio €14.50-28; hnoon-2.30pm & 7-9.30pm Tue &
or wooden-floored dining room with textured Thu-Sun; v) Nothing world-changing here, but
paintings and zinc-topped tables. Upstairs is tasty regional food from bourride (fish stew) to
a cute B&B, Le Sommeil des Fées ( r incl brandade de cabillaud (cod kebabs), laced with PROVENCE & SOUTHEAST FRANCE 21 ROMAN PROVENCE
breakfast €65-85). lashings of olive oil, tomatoes and Provençal
herbs. Unusually, there’s generally a good choice
of veggie options on offer. The plane-tree-shaded
Orange 5 terrace tables are the ones to ask for.
4 Hôtel l’Herbier 4 Hôtel Burrhus Hotel €
d’Orange Hotel € (%04 90 36 00 11; www.burrhus.com; 1 place
(%04 90 34 09 23; www.lherbierdorange.com; 8 de Montfort; d €65-98, apt €140; paW)
place aux Herbes; s €57, d €61-70, tr €77, f €90; As much art gallery as hotel, this imaginative
paiW) On a quiet, tree-shaded square, and exciting place zings with modern artwork,
this small, simple hotel makes a pleasant base sculptures, funky furniture and fun decorative
in Orange, with 20 bright, colourful rooms, details, like the terracotta pot suspended above
livened up with jolly fabrics and tiled floors. The the interior patio. Rooms are divided into three
stone-walled breakfast room is attractive too. size categories, all brimming with interest.
Breakfast is copious, and good value at €9.

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