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 ...

Each year, this gathering in French Provence offers some 2,000 souls a unique journey of spiritual renewal and brotherhood at a place of profound significance. Pilgrimage of Fathers to Cotignac draws ...

Two miles down the road from the sanctuary of St. Joseph in Cotignac, France, where he appeared in 1660, his spouse the Blessed Virgin Mary also appeared in a similar way, but for a different reason.

Somewhere at the centre of the Var (an area of southern France known for containing some of the most Provence-y bits of Provence), you’ll find the ancient village of Cotignac. The place is built on a ...

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 ...