Vacation Advice… South of France, South of Spain?

Working on setting up a vacation for the summer and thinking about the South of France and/or South of Spain… perhaps Provence and Andalusia.

Anyone have thoughts?

I’ve created a group on Ma.nolia on South of France/Spain for tips/links:
http://ma.gnolia.com/groups/SouthofFrance
and
http://ma.gnolia.com/groups/SouthofSpain

Also tracking Gadling stories:
http://www.gadling.com/category/france/
http://www.gadling.com/tag/france/
http://www.gadling.com/tag/provence/
http://www.gadling.com/category/spain/
http://www.gadling.com/tag/spain/