If Provence had a movie set, it would be Luberon. This charming region in the south of France looks like it was carefully designed by a romantic screenwriter with a soft spot for lavender, golden sunsets, and ancient stone houses.

You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s just another quaint Tudor house on a cobbled English street—wooden beams, leaning windows, and a heavy oak door that looks like it has witnessed a few centuries. But this half-timbered cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon isn’t just old—it’s iconic. This is the house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564. And today, it stands as one of the most lovingly preserved literary relics in the world.