This paper explores Agnès Vardas’ first documentaries: Ô saisons, ô châteaux (1957) and Du côté de la côte (1958), two films that were commissioned to her by the Office de Tourisme de France. Taking the link between travel and film as a starting point – a link that is present in travelogues, exploration films and tourist films – our journey through these short films is based both on the analysis of the films th...