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About Gordes Gordes has always been the best known of the Luberon villages, because it is just so very good-looking. Even from far away the light bouncing off the symmetry of its castle catches the eye. As you get closer it just gets better, until you catch this view (pictured right) from the road and screech to a halt. |
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It is isn't just beautiful to look at from afar, the heart of Gordes also give you plenty to explore. There is the weekly market on Tuesday mornings, with stalls selling food, fabrics, pottery, etc. Narrow streets wind around the impressive medieval architecture. |
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Cafes
and restaurants in Gordes.
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The restaurants and cafes in Gordes range from simple to fancy. There are food shops and shops selling typically Provencal wares. Gordes castle houses the Pol Mara museum - Pol Mara was a Flemish painter who lived in Gordes. In the summer there are many other exhibitions and cultural events in the village. |
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A walk around Gordes is a stroll into the past.
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Outside
Gordes you'll find an incredibly picturesque monastery - l'Abbaye de
Senanque. In the summer, when the lavender fields are in flower, it
is achingly beautiful.
Senanque Abbey is also still a working monastery where monks live an ancient way of life. You can look around almost all of it. The monks make lavender oil, liqueur and honey. |
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See
my recommended books and films about the Luberon and Provence by
clicking here.
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Gordes is also home to an intriguing village of stone, huts shaped like beehives, which are called bories. The village des bories has been here for centuries, and was inhabited until the early 19th century. But who by? Nobody really knows... |
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