Luberon is a destination I really love and I had the chance to explore this beautiful area a few times already in the past. On each trip there, I have tried different places, activities and accommodations. After several stays in this area, I can say that I have now have several favorite spots. In this post, I am sharing with you the best way to explore Gordes, a beautiful village in the Luberon. I hope it will inspire you for your next trip!
To start, Gordes, one of the most beautiful villages in France, is a tourist hotspot due to its history, its exceptional geographical location, and its cultural activities. Clinging to an altitude of 340 meters on a rocky promontory of the Monts de Vaucluse, Gordes dominates the plain and the Calavon Valley, offering a breathtaking view of the famous Luberon mountain facing it.
So, if you are looking for the best view of you visit to Gordes, don’t miss the D12 towards Cavaillon. To finish, from there, we realize the organization of the village in terraces with magnificient houses surrounded by vegetation.
Gordes is a French village located in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur area.
This village is located beteween the biosphere reserve of the Luberon Region Natural Park ad that of Mont Ventoux. Gordes has a rich natural heritage.
Perched on a rock, Gordes is one the Most Beautiful Villages of France for its rich and varied heritage: two abbeys, a castle, many old hamlets, and several hundred dry stone or Bories huts, several watrer and windmills, fountains.
The Abbaye de Sénanque is an active Cistercian monastery located in the town of Gordes, in the French department of Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte- d’Azur area.
Founded in 1148, it became an abbey in 1150. Together with the Abbey of Silvacane and the Abbey of Thoronet, it’s part of the “Three Provençal Sisters”, which testify to the great influence of the Cistercian order in Provence.
The Abbaye, of a very sober Romanesque style, is built in limestone, cut and assembled in a large regular apparatus. The roofs are covered with slate. It has an infrequent orientation, the conodine being oriented to the northeast and the main facade to the southwest
Today the priory of Lérins Abbey, the monastery, located in the valley where the Sénancole flows, is still occupied by a community of Cistercian monks from the Cistercian Congregation of the Immaculate Conception.
A few minutes from the village of Gordes, the Village des Bories offers testimony to the way of life in Provence, from ancient times to the present day.
In conclusion, there are a total of 400 bories in the territory of Gordes. Isolated or grouped together in a hamlet, these huts served as refuge for shepherds and shelter for accommodation often far from the village.
In this paragraph, you have a wide choice of hotels in Gordes. You have the Hotel Les Bories & Spa***** which is an elegant, refined and luxurious hotel. In this land of shepherds, Les Bories & Spa, a 5-star hotel, welcomes you to its 8-hectare estate of olive trees, cypresses, holm oaks, lavender and aromatic gardens. Beauty, harmony, silence, space, authenticity of the place, for your greatest happiness.
At last, you also have other hotels such as Le Petit Palais d’Aglaé****, le Jas de Gordes***.
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