Best place to stay in Lourmarin, Provence! Villa Saint-Louis
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In Lourmarin, one of France's most beautiful villages, we stayed at Villa Saint-Louis. It was a 17th Century coaching inn that fell into disrepair. The current owners bought it in 1988 and restored it to it's former beauty, making it a unique guest house filled with art and antiques.
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Day In Bonnieux Provence | Only Provence
Day In Bonnieux Provence
Bonnieux Provence is a great vacation spot. Bonnieux’s location is ideal it is close to several other notable Provencal villages - Lourmarin, Ménerbes, Lacoste, Roussillon, and Gordes. Dating back to Roman times. The view from Bonnieux is spectacular, with orchards and vineyards and a picturesque perched village of Lacoste across the Vaucluse plateau.
Bonnieux is a very impressive Luberon villages in its size and features. This village has plenty of restaurants, cafes and a great market, bakery museum. The market day is Friday with local crafts and produce.
Bonnieux, has a unique bread museum, the Musée de la Boulangerie, in a village house. You will learn all about how bread is made in the artisanal manner, it is something that you do not want to miss.
The church is located at the top of the village the 12th century, Roman/Gothic 'Vieille Eglise' and near the bottom is the much newer (1870) New Church ('Eglise Neuve') - no great beauty but home to some intensely painted scenes of the Passion of Christ. The church is an atmospheric setting for classical music concerts.
There are some beautiful villas in Bonnieux dating back to the 16th century. All this makes Bonnieux a great place to plan your next vacation.
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Les Baux-de-Provence, France
Les Baux-de-Provence in the south of France is a remarkable sight, a unique stone village dramatically perched 750 feet high on a rocky plateau with a history dating to the Middle Ages, and a prehistory going back probably about 8,000 years. Les Baux was once a powerful medieval castle that controlled vast territories, including 79 other villages throughout Provence, but now it's a tiny quaint ruin.
Charming as could be, this cozy hill-top hamlet is a major tourist attraction with 1.5 million annual visitors, making it the second most-popular site in the region after the Pope's Palace in Avignon. This tells you that it is very worthwhile, but it can get uncomfortably crowded unless you take preventive action, like visiting in the off-season, or arriving early or late in the day.
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It's only about 3000 feet long and about 700 feet wide and that's it.”
The medieval village was built up from the 10th century and by the peak of occupation during the late 14th century nearly 3,000 people lived in this small space, although the permanent population nowadays living inside the old town is only 20 people.
The plateau was naturally easy to defend due to vertical cliffs all around, and was further reinforced with stone walls and castle as protection from invasion by Franks, Catalans, Saracens and marauding bandits of the chaotic Middle Ages. However the castle was finally attacked and destroyed in the 1600s by Cardinal Richelieu and his large well-armed French army, leaving us with dramatic ruins of the castle, which they call the Château. And it retains a wild setting among rugged rocky hills.
You will not get lost because there is only one main pedestrian lane about 300 meters long with a few short side alleys leading to viewpoints. You really don’t need much of a guidebook to help get through this smallest of Provencal destinations – just follow your nose and wander about. But we do have some suggestions.
There are two parts to visit in Les Baux -- the free village, with its pedestrian lanes, shops, restaurants and old buildings, and the paid attraction, the ruins of that castle on the plateau where you can see some of the old buildings and fortifications.
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One of the most picturesque villages in the Luberon area of Provence. A home movie of a week we will never forget.
Gourdon, Provence Video Guide
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Gourdon is fairly typical of the pretty 'perched villages' of Provence, with it's well preserved stone houses, gift shops, art galleries and local crafts on sale. Pottery, perfumes and glassware shops make for interesting gift and souvenir shopping. The little lanes and alleys are fun to wander through (it won't take you long!) and the kids will love the plentiful sweet shops!
Lourmarin
Visit Lourmarin, Provence's most magical village in the Luberon. Meander through its enchanting cobbled streets lined with chic boutiques, galleries, vibrant cafés and restaurants. Explore its mystical 15th century château host to lavish music concerts and soirées. Don't miss the fabulous Friday market, linens, baskets, treasures from Provence. Stunningly beautiful and intoxicating, a place of artists and authors, a place to dream about and yearn for when you are far away.
Find 5 things to see and do in Aix-en-Provence, France
Aix is a lively town with plenty of things to see and do. A few of the attractions in Aix include the market, l’Hôtel de Caumont, the many fountains, Cours Mirabeau, and Musée Granet.
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Gordes - Jewel of the Luberon
( Gordes is often described as the Jewel of the Luberon and claims to be the most beautiful village in France (well, they would, wouldn't they!). But you have to admit, there's some truth behind the hyperbole, and thousands of tourists every year flock to this picturesque perched village above the plain, and some stay - Sotheby's International Realty have an office there...
Tony and Helen explore Gordes after their walk from the nearby lavender fields at the Abbaye Notre Dame de Sénanque, on a beautiful sunny summer's afternoon. And take time out to enjoy the view from the Cercle Républicain Cafe ...
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And find out about our walk to Gordes by checking out the feature at our website, A Walk In The Luberon Countryside With Some Intrepid Travellers (
Visit of hilltop village Gourdon in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France
This video gives you a quick insight into the visit of Gourdon in Southern France. Gourdon can be reached within an hours drive from Nice and Cannes.