Things to do in Gordes
Around Gordes, Notrebellefrance lists 13 tourist sites within 12 km, including 5 villages, 4 castles and 3 museums. Not to be missed: Fontaine de Vaucluse, Mines de Bruoux and Château de Gordes.
Fontaine de Vaucluse
The emerald-green spring is ranked among the most important emergences in the world.
Mines de Bruoux
The Bruoux ochre mines are in the commune of Gargas.
Château de Gordes
The castle, rebuilt in 1525, already existed in 1031.
Gordes
This village perched on a promontory seems to stand guard over the Apt valley and the Cavaillon plain.
Le Village des bories
Listed as a Historic Monument in 1977, the village is the largest grouping of bories.
Abbaye de Sénanque
Notre-Dame de Sénanque is a working Cistercian monastery in the commune of Gordes (Vaucluse), in the valley where the Sénancole flows.
Château de Murs
The oldest remains of the château de Murs date from the twelfth century and were built by the Agoult family, lords of the land of Sault since 1004.
Musée de la lavande
In a fine traditional Luberon mas, on the lavender estate of the Château du Bois, a family of lavender growers and distillers welcomes you and shares with you a passion handed down from generation to generation.
Roussillon
This village is world-famous for the 18 shades of red ochre of its Fairies' valley and the tormented relief of its old quarries, cliffs that erosion and the mistral continue to gully.
Ménerbes
It was in the Middle Ages that Ménerbes acquired part of its heritage, such as Saint-Hilaire abbey, a former priory where Saint Louis stopped on his return from the Crusades.
Château de Lacoste
Located between Apt and Cavaillon, the ruins of Lacoste castle cannot be visited but deserve to be admired for a while...
Venasque
The delightful village stands on a rocky spur overlooking the Carpentras plain.
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Nicknamed "the Venice of the Comtat", L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is one of the most attractive towns of the PACA region because of the exceptional character of its living environment.