L'Asphodèle
Guest House overlooking Gordes

Provence

 

In Provence...

... Located inside the Luberon Regional Nature Park, Gordes is one of the 7 "Most Beautiful Villages in France" located in Vaucluse.
Being well-served and easy to get to, and located 30 mins to the East of Avignon and 55 mins to the Northwest of Aix en Provence, Gordes is at the heart of a region :

  • In which villages have preserved their soul and character from former times
  • Where nature is still preserved
  • In which you can find peaceful spots at the height of summer
  • Where it is pleasant to live at any time of year.
 Gordes - Castle and churchGordes - Castle and church

 

Between Avignon et Aix...

... two lively metropolis cities, culturally active and internationally renowned for their festivals, which offer you the charm of their old towns.

  • Avignon, famous for its Palais des papes...,
    but there is also the lapidary museum in the old chapel of the Jesuit college

  • Aix-en-Provence and the Cours Mirabeau served by private hotels from the 17th and 18th centuries...,
    also, take the time to wander through the streets of its old town to get to the St Sauveur Cathedral, and don't miss the Triptych of the Burning Bush (buisson ardent).
 Avignon - Palais des papesAvignon - Palais des papes

 

The villages of Luberon...

... all around Gordes, you are brought the charm of their old stone and steep alleys.

  • On the Petit Luberon, 20mins away, Oppède-le-vieux overhung by the castle ruins, founded by the Counts of Toulouse, Ménerbes, Lacoste and the family castle of the Marquis de Sade, Bonnieux...
 Church of Oppede le VieuxChurch of Oppede le Vieux
RoussillonRoussillon
  • Moving further South of Bonnieux, across a superb scarp, Lourmarin (40mins away) where Albert Camus lies
  • Returning to Gordes, Saignon, a village perched above Apt (30mins away)
  • Roussillon (15mins away) and its ochre-coloured houses
  • To the North of Gordes, the village of Vénasque (30mins away) and its baptistry, one of the oldest religious buildings in France, dating back to the Merovingian period (sixth century)

 

Natural sites...
Ochers cliffs in RoussillonOchers cliffs in Roussillon

... spread out around Gordes, the surprising natural environment allows you to enjoy

  • The Gorge of Régalon to the West of Petit Luberon (35mins away)
  • To the North, the Plateau of "Monts du Vaucluse"
  • To the East, the Cliff of Lioux (15mins) or the Colorado of Rustrel and its ochres (35mins)
  • The best known ochres at Roussillon (15mins)
  • The resurgence of the Sorgue at Fontaine de Vaucluse (25mins), where Petrarch, the famous Italian poet, lived for 16 years (1304 -1374), not forgetting Laure

 

Finally, Gordes...
GordesGordes

... the village perched above the Calavon valley

  • Its alleys and its calades
  • The castle, where the superb Renaissance chimney (1541) is not to be missed
  • The village of Bories
  • The Senanque Cistercian Abbey, founded in 1148, hidden away at the bottom of the small Senancole Canyon
 Senanque AbbeySenanque Abbey

 

(All distances given indicates time from Gordes)

To find out more

Some of these selected sites provide more information about Gordes and our region

- The Luberon Regional Park, presented in its own site, and in particular the various pages of its atlas.

- The site for the village of Gordes and the Senanque Abbaye

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Thierry TARQUIS    &    Christophe NOGUÈS      welcome you at      L'Asphodèle
Lieu-dit Fontanille    Route de Murs    84220 GORDES   -    Tel : 33 (0)4 90 72 01 30

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