Love the idea of cycling in the Luberon, but not sure if you have the fitness required? Rent an electric bike to make the journey more enjoyable! Pop in to sample the vintages on offer. For a less random approach, you can book a wine tour and learn what makes the Luberon wine region so special. There are markets on every day of the week in the Luberon valley. The French are undoubtedly proud of their food culture, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Luberon.
Head straight to any boulangerie bakery to sample freshly baked delights including the regional specialities of fougasse and calissons. Dine at a cosy bistro, or try the fine food on offer at one of the many one and two-starred Michelin restaurants throughout the Luberon.
Cavaillon Melon Festival — every year in July, this town on the edge of the Luberon hosts a fun event in the name of the charentais melon. Expect cooking demonstrations, parades and music.
And in April, a celebration of the succulent fruit. Expect fanfair, fun, and plenty of fraise. Expect demonstrations, high prices, and a convivial atmosphere. Provence is famed for its lavender fields and the Luberon is home to some of the most stunning examples.
Find a complete guide to the Luberon lavender fields here! If you have time to continue your travels in Provence after visiting the Luberon, there are many towns, cities and attractions nearby that deserve your attention. Aix-en-Provence is the historical centre of Provence and is affectionately known as the city of fountains.
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In the first place, the historical and cultural tourism which is based on a rich heritage of the perched villages several villages classified 'Plus Beaux Villages de France' or on festivals Festival of the Summer evenings of Gordes, Festival organized by Mr Pierre Cardin in Lacoste This label recognizes the essential role of the Luberon in the regional economic balance and the heritage value of this territory at the international level.
For your stays or for an investment, what to look for better than one of the purest airs of Europe? Gordes The fleuron of the Luberon On the northern part of the Luberon Park, solidly anchored on a limestone massif, the village of Gordes overhangs the plain.
The jewel of the Luberon does not usurp its title. At the turning of a turn, it appears in all its austere beauty with its houses staggered with dry stones served by steep alleyways invariably leading to the castle square.
Paint galleries and stalls enhance your walk in a maze of stone facades. The calades are discovered with small steps while admiring the facades of the houses and the view offering holes or panoramic in the turnings of an alley. Given its dominant position and the strength that emerges from it, one can imagine a glorious past, where its inhabitants have faced invasions, wars, power struggles.
Taking its name from a Celtic tribe, the Vordenses who build an oppidum, Gordes grew over the centuries. Its castle dominates the village; built in the 11th century under the aegis of Guillaume d'Agoult, remodeled in the 16th century by Bertrand de Simiane, its monumental chimney of is admired in the hall of honor. All these have contributed to its cultural flourishing.
Gordes has been an important center of agricultural production with olive growing, the cultivation of figs and almonds and silkworms; of handicraft production with its factories of leather and weaving of silk manufactories burned in , the spinners are obliged to make 3 hours of march to Fontaine de Vaucluse to go to work, from where the very hiking path pleasant dit Chemin des Fileuses and several wool cardaus; production of raw materials notably thanks to the 'stone of Gordes'.
The architectural style characteristic of the Luberon is jealously guarded and even regulated giving the whole a unit rarely equaled elsewhere. The village of Bories, also famous for its architecture in dry stone, opens its doors like a local curiosity.
Lovely mas surround the village, discreetly hidden behind the stone walls. Some with superb escapes on the Luberon. With fame, the village's economy turned to tourism. Surrounded by several quiet hamlets, Gordes only calls for a soothing holiday stay.
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