Being supposed to be been the last bend of a road lined with walls of flat stones, appears Gordes, extraordinary vision of a village raised(drawn up) on his(her) cliff.

Its castle fortress and its church dominate the houses of the village staged and welded in the cliff. Everywhere caladées alleys skips between the high houses, and to cross(go through) them reserve of the surprises : vaults, former(old) doors, panoramas on the valley and the mountain of the Luberon

In the surrounding scrubland, Sénanque's abbey and village of bories are classified remarkable sites ancient memorials. The cellars of the palace Saint Firmin, the mill of Broth and the castle in which is the museum Pol Mara join in important patrimony of Gordes.

The artistic life is there intense, by the number of the exhibitions and its summer festival of the evenings which welcomes the big names of the music, the theater and the dance. For any information or demand of documentation the Office of Tourism is at your disposal.

Credit text and photo : advertising Plaque "Gordes"