Gordes was a stronghold of the Vordenses, a Celto-Ligurian tribe that gave it its name with the custom of transforming the initial V into a G (Gordenses) in Gallo-Roman times. Ranked among the "most beautiful villages in France", it has the particularity of seducing artists and celebrities of all kinds. He's kind of the "star" of the region. Housed on the hillsides, it dominates the entire Calavon valley, surrounded by dry-stone houses around this rock where the village rests with, at its summit, the church and the Renaissance castle defying the surrounding hills. Its little alleys are cobbled lanes. They weave their way through the high houses where you can discover vaults, old doors, terraces and gardens. It is in summer one of the most visited tourist places in the department.
In these times of confinement and with the arrival of spring, we want to cook healthy and with good local products. More olive oil? Why not take ...
Even if you don't really realize it, Easter is fast approaching! You are used to celebrating, the restaurant La Colombe, in Hières takes care of ...
The Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region is home to some of the most beautiful landscapes in France. Its lavender fields, cicadas and enchanting climate are recognized throughout the world. If Marseille, Cannes or Nice attract many visitors every year, it is in the small villages that you have to go to fall totally under the charm of the region as in Alsace, Corsica or Brittany. Bathed by the sea or perched in the mountains, Petit Futé has ...
On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of the artist Victor Vasarely, you will be able to follow the life of the painter or plastician as he liked to call himself, through Provence: in Avignon with the Vouland Museum, at the Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence and at the Château de Gordes. A biography of the artist, a naturalized French Hungarian, in painting and movement, in the form of a triptych. For the occasion of ...
The most beautiful villages of France punctuate many roads of the Hexagone by their remarkable beauty. They witness the diversity of our territory, but also our history. Perched to better defend themselves, hung at a cliff, open on rivers, laid in the countryside, they meet specific beauty criteria to integrate the label. Small tour of France to discover the stones, the men and our heartstrokes.
