Gordes

Strolling in the Gordes surroundings

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Stones are everywhere in the lanscape around Gordes. Limestone turned white by the sun and the rain, limestone in which hangs up the garigue, full of famous Provence's smell.

In the surroundings of Gordes you will discover some of the most beautiful 'Bories' of Provence.

The village of the Bories is a open air museum, it shows some building fully constructed with drystones. The technique of construction is known since prehistoric times, and it reaches here summits of oknowledge and technique.

Those buildings attest the existence of a great agrarian civilisation, drawind its roots in prehistoric times. You'll find Bories scattered in the countryside around Gordes, and widey on the Vaucluse's plateau and in the High Provence.

An other icon of Provence, the Sénanque Abbay is just a few kilometers from Gordes, in the Sénancole valley.

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Gordes, perched village of Provence

web site of the tourist office :
www.gordes-village.com

Gordes GPS Location :
N 43°54'39'' - E 5°12'00''
Elevation 373 metres