From Aix : Hilltop Villages in Luberon – Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

EXPERIENCE:

Visit the most beautiful medieval hilltop villages in the southern Luberon. Discover the charms of Lourmarin, Bonnieux, Roussillon, and Gordes on a 6-hour tour.

Stop in Lourmarin for some free time, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful villages in France, and noted for its Renaissance castle.Take a photo in Bonnieux, a picture-perfect Provençal village that features a 12th-century church surrounded by ancient cedars.

Continue to Roussillon via the Roman-era Pont Julien. Roussillon, perched atop an ochre-colored cliff, is a favorite of painters, and a magical place where combinations of oxides give the ochre an infinite variety of colors.

Gordes offers an extraordinary vision of a stone village erected on a massive rock. Its fortress castle and church dominate the houses of the village, which were built with stones taken from the rock on which they sit.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Enjoy free time in the village of Lourmarin, famous for its Renaissance-styled castle
Stop for panoramic photos in Bonnieux
Admire the colorful ocher cliffs and houses in Roussillon
Stroll in the charming dried-stone built village of Gordes erected on a cliff

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