luberon

By teaberry from Pennsylvania, USA, Spring 2006 April 7 to April 23, 2006. We spent our first week in Paris and had a family reunion, and spent our second week in glorious Provence. This trip report was originally published on SlowTrav. Why France, and Where to Go? In the summer of 2005, my...

We started out on this walk but turned back. It was getting late in the day and the path was very rocky.

Very steep old stairs you can take back down. We had to turn around and go back the way we came. Too steep!

Looking up to the highest point with Roman tower on the left.

View down from the highest point, with a cliff edge behind me.

Roman era hill fort in the Luberon hills.

Doing a short walk into the old ochre mining cliffs.

In the town center.

Looking down at the town and the colored cliffs.

View back of the cliff. You can't see the small town right under it.

Walking along the top of the cliff at Lioux.

View from the road above.

A short hike from Gordes to the Senanque Abbey.

We ran into Kathy's European Experiences group riding bikes in Goult.

A beautiful Luberon town.

Steve and Kevin - hiking on the nearby canal with Kevin our host at Le Mas Perreal.

A Roman bridge in use until the early 2000s on the Via Domitia in Provence.

Looking back at Bonnieux.

We stayed in an apartment in Le Mas Perreal in Saint Saturnin-les-Apts.

By Doug Phillips from Ontario, Fall 2007 A 10-day return visit to the south of France, following 12 days in Italy and two days in Paris with our two sons. This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. Return to the Luberon In September 2007, my Beautiful Wife (BW) and I did...