Gordes, France Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

GORDES , just 5km east of Fontaine as the crow flies, but 18km by road, is a picturesque Provençal village much favoured by Parisian media personalities, film directors, artists and the like. This might prompt you to give it a miss – and it is an expensive place – but there are good reasons for its popularity with the rich and famous, for it's a spectacular sight. You climb winding roads past buildings of ancient stone before arriving at the summit, where a church and houses surround a mighty twelfth- to sixteenth-century château , housing the contemporary paintings of the Flemish artist … more »