Friday, January 19, 2018

Lubéron, its villages and its regional park


Towns classified as the most beautiful in France and its regional natural park of Luberon.5 villages classified Most beautiful villages in FranceMénerbes with its corkscrew museum that presents 1,000 objects from the 17th century to the present day and its truffle and wine house.Roussillon with its houses of ocher facades, its "Ocher path" that runs through red and gold cliffs and its consertoire de los Ocres, to know everything about ocher, its treatment and its use.Gordes with its Renaissance castle, its village of the Bories, an outbuilding of dry stone buildings and the Sénanque Abbey, one of the most beautiful Roman abbeys in ProvenceLourmarin with its many artisan shops and art galleries, its meublé castle open to visitors, and the Gerbaud farm, to discover the culture of aromatics, medicinal and tinctorial plantsAnsouis dominated by its castle meublé, open to the visit and its gardens to the French.Do not lose either ...Lacoste and its alleys lined with stone houses that go up to the castle of the Marquis de Sade, owned by the designer Pierre Cardin.The hanging village of Bonnieux, its forest of cedars.The gardens Val Joanis a Pertuis (wine property) with orchard, garden of flowers and vegetables, rose garden ... Classified "remarkable garden" (outstanding, remarkable).The Jardins de Lauris, conservatory of tinctorial plants, classified "remarquable garden".The Colorado Provençal and its red and gold ocher cliffs to be explored on foot.The Isle on the Sorgue, nicknamed "Venice Comtadine", in the arms of the river, with its 350 permanent antiquarians open every weekend, its large Sunday morning market classified "marché d'exception" (highlighted), the hotel of Campredon and its prestigious exhibitions as well as the Collégiale of baroque decoration.The wines of the AOC of the Luberon.Take a tour of the Luberon by bicycle, taking the signposted trail in both directions of 232 km or take the green path of the Calavon through the northern part of the massif.Regional natural park of LuberonLocated halfway between the Vaucluse region and the Haute-Provence Alps, it is composed of three mountain ranges: (from west to east) the Little Luberon, the Great Luberon and the Eastern Luberon.Biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the park also offers numerous activities: hiking, biking, climbing ...To spend half a day, taking a fixed or itinerant base, the offer of walks and hiking in the Lubéron Regional Park is supported by a network of more than 1,000 km of marked itineraries. For example, you can take a walk through the vineyards and finish the march with a visit-tasting in one of the wineries in the area.There are also numerous possibilities for cycling, classic or mountain routes. Guided by an effective signage, discover the secret roads, alone or accompanied.More original, some horseback rides of a few hours are proposed to discover the various landscapes of Lubéron.The relief of Lubéron is also adapted to the amateurs of extreme activities: spelunking, climbing and the Adventure Park are at your disposal.

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