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So many villlages in France claim they are amongst the most beautiful villages, but Gordes is really and truly one of them. The perched village is known as “The Acropolis of Provence” with its fortified Chateau de Gordes’ crenelated bastions and round towers anchoring the structure’s four corners. The chateau and village date back to the 12th century and its narrow, winding cobblestone streets circle a rocky bluff above the Imergue Valley.

Gordes was once in a state of abandonment by the 20th century but was revived by the Cubist painter André Lhote who lived in Gordes, from 1939-1948. Also, famous artists like Marc Chagall began visiting Gordes and spending his summers here and the Hungarian-born French painter Victor Vasarély, one of the founders of Op-art, became its most famous full-time resident. Victor Vasarély has a Didactic Museum here as an extention to the Vasarély Foundation in Aix-en-Provence. Gordes is now a popular summer residence for artists and Parisian media and film people.

Office de Tourisme – Tourist Office in Gordes

Tel: 04 90 72 02 75
Email: office.gordes@wanadoo.fr
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