Carpentras & Gordes Provence Fri 15 Sep

Arrived at the Friday markets at Carpentras around 11am. I purchased a bum bag and sun glasses. Yvonne got shorts. We also purchased and ate lunch. This was shared cheese, sausage and bread eaten in the shade as the day was hot. Left Carpentras around 1pm to drive to the Gordes hilltop village and arrived about 2.25pm. We had coffee under the Le Chateau De Gordes around 2.30pm and then visited the Château which was bare and being used as a art gallery. The castle existed in 1031 and was rebuild in 1525. The building combines architecture from the middle ages and the renaissance era. The ground floor or cellar was used as a prison, The first floor was a dining room, the second floor was a lodge for troops and the third floor lofts was used as barracks. Left around 3.40pm.Read more