Monday, January 28, 2013

Gordes The city within

 In the middle of the city is this old castle. Nothing much really, it just turned into an information centre for tourist. Around it are many small cafes and souvenir shops to browse, eat and buy. The stuff aren't particularly special to the town. Just a run-of-the-mill souvenir shop.


 Ok honestly I wasn't particularly inspired to take pictures of the castle despite it being the "main attraction" of that town. I was more interested in discovering the nooks and crannies of the little paths and roads that riddled the town of Gordes

 The internal walls of the castle. A gust of wind came from below and my skirt flew up for 2 seconds. I can tell you it wasn't a pleasant experience.

 The apparently really good restaurant in Gordes.

 The old church

 Beautiful big arches and blue walls.





 After walking about town we sat down to have a really expensive coke and orangina~! 5 Euros per can!




 At night we went out back to Gordes to see if the city is as spectacular in the night as it is in the day. It wasn't really pretty but this pictures somewhat reminded me of a view of the Greek town in hercules disney movie.

The stars shone so brightly, I swore I faintly saw the milky way. Unfortunately I couldn't capture it in my picture. Only some white dots in the background where the stars that shone most brightly.


Gordes The view of the city


 One of the places I looked up on provence was Gordes. The city of Gordes was really something I'd probably see in postcards or a mythical old map. It sit grandly on top of hill, perched in full glory facing the sun. No other mountain or town rivals it. You can see beyond and far into the mountains, you could see all the little roads leading to the town and the different tiny towns nearby. The view was magnificent.

To be honest, I probably took about 50 pictures from this view point but I really had to cut it down. Besides, I couldn't be showing you 50 pictures of the same place, you'd be bored but really being here, you cant help but want to capture every moment of its beauty and glory...the amazement of it all.


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We came to Gorde from St Remy, the road wasn't long nor far from there. Its a great place to visit unfortunately I think now Gordes is more of a tourist town rather than an actual town. The place and its surrounds are filled with hotels and farmhouses out for rent. Simply lovely but still not quite the same.