Vaucluse Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France
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Gordes

Gordes (French pronunciation: [ɡɔʁd]; Occitan: Gòrda) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The residents are known as Gordiens. The nearest big city is Avignon; smaller cities nearby include Cavaillon, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Apt. The town is one of the most visited villages in the Luberon Regional Natural Park. It is located on the outskirts of the Park in the Monts de Vaucluse, which faces the northern slope of the Luberon mountain. Perched on a rock, the town is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association due to its rich and varied heritage: two abbeys, a castle, many old hamlets, several hundred dry stone huts (bories), several windmills and water-mills, fountains, wash houses, and bories, a type of basin chiseled in rock. According to the ranking of the most beautiful villages in the world published on 12 February 2023 on the website of Travel + Leisure, an American travel magazine, Gordes is considered the "most beautiful village in the world," ahead of the Japanese village of Shirakawa-go and Giethoorn in the Netherlands.

Distance between:

Paris to Gordes 369 Miles / 594 Kms
Marseille to Gordes 43 Miles / 70 Kms


Population: 1666 inhabitants
Code of the commune: 84050
Postal Code: 84220
24 hours in a Palace: La Bastide de Gordes
Provence´s Bastide de Gordes is Open Again | Travel + Leisure

tourist attraction Nearby

Village des Bories