The Gordes City Guides deal with the questions every Luberon trip raises: where to eat well when the terraces on the château square charge a small fortune, which village to see on which market morning, how to reach the lavender at Sénanque without a pricey coach tour and where the ochre cliffs look their most dramatic. Each guide is a short, honest list that says why a place earns your time, what to order or look for and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Gordes City Guides
- 61 places
- 3 guides
- 6 languages
- Works offline
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- Instant access
- Free updates
The three Gordes guides
Food guide
22 places
Garden tables outside Gordes worth booking, easy lunch bistros in Ménerbes, Bonnieux and Lourmarin, a truffle and wine house, village cafés and the markets locals use.
Things to do guide
20 places
Gordes and its painted church, the stone-hut village and Sénanque Abbey, Roussillon’s ochre trail and mines, the Marquis de Sade’s castle and a cedar forest on the ridge.
Day trips guide
19 places
The abbey and a lavender distillery near Gordes, ochre country from Roussillon to Rustrel, the hill villages of the Petit Luberon, a Roman bridge, then Lourmarin and the Sorgue valley.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Restaurant La Bartavelle
Goult, Rue du Cheval Blanc, 15 min from Gordes
You eat under a stone vault or out in the lane of a quiet village, from a menu that fits on a postcard: a couple of starters, three mains and two desserts, all from nearby farms. Ask locals for honest cooking and this is the name you hear. From the food guide.
Village des Bories
Gordes, 10 min drive west on a narrow lane
Dry-stone huts stacked without any mortar, where people lived until the 1800s, with their bread ovens and sheep pens still standing. English panels explain how it all worked; an hour and a ticket of about €8 cover it. From the things to do guide.
Pont Julien
Bonnieux, valley floor on the D108
Three Roman arches from around 3 BC, once part of the Via Domitia, carried cars right up to 2005. It costs nothing, never closes and makes a quarter-hour stop on the drive from Roussillon to Bonnieux. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Gordes
Day one: reach Gordes before 9:30, step into the painted Saint-Firmin church, then drive out to Sénanque Abbey and the Village des Bories, and book dinner on a terrace that faces the village at sunset. Day two: head east to walk the ochre trail below Roussillon, stop at the Roman Pont Julien and have lunch on the fountain square in Bonnieux, then climb to the old church for the view across the valley. For a rainy or slow day, go underground at Mines Bruoux, where the galleries stay cool in any weather, add the ochre factory at Ôkhra and the corkscrew collection near Ménerbes, and end with a glass of Luberon wine at the Maison de la truffe et du vin.
Questions about the Gordes guides
What do the Gordes City Guides include?
Three guides with 61 places in total: food, things to do and day trips across the Luberon. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening times and one tip you can put to use.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to set up.
Can I use the Gordes guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working offline after that, ticks and notes included. Only opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Gordes guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and all three together are €13.98.
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