Facing the Luberon, at the foot of the Monts de Vaucluse plateau, the picturesque village of Roussillon is ranked among the most beautiful villages in France.

Located in the heart of the most important ocher deposit in the world, Roussillon owes its fame to its magnificent cliffs and its impressive ocher quarries.To understand the work of processing these pigments for buildings and decoration visit the "Conservatory of Ocher and Applied Pigments" installed in a former ocher factory .The facades of the houses beautifully illustrate the result obtained by the ochres.

Many artists have naturally been seduced by Roussillon: Jean Cocteau, Carzou, Buffet, Ambrogiani ... You will come across some artisan workshops and artist galleries as well as some good restaurants

Goult is the quintessential village of Provence with an interesting history and the unmissable Café de France, one of the most popular café terrasses in the region.

If you do choose to walk around, the Saint-Sébastien Church, is Romanesque, has a single nave bordered by six side chapels and a remarkable baroque altarpiece. It was built in the 12th century at the same time as the château d’Agoult which belonged to an illustrious Provençal family. The chateau is now privately owned and cannot be visited.

At the top of the village stands the 17th century windmill, the Moulin de Jerusalem (occasionally open for visits in the summer).The windmill in Goult was built to make flour and it was doing this until 1919. The name is thought to be in tribute to the lords of Goult who went off on crusades to the Holy Land.

Goult remains a living village with a grocery store, a butcher, a cheese shop, a bakery, a hairdresser. The restaurants are good as is the antique shop.

Perched on the edge of the plateau of Vaucluse, Gordes offers panoramic views of La Vallée du Cavalon. Named the most beautiful village in Provence there is much to visit: Le Chateau de Gordes notable for medieval and renaissance architecture; les Caves de St Fermin, an underground village from the Middle Ages; the 18th century L’Eglise de Saint Fermin..

Other sites not to be missed near the village:

4 km away, visit the Musée du Moulin des Bouillons, with olive presses dating back to the 16th century and la Musée du Vitrail; and do not miss the much photographed Abbaye of Sénanque - Cistercian monks still live there producing honey, lavender essence, and liqueurs and the entire twelfth century ediface is open for visits.

More recently many artists such as Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely and Pol Mara came to stay in Gordes and it was a centre for the Résistance in WWII, receiving la Croix de guerre for this historical contribution.