A perched village called Gourdon
Harald | September 15, 2008
Solar Tour 2008 – Day 9: Gourdon is an old medieval perched village high above the Gorges-du-Loup with a great panoramic view over more than 80 kilometers of coastline. One of our guidebooks describes it as a village, that has ‘turned itself into an unofficial theme park‘. We had to agree. The old center is packed with souvenir and craft shops, offering countless variations of Provence kitsch. We were able to get away without buying anything. More interesting about Gourdon is the restored castle with museum and garden, laid out by André Le Nôtre, who was responsible for the construction of the park of the Palace of Versailles.
