Gigondas
15 km from Carpentras, 18 km from Vaison la Romaine, 3 km from Vacqueras GPS: 44° 09′ 53″ N 5° 00′ 19″ E Gigondas, a small village in Provence, is surrounded by medieval walled fortifications and dominated by its church and the ruins of its castle. Set in the heart of the breathtakingly beautiful Dentelles de Montmirail mountain range, the village is surrounded by the jagged blue-white cliffs typical of the region. |
What to see and visit: the Saint-Cosme chapel, with its beautiful tenth and eleventh-century apsidoles and gilded wooden statues of Saint-Cosme and Saint-Damien; the eleventh-century church dominating the village; the eleventh-century Église Sainte-Catherine; the village streets, the vineyards; the Dentelles de Montmirail. |