Provence 2024 (Part 4)
[Music] Hello and welcome back to Andian Tour. In September 2024, we have spent two weeks on holiday in Province, France. We have chosen Avenue as a starting point for our excursions into the surrounding area. In addition to Avenue, we decided to visit the following places. Nim, Ponduga, Valance, Colorado, Proal, Rosio, Gord, Liil, Turorg, and Le Buri. On our way back home, we stopped off at the famous wine region of Armitage and used Turo as a base for our next excursions. Today we start with part four of my series and focus on the town of Liilas, the V de Buri open air museum and the Notraam the Sank monastery. So let’s get the show started. Have fun. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Water is a defining element in this town of around 20,000 inhabitants. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Since the 12th century, numerous water wheels have been turning to provide craftsmen in industry with free energy. Some of these water wheels are still in operation today, but only as decorative elements in the townscape. [Music] Works of art can also be found throughout the village. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] The numerous restaurants and bars invite you to linger on the banks of the north pillar. [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] The village de buri open emosim is located in the immediate vicinity of god. It features a group of buildings constructed solely from layers of limestone. No mortar or similar materials were used in the construction of the buildings. The very primitive buildings were probably built in the 16th or 17th century by poor farmers. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] The Notradam, the Senor Monastery is also located near God. It was founded in 1148 by Cistersian monks. It has become very well known as it is an extremely popular postcard motive especially during the lavender blossom season. [Music] Oh, [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Oh, she [Music] Heat. Heat. [Laughter] Oh, [Music] heat, heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music]
In September 2024 we’ve spent 2 weeks in the Provence in south of France. We used Avignon as our hub as we had found accommodation there. From there we made excursions on a daily base. Avignon has got two landmarks : the Pope’s palace and Pont Bénezet which most of the people in the world knows from children’s song “Sur le pont d’Avignon”.
Close to Avignon is Villeneuve-les-Avignon with its nice medieval fort and abbey of St.André.
Further excursions took us westerly to world famous roman aqueduct “Pont du Gard” and the city of Nimes with its famous roman arena.
East of Avignon we’ve found interesting places too : in the Colorado Provencale you can find ground in different shades of ocre (from yelloish to reddish). A pictoresc town with buildings coloured in ocre shades can be found on top of a hill : Roussillon – really worth to be visited !
Another beautiful village sitting on top of a hill is “Gordes”.
And just around the corner you find an abbey (“Notre dame de Sénanque”) which can be found on thousands of post cards – always surrounded by blooming lavender.
L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a small town known for their channels and water wheels which once provided power for the craftsmen in town. Because of the many channels it was called “Venice of Comtat”.
Finally “Le Village des Bories” consist of a certain number of buildings from 17th and 18th century. They were made by farmers and were build only by using flat stones. No cement , no mortar has been used (reminds me of Trullis in Italy).
On our way back home we made a stopover in the famous wine region “Hermitage” in the Rhone Valley. Tournon-sur-Rhone , Tain l’Hermitage and Valence have been visited. A further must-do is a train ride with the “Train de l’Ardeche” along the river of Ardeche and beautiful landscape.
This video (part 4 of our journey) is focussing on the small town of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue , the Village-les-Bories open-air museum and the abbey of Notre-dame-de-Sénanque which most of the people know from postcards.