• This is the route we took to the villages of the Luberon.

• This is a market on the way into the village of Lourmarin.

• Château de Lourmarin, a 15th-16th century castle, stands outside the village.

• Lourmarin

• Albert Camus lived, wrote, and is buried in Lourmarin.

• Eglise Saint-André et Saint-Trophime

• Eglise Saint-André et Saint-Trophime

• Eglise Saint-André et Saint-Trophime

• A niche displaying a santon (creche scene) in Eglise Saint-André et Saint-Trophime

• 1667

• From Lourmarin we drove to Bonnieux

• Bonnieux

• The new church of Bonnieux

• A view of the Monts de Vaucluse, Mont Ventoux (highest point), and the surrounding limestone (not snow) from Bonnieux

• Pont Julien, 3 BCE, a Roman bridge between Bonnieux and Roussillon

• Our next stop was the hill town of Roussillon

• Clay mined from a quarry in a canyon below the village of Roussillon gives its buildings their distinctive colors.

• The entrance to the Ochre Path through the quarry

• We bid farewell to Roussillion and depart for Gordes.

• Gordes

• Approaching Église Saint-Firmin

• Élise Saint-Firmin

• Église Saint-Firmin

• A view from Gordes to the valley below

• A view from Gordes to the valley below

• At a viewpoint overlooking Gordes

• At a viewpoint overlooking Gordes

• At a viewpoint overlooking Gordes

• We bid goodbye to Gordes and the Luberon hill towns and return to Aix.

• Finishing the day with dinner and wine at Vintrepid