Friday, March 27, 2020

The Luberon: Ochre Hills, Roussillon, Saignon (4/12/2019)

It was a little hard to find the Ochre Hills, but this is just because we were not quite sure what we were supposed to be looking for. We drove to Roussillon, and just outside the town we finally found the national park. We paid a nominal entrance fee. We chose the longer footpath. We found a very interesting landscape of red earth everywhere and forest on it in places where soil can be formed.
Here are some highlights from the one hour walk:




 The town of Roussillon from the entrance of the national park:




Walk in Roussillon:




Most of the places were closed, but we found a nice restaurant packed with locals. We were somewhat hesitant about it, because it rated only three starts on google, but we didn't have too much choice so we walked in. We were very positively surprised.
Foie Gras:

 Tuna:

We drove then to Fort de Buoux, hoping we can still get it, but since sunset was early we didn't climbed to the fortress, we just took a photo of the rock on which it stands:


On the way back we stopped in Saignon:



Crêpe dinner back in Apt:

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