Days: 3 days
Time: July
Per capita: 3000 yuan
With whom: one person
Play: photography, free travel, petty bourgeoisie, semi free travel
The author went to these places
Provence
France
Valensole
Lu Beilong
Paris
Abbaye de Senanque
Roussillon
Avignon
Roussillon
Gordes
Stone city
Fontaine
Quanshui town
Festival d'Avignon
palace
Avignon broken bridge
Published on 2014-07-14 23:54
There is no need to describe the beauty of Provence. France, a romantic country, seems to have a magical power. Romance can emerge and flow at any time no matter where you are. In the countryside of southern France, this kind of natural romance is brought into full play.
Located on a plateau at the intersection of the southern faluberon mountains and the Alps, varansole is one of the most classic Provence towns. In this town with a population of less than 2000 people, it has cultivated the largest lavender field in the whole Provence.
Purple is originally a romantic color, in France, in Provence, the boundless purple is the ultimate romance. Wearing a white skirt and standing in the vast lavender field has been a dream for many years. So this summer, with the little white dress of 10 years ago, I changed my original plan to go to Paris for a few days, took four trains from Chamonix to Provence, and felt a romantic purple summer.
Lavender's faint fragrance and quiet temperament can always be associated with love. The swaying purple flower spikes dance with the wind, and sometimes there is a faint lavender fragrance. It is surrounded by fragrance in lavender field and completely melted in the purple ocean. In fact, romance is a kind of sentiment. Put your heart into nature and feel every detail of nature, You'll find romance everywhere.
The fragrance of summer gradually solidified into the taste of missing in the air, swirling in the fields with the wind, floating in the bottom of my heart. A person's Provence, the heart of the romantic vision did not decrease because of his absence. Yes, with a person in mind, you can take him to the ends of the world.
The 3 day itinerary:
[day 1] lavender and sunflower sea and holy cross Lake in valansole plain;
[the next day] the monastery of seneck, Gaode village, Red Earth City, spring town;
[day 3] Avignon;
Tips:
1. It's better to spend more than two days watching lavender, one day going to the plains of valansolle and the holy cross Lake, one day to the monastery of seneck and some characteristic towns, such as Gaode village, Red Earth City, etc;
2. It's better to drive by yourself. If you don't drive by yourself, you can carpool with local Chinese. The cost is about 60 euro a day;
3. If you want to shoot a large area of lavender fields and sunflower fields, you'd better go to the valang solle plain;
4. The lavender field in front of the monastery is very sacred. Please abide by the rules and don't enter the flower field casually;
5. Pay attention to sun protection;
6. The soil in the flower field is soft, so it's better not to wear high-heeled shoes with thin heels;
[day 1] lavender and sunflower sea and holy cross Lake in the valansole plain:
Only in the plain of walang solle can we really see the endless lavender fields and blend into the boundless purple sea of flowers
Through the blooming lavender flowers, it seems to see countless blue and purple elves playing hide and seek with the wind, and the whole field exudes fresh and fragrant fragrance.
The fragrance of lavender is a kind of cold fragrance. It's not as confused as roses. It's not as sweet as jasmine. In the flowering season, its fragrance can be smelled ten miles away. What's more wonderful is that standing in a large flower field, the fragrance is still mild.
Some people say that "if you go to Provence, you will not want to leave, because there is something you want". The flower language of lavender is "waiting for love". As long as you breathe hard, you can see the miracle.
Lavender flower fields all over the mountains are full of purple romance. Some flower fields have been growing for more than a century, or even centuries. For hundreds of years, bits and pieces of purple have slowly merged into purple rivers.
Provence is not only the paradise of lavender, but also the kingdom of sunflower. Van Gogh's sunflower is written in the sunny south of France.
Van Gogh said, "I would like to paint half a dozen sunflowers to decorate my studio, so that pure or harmonious chrome yellow can shine on various backgrounds and levels of blue, from the lightest blue of Veronese to the highest blue; I'm going to match these paintings with the finest orange frames, just like the painted glass in Gothic churches. "
St. cross Lake is the most beautiful lake in Provence. It is located at the entrance of Welton Grand Canyon. In fact, it was the St. cross dam built in 1974, which blocked the verdong River in the valley and formed the second largest reservoir in France. The whole lake covers an area of about 22 square kilometers. The deepest part of the lake is 90 meters. The surrounding waters with beaches have been turned into natural baths. Water sports enthusiasts can race boats and sail in the lake, or enjoy the extraordinary beauty on foot by the lake.
A lot of French people come to the Holy Cross lake for boating or sunbathing.
[the next day] the monastery of seneck, Gaode village, Red Earth City, spring town:
The lavender field in front of the monastery of seneck is the most famous lavender viewing place in Provence, and also the story background of the book "living in the mountains". It is known as one of the most beautiful valleys in France.
Built in 1148, hidden in a secluded valley surrounded by green forest, the monastery of Senec is one of the three famous monasteries of the order of Cetus in Provence. Situojiao is a very strict traditional sect. Monks live a simple and ascetic life according to strict religious rules. They have been carefully cultivating this beautiful lavender field.
Along the way, you can have a panoramic view of the fields, wheat fields, flowers, trees, houses, purple and golden.
Provence is full of bright sunshine all year round. Especially in summer, lavender fields all over the mountains are in full bloom. The smiling faces of people here are also known as "the most cordial smile in France". Originally, I thought I came here for lavender fields, and I didn't want to encounter a beautiful accident in Provence - a colorful town in the Luberon mountains. This is the most breathtaking place in Provence.
Since ancient times, the land of lub é Ron has attracted many artists and writers to live here. In the early 1990s, a film 12 months in Provence, southern France, made lub é Ron the world's attention. The idyllic life of France is hidden in this small village in the valley. Villages with their own colors, leisurely and secluded, are located on hills. If you look down from the top, you will be impressed by the simple beauty of nature and forget the existence of time.
Roussillon, also known as laterite City, is one of the villages selected by the French government as the "classic beauty village". The characteristics of luxiyong come from the fact that there are quite a lot of "ochre" precipitates in the geological soil nearby. The color of ochre has a variety of changes, such as yellow, orange, red, etc., which creates the particularity of the geographical environment near luxiyong. The town is built on the Red Cliff.
The special ochre geological soil constructs the unique and charming geographical features of luxiyong.
The whole town is very chic, the house color is simple and soft, I fell in love with it almost at the first sight.
This season to Provence is a must to taste Lavender ice cream, the first taste is a bit heavy, eat back is full of fragrance.
Gordes, also known as stone city, is my favorite town before I went to Provence. It is also very popular in the Luberon area. It is the location of the film the gift of Provence. The woman the hero is infatuated with works in a restaurant on the village square. On the hill stands a 16th century renaissance castle, and the uphill is full of stepped stone houses. In 2011, Gaode village was rated as one of the "ten most beautiful towns in the world" by CNN go, an authoritative travel website of CNN!
The best way to take a panoramic view of Gaode village is from this path, where you can drive.
The history of Fontaine de vaucluse, which is called the "Golden Triangle town" of Provence together with stone city and laterite City, can be traced back to the sixth century. There is the largest spring in France, with an annual flow of 630 million cubic meters, ranking fifth in the world.
Go straight along the mountain road and you can see the spring eye.
The blue water is like a paradise surrounded by green mountains.
This is the source of the spring town and the largest spring in France. Curious about how deep the spring is, I find that there is no accurate answer so far. Since the 19th century, there have been 16 deep spring explorations recorded, and the results are different each time. With the development of exploration technology, the exploration instruments are more compact, and people can always find that the spring is deeper than people think. In 1989, the exploration instrument was 308m deep, but the cave was too narrow to continue. Perhaps, as geologists inferred, there was a huge underground water system under the spring.
[day 3] Avignon:
July is not only the season of lavender blooming in Provence, but also the annual most lively Drama Festival in Avignon, a world cultural heritage town in southern France. Outside the city, the river Rhone flows quietly, and the trees on both sides are lush. It is a leisurely pastoral scenery of nanfa. From any gate of the medieval city wall into the city, it seems to be another world: colorful theatrical performance posters are pasted all over the streets, and groups of people in strange clothes perform in the square and streets with drums and songs, which is very lively.
Avignon Drama Festival was founded in 1947 by Jean Villar, a famous actor and director. The original intention of Avignon Drama Festival is to let the ordinary people improve their artistic accomplishment and cultural taste through the influence of the festival.
During the drama festival, Avignon, a small town under the sun in midsummer, has become a huge Festival stage. Every year, hundreds of thousands of drama lovers crowd into this small town with only 80000 residents to watch the new dramas of artists from all over the world. Street squares, parking lots, cafes and churches were temporarily transformed into theatres. Here, there is no gap between the audience and the drama. Here, the drama experience is unprecedented intuitive. In Avignon, drama is a way of life.
Avignon is the entrance to Provence, where the elegant style of the southern town begins. During the drama festival, all kinds of drama posters on the streets are overwhelming. According to the regulations, all dramas are allowed to post their own advertisements and posters three days before the opening. Overnight, there is no space left for posters in the city.
If you want to see a play, you can not only see whether the poster has printed the sign of "success" of last year's Drama Festival, but also choose according to the theater. You can see good plays in several theaters with good reputation.
For a long time in the middle ages, the Pope did not live in Rome, but in Avignon. From 1309 to 1403, nine popes lived here and built the "most beautiful and solid" Gothic palace in the world. After the Pope returned to Rome, Avignon, under the management of the Pope's special envoy, the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie built many magnificent palaces here. Until the French Revolution, Avignon was a papal territory.
The palace overlooks the whole city and the Rhone River, and is listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO along with the surrounding historic sites.
It was built between 1334 and 1352 and is the largest Gothic palace in Europe. The walls of the holy palace are 50 meters high and 4 meters thick. Surrounded by solid external walls, the papal palace covers an area of 15000 square meters, which is quite grand.
The most lively place is the square in front of the temple. Artists in strange clothes perform in turn. It seems that every space is occupied by artists.
During the stop in the square, beautiful women in gorgeous dresses pass by from time to time, and they all rush to perform in theaters in the city.
In addition to the drama performers who perform everywhere, there are many "still" street artists. If you don't look at them carefully, you may miss a living sculpture.
From time to time, the sound of musical instruments in the streets and alleys makes people stop to listen. France, a country full of artistic atmosphere, seems to have a magical power, so that romance and inspiration can emerge at any time no matter where people are.
Walking up the ramp to the north of the temple, you can come to the rock wall of rosetten park. The park is full of trees, which is very suitable for walking.
On one side, you can see the temple square. On the other side, you can see the broken bridge between the Rhone and Avignon, that is, the bridge of Saint benenze.
Avignon broken bridge was built in 1177. There were 22 huge arch holes in the bridge, but now there are only four holes left. The total length of the original bridge is more than 900 meters. It is said that due to the lack of funds at that time, the bridge deck of this half near the north bank of the imperial city of religion was wider than the other half, so that the narrow half of the stone bridge was collapsed by the later flood. Although it is a broken bridge, it is still a masterpiece of European medieval architecture.
After leaving the Royal Palace of religion, go to the other side of the Rhone River. Looking from this direction is undoubtedly the most classic angle of Avignon, with a panoramic view of the broken bridge and royal palace of religion.
Walking on the broken bridge is another scene.
Avignon is the most popular city to see lavender in Provence. With the drama festival, you should book a hotel as early as possible in July. What this town brings to me is a strong visual impact and rich petty bourgeois sentiment. French songs are playing in leisurely cafes, and there is a feeling and charm wandering in the alleys of the town.
