Our first stop was Gordes and its fabulous view as you come up to the town. We took the obligatory picture on the rock and then headed down the valley to the Abbey de Sennaque. There are always a few photo ops here as well.
Then we took the beautiful drive up the valley to Roussillon and made our first stop, one for lunch, on the terrace of the Restaurant des Couleurs along the main walking street of the town. We all had the Menu du Jour - essentially steak/frites, although they called it a bavette.
With lunch behind us, we finally took the walk through the ochre trail, with its amazing orchre coloured formations. Wow!
Another drive through the Nesque Gorge, was next on the list - not exactly a fast route. We finally got to do a walking tour of yet another Plus Beaux Village - Venasque.
We then headed back to Cairanne for slow time before heading out for dinner at Les Florets in Gigondas. Thanks again to Margaret for another excellent suggestion.
The dining room here was very traditional, elegant, with outstanding service and fabulous food. We all started with an aperatif of cremant with creme de peche and Beaumes de Venise. First course was either foie gras with melon ice cream or zucchini flowers in a seafood bisque. Main course was either swordfish with artichokes and a zucchini flan or duck breast with petit epautre. At this point, Tim & Dianne opted for the cheese course which had some wonderful choices, like tome, brebis, camembert and munster. Dessert was chocolate shortbread with rum ice cream and orange custard. Needless to say, a good time was had by all, accompanied by a superlative Gigondas Font Sane Terrasses des Dentelles.
Back at the ranch we finished up with another round of "Bite Me", our last night with company on this trip.
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