{"id":33911,"date":"2023-08-02T05:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33911"},"modified":"2023-08-02T06:06:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:06:21","slug":"menerbes-france-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%b7-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=33911","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9nerbes, France \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 31st July 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 150 kms from Le Po\u00ebt-Laval to Goult \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: M\u00e9nerbes <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Goult Aire CC, \u20ac13, N43.85860, E05.22810\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 69 days @ \u20ac84 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pam has gone for a solo walk, I get stuck with packing up the Hymer after a three day hiatus in the campsite near Le Po\u00ebt Laval. We\u2019ve got things out we haven\u2019t used for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a long drive down through Provence today so we try to get away reasonably early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrive at the relatively uninspiring village of Goult after a three hour drive. The aire has little shade but all the usual services. We park outside under the shade of a couple of huge oak trees and catch a recovery nap. There was once a time, not that many years ago when an aire like this would have been free with a couple of euros for electricity. This year we have discovered those days are gone. It\u2019s a \u2018Camper Card\u2019 site one of several we have stopped at this year. The standard cost is \u20ac13, there are several camper cars here already and another 10 will arrive before dark, so apparently people are happy to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For us Goult is convenient, it\u2019s within 10 kms of three of our beautiful villages and as it\u2019s fully serviced, we can run the AC if required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having finally worked out where the best afternoon shade will be, we move into the aire, unload the scooter and set Google Maps for M\u00e9nerbes. It\u2019s about 8 kms via the backroads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From our guide book the Most Beautiful Villages of France you\u2019ll find M\u00e9nerbes on page 114. Standing on a low ridge with the mountains of the Luberon as a backdrop, M\u00e9nerbes looks over the vineyards, cherry trees and lavender fields of Provence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just wandering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The I\u2019HoRolfe, a 16th century tower with a wrought iron campanile holding a bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Once again the views across Provence are special. Every now and then the scent of lavender rises on the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The \u00c9glise Saint-Luc, the original goes back to the 13th century but from reading the panel this is the 16th century version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The cemetery was locked, bloody grave robbers must be a problem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pam loves the Olis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Goal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What\u2019s left of the fortress dates to the 16th century<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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M\u00e9nerbes is done as best we can. It\u2019s an easy scooter ride back to the Hymer a drink and dinner. The Hymer has been in full shade for a few hours now and it\u2019s quite comfortable, but we flick the AC on for a couple of hours near bed-time to ensure a good night\u2019s sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 31st July 2023 Travelled: 150 kms from Le Po\u00ebt-Laval to Goult \u00a0 Visited: M\u00e9nerbes Stayed: Goult Aire CC, \u20ac13, N43.85860, E05.22810\u00a0\u00a0 Budget: 69 days @ \u20ac84 per day Pam has gone for a solo walk, I get stuck with packing up the Hymer after a three day hiatus in the campsite near Le Po\u00ebt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":33928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[72],"class_list":{"0":"post-33911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-french-villages","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33931,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33911\/revisions\/33931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}