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Lacoste

Lacoste is a small pretty village in the Petit Luberon region of Provence, between Menerbes and Bonnieux.

Park at the bottom of the village, then on foot follow the road up to the original gateway into Lacoste, La Porte de la Garde.

Passing through this old stone entrance takes you onto a narrow cobbled street that winds up through the village. There is little more to Lacoste than this one alley - but it is an exceptional one!

Perhaps more than any other of the Luberon villages Lacoste is unspoiled and not overly-renovated, and almost every building in the village catches your attention.

I have seldom seen such a very high number of beautiful small houses and buildings in one place, and a more authentic feeling that you are really wandering through a village as it was hundreds of years ago - a feature lost to some extent by the more popular of the villages.

In Gordes (a very popular village just north of here) you would be surprised to see a herd of goats led down the street towards you, but not in Lacoste!

One particularly noteworthy feature as you ascend through the village is the clock tower, which has an impressive ironwork campanile.

view from castle in Lacoste
view from Marquis de Sade castle above Lacoste

At the top of the village, as the track becomes more narrow, you reach the castle at the top of the hill. This castle has superb views to the north, and was once home to the Marquis de Sade - the 18th century writer who spent many years in prison for his deviant and corrupt writings promoting sexual deviance (hence the word sadism derives from his name).

A couple of curious statues 'interpreting' the Marquis stand next to the castle to mark this 'claim to fame' for Lacoste..

Lacoste, Provence: tourist information, map, travel plans and gites

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Places to visit - Lacoste

Explore places within about 70 kilometres on a map at Visit Lacoste.

Some of the closer places are listed below (distances from Lacoste are approximate and direct - as the crow flies. Only places listed on the france this way site are shown!)

- See also Lacoste (version Francais)

 

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