Lourmarin: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 111 - 240 Le Moulin de Lourmarin
 Le Moulin hotel lies in the village of Lourmarin, at the foot of the Luberon Massif in Provence. It offers elegant accommodation with free Wi-Fi inte… MoreEUR 100 - 220 Hotel Bastide de Lourmarin
 Set in a garden 200 metres from the village centre, the stylish Hotel Bastide de Lourmarin offers an infinity swimming pool, a sauna, and elegant acco… MoreEUR 65 - 150 Hostellerie Le Paradou
 Decorated in a contemporary Thai style, this hotel set in an old French bastide welcomes you in a wide park with high trees, river and natural pool wi… MoreEUR 100 - 320 Auberge La Fenière
 Auberge La Fenière is situated between the charming Mediterranean villages of Loumarin and Cadenet. It offers cooking courses and a well being centre… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lourmarin: Guide
Lourmarin is a town and commune in France|commune of the Vaucluse département in France|département, in southern France.
Geography
Lourmarin is located at the foot of the Provençal word for "water", coming from Latin aqua).
History
Lourmarin has been settled for at least a thousand years, and was probably a Neolithic campsite before that.
Sights
Extremely picturesque, the village is a magnet for tourists. Prominent sites are the village itself, the pretty Renaissance castle, the Catholic and Prostestant churches and the view from the village of the Proches Bastides, a large fortified farmhouse dating to the Middle Ages. From the village itself it is 20 minute drive down to the Durance River and then about 40 minutes on to Aix-en-Provence.
Miscellaneous
Lourmarin was the birthplace of Philippe de Girard (1775-1845), an engineer and inventor of the linen spinning mill, as well as the name-sake for the town of Żyrardów in Poland (a toponym derived of the Polish language|polonised spelling of Girard's name).
The writers Henri Bosco (1888-1976) and Albert Camus (1913-1960) both lived there and are buried in the local cemetery.
Another famous writer, British expatriate Peter Mayle today lives in Lourmarin. One of his books giving the chronicle of a British expatriate who settled in the village of Ménerbes, was made into a film A Good Year (2006) directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, which was filmed nearby in the same region. As a result, in the last decades Luberon and its towns and villages like Lourmarin and Ménerbes, which probably were the lesser known parts in Provence, including in France, became known in the English-speaking world.
Lourmarin is twinned with Żyrardów, Poland.
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