The little town was rather cute and in Place du Marche the houses were built over this vaulted arcade which is different from any I've ever seen before.
From the outside they had these buttresses, which have been added at a later date. I read that adding another floor to the buildings necessitated reinforcing the arcades below. I don't know which floor/s they meant though! All the upper floors, or just some of them?
Up the other end from the above photo, the houses became very colourful. I love buildings painted in different colours like this. The following day the weekly market was held, with the food section here and all the way up a narrow street leading off from it, whereas the non food section was held in a car park nearby. It was a huge market for a small town and really good. I got a new handbag.... 😀
We encountered this cute ginger cat on our wanders. It reminds me of Harry, only a slimmer version!
A building next to the church, Notre Dame de Nazareth.
Notre Dame de Nazareth.
This is a building with cloister from the 16th century, Le Cloitre des Dominicains, which has been converted to appartments for holiday rent. There were paintings for sale on display in the cloisters, but they were really expensive.
I loved the courtyard and the beautiful olive tree.
The map below shows our first few places visited. I have left the map large like this so you have an idea of where we were in relation to Marseille, the Camargue, Avignon et al, if you know southern France at all that is!
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