Holiday homes in Goult

Goult sits in the Luberon between Gordes, Roussillon and Ménerbes, and is known as the hidden village. It takes its name from the Agoult family, the most powerful in the region in the Middle Ages. You wander through lanes with vaulted passages, arcades, old doors and handsome houses of stone and ochre. At the heart of the village stands the Romanesque church of Saint-Sébastien, built from the 11th century and listed as a historic monument. At the very top rises the Moulin de Jérusalem, a windmill restored by the commune, with wide views. A quarter of an hour's walk away, the Conservatoire des terrasses shows how farmers once built restanques, dry-stone terraces, with bories, low walls, steps and cisterns. In the hamlet of Lumières, the sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Lumières is a place of pilgrimage. On Thursday mornings the market fills the Place de la Libération with fresh produce from Luberon farmers, a fine way to taste the region.