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Gordes for couples: sunset and golden hour by date
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Times are Gordes local time (Europe/Paris), worked out from the sun’s position for this place (the NOAA method), good to about a minute on a flat horizon. Golden hour is the last hour before sunset; blue hour runs from sunset to the end of civil twilight.
the exact stay, spot and hour: the plan
$9- 3 stays
- 4 shots at the hour
- 3 days
- 4 tables
free, before you go
Gordes catches the last sun on its stone while the whole valley goes quiet, and you find you don't need to talk.
In the reel: A couple stands embracing in a lavender field below the hilltop village of Gordes, seen from a stone terrace with a lantern-lit café table, as the sun sets behind the Luberon hills at golden hour.
The drawing joins two real places. The classic view of Gordes is from a roadside platform on the D15 about 1 km south-west of the village, across a wooded valley, and the famous lavender is 10 minutes away in front of Sénanque Abbey. From the platform you face north-north-east, so in lavender season the sun rises just to the right of the village and backlights it as drawn, then sets far to your left and side-lights the stone at golden hour (our own calculation). Plan it as two shots: the backlit village at dawn, and the lavender on its own.
When to go
Mid-June to mid-July for the lavender, most colour late June to early July; the Sénanque field is usually cut around mid-July. Best weekends: 25–27 Jun or 2–4 Jul 2027.
The hour: For the backlit frame, sunrise is 05:58 on 27 Jun 2027 (civil dawn from 05:22); golden hour runs 20:25–21:25, sunset 21:25, blue hour until 22:01 (our own calculation, flat horizon). The lavender is a 09:30 visit.
Avoid: Arriving after mid-July, when the lavender is gone. Sunday mornings at Sénanque, when it is closed. Loud voices around the abbey: monks still live there.
Gordes, month by month
The 15th of each month, local time.
| date | sunrise | golden hour | sunset | blue hour ends |
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| Oct 2026 | 07:53 | 17:55 | 18:55 | 19:24 |
| Nov 2026 | 07:33 | 16:13 | 17:13 | 17:44 |
| Dec 2026 | 08:06 | 16:02 | 17:02 | 17:35 |
| Jan 2027 | 08:10 | 16:26 | 17:26 | 17:58 |
| Feb 2027 | 07:38 | 17:08 | 18:08 | 18:38 |
| Mar 2027 | 06:52 | 17:44 | 18:44 | 19:13 |
| Apr 2027 | 06:56 | 19:22 | 20:22 | 20:52 |
| May 2027 | 06:13 | 19:57 | 20:57 | 21:31 |
| Jun 2027 | 05:56 | 20:23 | 21:23 | 21:59 |
| Jul 2027 | 06:10 | 20:19 | 21:19 | 21:54 |
| Aug 2027 | 06:42 | 19:43 | 20:43 | 21:15 |
| Sep 2027 | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:50 | 20:19 |
the hour, every week
the weekly note: one place and its hour, one story, one tip. a tap in the first mail confirms it.