Lussan

A visit to the pretty hilltop village of Lussan, reputed to be one of the most beautiful villages in France. We had heard there was a market on this morning, but by the time that we had discovered that it was taking place beneath the village in a field below, it was almost over. Instead, we sat in a lovely, shaded (most welcome in the 33oC heat!) garden cafe and enjoyed a cold refreshment. 

'Lussan is a French commune located in the northeast of the Gard department , in the Occitanie region . Perched on a rocky peak overlooking the scrubland , the village was added to the list of the Most Beautiful Villages of France on September 24, 2016. It has thus joined the 154 other municipalities benefiting from this label, in particular the three other Gard municipalities which are Aiguèze (2005), La Roque-sur-Cèze (2007) and Montclus (2012).'