Pernes-les-Fontaines
Pernes-les-Fontaines is a regular stop for our travels in Provence. The town has retained a substantial part of its original fortifications including the impressive entrance gates into the historic town. Enjoy your walk through the gates as you enter the town. The three gateways are: Porte Notre-Dame, entered by a bridge across the Nesque River (the most umpressive of the three), the Porte Villeneuve and the Porte Saint-Gilles.
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1. The Porte Villeneuve is an impressive gate through the walls.
2. Once through the walls, explore the pleasant streets through the historical centre.
3 Through the walls via the Porte Saint-Gilles.
4 Always good the fine a patisserie when you arrive!
5. One of the many fountains in the town.
6. Great scenes with colour.
7. Out side the the early spring a number of the fountains remain, buy are dry.
8. But whether with water or no, enjoy finding as many fountains as you can.
9. The Porte Notre Dame is the most impressive of the gates.
