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With its many perfumes and flavors, Provence will make your visit an experience of multiple sensations and emotions. Flooded by a lot of sun the region has a rich historic heritage.

Gordes is classified as one of the most beautiful villages of France. Stroll down the cobbled alleys and enjoy the Provencal market every Tuesday morning.

The Council preserves its territory: the superb fortified castle in the heart of the village or the Cistercian Abbey of Senanque isolated in the garrigue of the Vaucluse plateau and surrounded by lavender fields.

Gordes has acquired a world reputation by inspiring numerous painters such as André Lhote, Victor Vasarel, Marc Chagall; Jean Deyrolle or Pol Mara.

Roussillon, also listed as one of the most beautiful villages of France is located in the heart of the largest ochre quarry in the world. It is renowned for offering magnificent sites of cliffs and various ochre quarries.

You can discover its unique natural heritage by walking the path of its ochres. And to understand how those minerals are used both in construction or decoration, visit the “Conservatoire of the ochres & applied pigments” displays in an old ochre factory.

Avignon, spiritual capital, political capital, economic and cultural capital holds an exceptional architectural and artistic heritage which still classifies it today as the greatest and the most beautiful gothic ensemble in Europe.

The Palace of the Popes (14th century) and the Pont St Benezet (12th century – the legendary Pont d’Avignon) are classified as Unesco World Heritage sites.

Avignon is equally famous for its large theatrical festival known throughout the world.

Where the Rhône and the Saône converge, beautiful cruises can take the tourist through diverse regions of France and can liaise in the heart of Provence and Camargue.

Avignon, the door to Provence, is also a prestigious cruisade between Avignon – Rome, the two capitals of Christianity.

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The Lavender road (July – august):
- Sault capital of the lavender, the village, built on a rocky spur at 765m altitude will let you appreciate calm and tranquility with a magnificent view of the near Mont Ventoux.

Nougat and honey are two delicacies from Sault.

Take time to stop in the villages of St Trinit, la Gabelle Montbrun-les-bains or Aurel where the lavender is omnipresent.

And to complete the sightseeing, visit the lavender Museum in Coustellet; discover the history of the distillation of the plant and be tempted to purchase products made with lavender.

Fontaine de Vaucluse is one of the most visited sites in the region. Its success comes essentially from the impressing source gushing forth from a 230m high cliff.

The name of the department “Vaucluse” draws its etymology from its geographical curiosity “Vallis Clausa”: Vallée Close: Vaucluse.

The picturesque site is in a deep valley dotted with caves and small valleys.

You will be able to leisurely wander along the river La Sorgue as well as enjoying kayaking for the more adventurous.

Markets of Lubéron
discover the Provence gourmet food at dawn. The villages have numerous markets where you will discover the rural flavor of the local gastronomy.

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Le Colorado de Rustrel spreads over 30 ha.

Vestige of a recent past, The Colorado landscapes have been sculpted according to the exploitation of the ochre quarries.

The ambiance created around the site is indeed fascinating.

It is a private site made of old ochre quarries offering multiple colors.

Guide touristique de la région environnante.