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Villages · Vaucluse
Gordes
This village perched on a promontory seems to stand guard over the Apt valley and the Cavaillon plain.
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Lavender fields, hilltop villages, red ochres and turquoise calanques: Provence concentrates some of the most famous landscapes in France. It also charms with its heritage, from the Palais des Papes in Avignon to Les Baux-de-Provence.
This selection takes in the Luberon and its villages, the Valensole plateau, the Verdon gorges, Mont Ventoux and the coast, all the way to the calanques of Cassis. Early summer, for the lavender, and autumn are the most beautiful seasons.
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Castles · Vaucluse
Abbaye de Sénanque
Notre-Dame de Sénanque is a working Cistercian monastery in the commune of Gordes (Vaucluse), in the valley where the Sénancole flows.
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Villages · Vaucluse
Roussillon
This village is world-famous for the 18 shades of red ochre of its Fairies' valley and the tormented relief of its old quarries, cliffs that erosion and the mistral continue to gully.
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Natural wonders · Vaucluse
Colorado Provençal
Former open-air ochre quarries, worked until 1992, forming a landscape of blazing colours reminiscent of American canyons.
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Natural wonders · Vaucluse
Fontaine de Vaucluse
The emerald-green spring is ranked among the most important emergences in the world.
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Villages · Vaucluse
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Nicknamed "the Venice of the Comtat", L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is one of the most attractive towns of the PACA region because of the exceptional character of its living environment.
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Towns & cities · Vaucluse
Avignon
The former city of the popes, ringed by ramparts, on the banks of the Rhône facing the famous Saint-Bénézet bridge.
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Natural wonders · Vaucluse
Mont ventoux
How to describe a giant? From 350 m to 1,912 m altitude, how to describe its diversity?
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Villages · Bouches-du-Rhône
Les Baux-de-Provence
Between a dizzying precipice and the impressive ruins of its long-impregnable fortress, the most visited village in France sits on a rocky spur of the Alpilles, between the Vallon de la Fontaine and the Val d'Enfer.
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Towns & cities · Bouches-du-Rhône
Aix-en-Provence
Former capital of Provence shaded by plane trees, Aix-en-Provence strings out its fountains and mansions along the Cours Mirabeau, birthplace of Cézanne.
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Natural wonders · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Plateau de Valensole
A huge farming plateau covered with lavender fields as far as the eye can see; in July Valensole offers one of the most photographed landscapes of Provence.
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Villages · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie
Clinging to the foot of cliffs, in the hollow of a fault where a torrent flows and olive trees have grown, with fields of lavender, lavandin, thyme and cork oaks on the horizon, this village at the edge of the Verdon gorges and near the artificial Lake Sainte-Croix is one of the wonders of Provence.
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Waterfalls · Var
Canyon du verdon
A famous canyon with limestone walls. Above all see: the Point Sublime (400 m high), the Barre de l'Escalès (cliff), the Baume aux Bœufs tunnel cave, the St-Maurin waterfalls...
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Lakes · Var
Le Lac de Sainte Croix du Verdon
Lac de Sainte-Croix is the largest of the Verdon lakes.
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Natural wonders · Bouches-du-Rhône
Les calanques de Cassis
The Calanques massif, at the gates of Marseille, offers a postcard landscape.
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