Vaucluse offers hilltop villages, abbeys, markets, landscapes of ochre and vines, and the silhouette of Mont Ventoux. The Luberon and its surroundings concentrate many sites a short distance from each other.
This itinerary groups the best-rated sites in the catalogue into three days. In summer, start early: the best-known villages are very busy in the middle of the day.
The map shows the numbered stops in visiting order, with one colour per day. The line follows the roads where available; otherwise it joins the stops as the crow flies. Distances and times are approximate (by car, without traffic).
This day brings together 3 sites close to each other: villages and natural wonders. Allow half an hour to an hour and a half per site, plus travel time.
Driving for the day: about 28.2 km, or 42 min behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
Foremost among Séguret's charms shine the Clock Tower topped by a caged bell, the fine Reynier gate, the fifteenth-century belfry, the twelfth- and thirteenth-century Romanesque church of Saint-Denis, the chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Grâces and the seventeenth-century Mascarons fountain, in Baroque style.
View full page →↓ 9.9 km · about 15 min by car to the next stop
Between the Rhône valley and Mont Ventoux, Vaison is very close to the Dentelles de Montmirail, in hill country scented with vines and olive trees.
View full page →↓ 18.3 km · about 27 min by car to the next stop
The Toulourenc gorges offer a short family walk with your feet in the water. This small river, fed by Mont Ventoux, flows for 30 km in a narrow valley.
View full page →This day brings together 3 sites close to each other: monuments, castles and caves. Allow half an hour to an hour and a half per site, plus travel time.
Driving for the day: about 58.0 km, or 1 h 02 behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
Located in Provence, the Ancient Theatre of Orange is the best-preserved Roman theatre in the West, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
View full page →↓ 32.9 km · about 32 min by car to the next stop
The Palace of the Popes is the symbol of the Church's influence over Christian Europe in the fourteenth century.
View full page →↓ 25.1 km · about 30 min by car to the next stop
The Thouzon cave was discovered on 23 January 1902. It is the only natural cavern developed for tourism in the Vaucluse département.
View full page →This day brings together 6 sites close to each other: natural wonders, villages and museums. It passes through Rustrel. Allow half an hour to an hour and a half per site, plus travel time.
Driving for the day: about 114.0 km, or 2 h 30 behind the wheel in total (excluding visits).
The emerald-green spring is ranked among the most important emergences in the world.
View full page →↓ 27.7 km · about 41 min by car to the next stop
The Bruoux ochre mines are in the commune of Gargas.
View full page →↓ 16.5 km · about 21 min by car to the next stop
Former open-air ochre quarries, worked until 1992, forming a landscape of blazing colours reminiscent of American canyons.
View full page →↓ 30.5 km · about 37 min by car to the next stop
It was in the sixteenth century that the inhabitants of the Protestant village were massacred by Maynier d'Oppède.
View full page →↓ 10.9 km · about 16 min by car to the next stop
In the Middle Ages, Ansouis occupied an ideal position to control the road between Aix-en-Provence and Apt.
View full page →↓ 28.4 km · about 35 min by car to the next stop
Near Cavaillon, in the commune of Cheval-Blanc, at the place called "La Tuillère", the Régalon Gorges open.
View full page →Spring and early autumn are ideal for villages, vineyards and hikes. In summer it is hot and the best-known villages are very busy, especially in the middle of the day. The mistral can blow hard at certain times of year, which changes the mood of the landscape.
A car is the most practical way to travel between the villages, which are close to each other. Roads are narrow near the hilltop villages, and parking can be difficult in high season. Bikes are a good alternative for short rides, outside the hottest hours.
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.
The delightful village stands on a rocky spur overlooking the Carpentras plain.
The gorges road is magnificent; it links Sault to Villes-sur-Auzon. It is little used by cars because the shortest road to join these two villages goes via the Col des Abeilles.
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.
This village perched on a promontory seems to stand guard over the Apt valley and the Cavaillon plain.
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