Sightseeing tour for the highlights of Provence
Full day tour from Avignon and surrounding neighbourhood.
Departure : 9.00 AM.
Return : 6.30 PM
Price : 90 Euros per person
Cathedrale d’Images, Visit of Saint Paul de Mausolée and Lavender Museum not included
Your visit is relax because you have 45 minutes for visiting each place, with an extra in Saint Rémy de Provence, a stop of 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Itinerary :
The Pont du Gard is located in the heart of a
beautiful region, is one of the very special
highlights.
This engineering feat, built by the Romans in the 1st century BC, was part of a 50-meter long aqueduct which carried waters from Uzès to Nîmes.
Les Baux de Provence
The road up to Les Baux from the southeast passes trough olive groves and vineyards.
And after…the sightseeing is amazing.
There are incredible rock formations in this part of the Alpilles, with the road seemingly cut through thre solid rock with single strokes of some giant’s knife. The village area is a stone and cobblestone medieval village.
Cathedrale d’images invites you to its new show on
Australia, beginning February 24th, 2010.
Saint Rémy de Provence.
You can visit the Saint Paul de Mausole monastery, which became an asylum in the 19th century. Van Gogh took refuge here in 1889/18890 just before killing himself.
Or just a stroll in this charming town.
Free Time in Saint Rémy de Provence, 1 hour 30 minutes.
Stop in sunflowers fields during the season, if we find it on the way, from 1st of July to july 31th.
Roussillon
Situated in the Luberon, at the foot of the Monts de Vaucluse, the village of Roussillon is surrounded by beautiful countryside. It is considered one of the most impressive villages in France. Situated in the heart of one of the biggest ocher deposits in the world, Roussillon is famous for its magnificent red cliffs and ocher quarries.
The red, yellow and brown shades of the earth form a striking contrast with the lush green pinetrees. The vivid blue of the Provençal sky and the exceptional quality of light make this a magical site.
Gordes
The stone homes are built along the hillside and winding around the château which crowns the village. Standing on the edge of the plateau of Vaucluse,
Gordes is one of the "in" villages of Luberon where many movies stars and artists have made their home. Its houses of white and gray stone rise up in a spiral around the rock where the village is set. At the very top is the church and the castle which face out onto the hills of the Luberon
Abbey of Senanque, lavender fields of Abbey are blooming from June 15th to July 31th.
Visit of the Lavender Museum, discover the whole history of lavender with the aid of an audioguide,from July 1 to August 25, you can watch the work of reaping and distillation : reaping with sickles and traditional distillation in a copper still dating from 1900.
