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Once your tent is pitched or your caravan parked, you are free to discover the rich landscape of this marvellous region.
The Mont-Ventoux, the Olympus of southern France, cannot escape you, all the way to Avignon and sometimes as far as the sea, with its white dome it dominates a landscape of villages, vineyards ans olive orchards. Malaucene, a small medieval town, is the departure point for walking and equestrian excursions.
Friday morning, market day, you can wander the streets of Carpentras, "city of art and history", former capital of the Comtat Venaissin, with its rich, fertile plains, abundant with fruit and vegatables. Despite the intense heat of summer, water is ever present, mastered by man is the form of the mountains, canals and acqueducts of Pernes les Fontaines and Isle sur la Sorgue, or gushing in its natural state, as at Fontaine de Vaucluse.
In the Rhone Valley, dotted with fortified castles, the Dentelles de Montmirail pierce the sky with its teeth-like ridge. The Mediterranean forest covers this mountain, grapevines and olive trees carpet the slopes.
Walks leaving from Bedoin, Carpentras and Malaucene. In July and August, guided nighttime walks
within 15 min. A renowed mountain climbing site, there are also many hikes to do
The celebrated market every Fridays morning, covering the whole town. More than 400 stalls. Truffle market from November to March. To see : the old hospital, the cathedral Saint-Siffrein, the synagogue, the chapel of the Jesult college, the city walls...
Its famous bridge, the Popes' Palace, the theater festival in July,...
Classed as one of the most beautiful villages in France, you will find woven among the medieval streets its chateau, museum and abbey. Just a few hundred meters from the town, the Bories, a village of small stone shepherds' huts.