Ideas for Outings
What to do in Vaucluse? Here are our suggestions for exciting outings around the Villa,
Beautiful villages to visit, top sights and points of interest in Vaucluse... Follow the guide!
Villages to visit in Vaucluse
To delve further into discovering our cultural heritage, we encourage visiting the nearby charming Provencal villages.
Surrounding activities
- Jeanne Etcheberry « La Petite Vadrouille » : Guided tour in Provence
- La Fondation Blachère in Apt : Exposition and handicraft store
- Château d'Aulan in Drôme Provençale
- Galerie Turquin in Carpentras : artist's gallery
- Thermal baths in Montbrun-les-bains
- Spa Clos Saint Michel in Malaucène
- Thouzon caves in Le Thor
- Confiserie du MontVentoux in Carpentras : confectionner's shop and visit tour of sweets 'Berlingots' of Carpentras
- Abbaye de Valsaintes in Simiane la rotonde : see the most beautiful rose gardens in the area
- Garden train in Pernes-les-fontaines
- Walks trekking in Dentelles de Montmirail and Mont Ventoux : refer to the tourist office
- Via Venaissia: green road from Orange to Carpentras
- Le Mont Ventoux
- Thermal baths at Montbrun-les-bains with superb view of Mont Ventoux
- Spa Clos Saint Michel in Malaucène
- Walks in the Dentelles de Montmirail and Mont Ventoux: check with the tourist office
Seasonal outing ideas
January
February
March
April
January
- Truffles Mass in Richerenches
- Cheval Passion in Avignon
- Winter resort in Mont Ventoux
February
- Festival Les Hivernales in Avignon
- Winter resort in Mont Ventoux
March
- Les Rencontres du Sud : film festival in Avignon
- Festival Les escales voyageuses in Avignon
April
- Tulip celebration in Jonquières
- Plantes Rares & Jardin Naturel in Sérignan
- Saint Marc celebration in Châteauneuf du Pape
- Antique International Fair in l’Isle sur Sorgues
- Flowered Carnival in Nyons (Easter WE )
- Asparagus fair in Mormoiron
- Strawberry fair in Carpentras
May
June
July
August
May
- Escapade des gourmets in Rasteau
- Saint Gens Pilgrimage in Monteux
- Festival du rire in Cavaillon
June
- La traversée des dentelles trail in Gigondas
- Cyclosport race GF Mont Ventoux from Vaison la Romaine
- Cherry fair in Venasque et in Malemort du comtat
- Feu de la Saint Jean Recampado in Bédoin
July
- Lavander fair in Ferrassières
- Theater Festival of Avignon
- Les chorégies d’ Orange
- Vaison Danse
- Wine fair of Cairanne
- ig festival in Caromb
- Festival de la correspondance in Grignan
- les Nuits de l’Enclave
- La station d’été du Mont Ventoux
- semi-marathon du Mont Ventoux au départ de Bédoin
August
- Les Choralies in Vaison (every 3 years) next edition in 2025
- Salon du livre in Sablet
- La nuit du vin in Rasteau
- Lavander fair in Sault
- Fête de la Veraison in Châteauneuf du Pape
- Summer resort in Mont Ventoux
Sept
Oct
Nov
December
Sept
- Local heritage days in Pernes les fontaines (every 4 years) next edition in 2024
Oct
- Soup Festival
Nov
- Les journées gourmandes in Vaison
December
- Noëls insolites in Carpentras
- Brantes under the star
- Special day (ban) of truffles in Richerenches
Local markets: every morning, all year round
Monday
Bédoin, Cavaillon, Lauris
Tuesday
Beaumes de Venise, Vaison la Romaine, Caromb, Gordes
Wenesday
Entraigues sur la Sorgue, le Thor, Sault, Villes sur Auzon, Malaucène, Valréas
Thursday
Orange, Vacqueyras, Roussillon
Friday
Carpentras, Châteauneuf du Pape, Lourmarin, Sablet, Bollène
Saturday
Avignon, Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, Pernes les Fontaines, Apt
Sunday
Isle sur la Sorgue, Monteux, Sarrians
