Location: Malaucene in France
Nearest Airport:
Nimes at 85
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Nearest Train:
Avignon at 40
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Nearest Motorway:
A7 at 35
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Car: recommended
The area is renowned for its varied landscapes, distinctive cuisine, famous wines, ancient traditions and fragrant lavender. Until mid-summer the plateaux and hills of Provence are carpeted with fields of sweetly aromatic, purple lavender flowers, stretching to the horizon where mauve fields meets blue sky. Mont Ventoux is the highest mountain in the region attracting many walkers and cyclists. Around the foothills of Mont Ventoux are many fascinating villages and the breathtaking Gorge de la Nesque, one of the biggest canyons in the world. Wine areas of the Cotes du Rhones region within easy reach include Gigondas, Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Rasteau.