Location: Sablet in France
Nearest Airport:
Nime at 85
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Nearest Train:
Avignon at 39
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Car: necessary
Sablet is a small village (pop 1,300) located at the base of the jagged Dentelles de Montmirail west of Mont Ventoux in Vaucluse region of Provence France.
In Sablet, you will find charming and picturesque shaded streets adorned with flowers, passageways with exposed beams, fountains and stone village houses lined along the narrow streets which curl up in concentric circles to the Romanesque church of St. Nazaire (12th century).
Sablet is known for its production of Cotes du Rhone Village wine. The vineyards which surround the village were first cultivated by the Counts of Toulouse whom the area then belonged. During the 14th century, the vineyards became papal possessions when the papacy moved to Avignon.
Sablet is also famous for its book fair 'Journee du Livre de Sablet' celebrated in the centre of the village the 3rd weekend of every July. Well known authors and literary enthusiasts from all over come to the village for book readings and signings.