Leisure & culture in Provence
- Proposals of discovery tours of the Arts and Traditions of Provence and delicacies of its soil :
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Provence markets
- Monday : Bollène, Cadenet, Cavaillon.
- Tuesday : Vaison La Romaine, La tour D'Aigues, Piolenc, Gordes, Mondragon.
- Wednesday : Malaucène, Sault, Violés et Valréas.
- Thursday : Orange
- Friday : : Carpentras, Châteauneuf du Pape, Lourmarin, Pertuis et Visan.
- Saturday : Apt, Mornas, Pernes Les Fontaines, Ste Cécile Les Vignes, Uzès et Richerenches.
- Sunday : L'Isle sur La Sorgue, Sorgues, Monteux.
Salted delicacies :

- The olive : the olive oil is always associated with the South cooking. A lot of mills are still working in Vaucluse. Taste the tapenades of Provence.
- The Truffe : Le Vaucluse est le premier département producteur de France, le saviez-vous ?
- you should know that the Vaucluse is the top producing department of France.You can go every morning from mid-November to mid-March to Valreas, Carpentras and Richerenches markets. Restaurants addresses are at your disposal.
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- The garlic : No Provence cooking without garlic! The capital of garlic is Piolenc, not far from Orange. Festival held on the last week-end of August.
Sweets
- The Humbugs (berlingots) of Carpentras, the nougats of Sault, the candied fruits of Apt: all the year a world of sweeties to be discovered and as many treasures for festive meals.
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Lavender
- The lavender, other symbol of the Provence. Another way for discovering Provence, the small villages, beautiful lanscapes. The country of Sault: flowering from July to August 15, the Southern Drôme.
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Côte du Rhône wines

- At the door of Provence, Orange is also located at the heart of the Côte du Rhône vineyards.
- Well-known names of villages: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, Rasteau, Séguret.
- The house of wines of Côte du Rhône allows the discovery tours of wines (see partners sites).
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All year long events
- January : festival of the truffle in Carpentras and Richerenches
- February : the danse hibernals in Avignon
- March : carnivals in villages
- April : Flea market in Isles sur la Sorgue
- May : feast of Drac (dragon) in Mondragon
- June : Saint-Jean night in Vallréas and anywhere else, Apt Corso
- July : the wine feast in Violès
- August : ripening feast in Châteauneuf du Pape, lavender feast in Sault
- September : vintage feast in Sainte Cécile les Vignes, SaintéGilles feast in Cavaillon
- October : the day of the taste in Riverenches
- November : Autumn market in Bollène
- December : great Christmas market at the house of the principality in Orange, Santons exhibition in Séguret and a lot of cribs in Provence villages. Feast of the truffle in Ménerbes
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- And so many other events …
Festivals

- Enriched with ancient monuments and endowed with an exceptional climate, the Vaucluse department is all summer the ground of festivals.
- Orange Choregies (lyric festival, opera)
- Choralies of Vaison la Romaine (choruses)
- Polymusicals of Bollène
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