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 :

  • hotêl Orange, vue Lubéron
  • 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

  • hotêl Orange, la Camargue
  • 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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