Cycling tour in Drome and Provence around Mont Ventoux

Vaucluse, Drome & Mont Ventoux

Cycling tour in Drome and Provence around Mont Ventoux

Cycling holiday Provence. Cycling tour in Drome Provençale and Vaucluse around the Mont Ventoux: Vaison-la-Romaine, Buis-les-Baronnies, Aurel, Venasque with La Ligne Verte for a cycling vacation in Provence. Discover Provence cycling.

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Mont Ventoux, Northern side

6 - 11 days cycling toursstarting in Buis-les-Baronnies.
The Mont Ventoux in Vaucluse and the Drome department will be your companion all along your trip. This huge mountain hides splendid places. Provencal villages as well as beautiful nature. This cycling tour is of light, medium level or top level if you would choose to climb the Mont Ventoux.
Vaison la Romaine (60,000 Romans lived there 2000 years ago as you will see). Vaison has a medieval city and a famous market on Tuesday morning.
Buis-les-Baronnies is a very nice town in Dromedepartment North of the Mont Ventoux.

You see typical towns of Provence (Transalpina for the Latinists) with markets, churches and Roman remnants.

You be cycling through Côtes du Rhône Villages-vineyards all along your trip north of the Mont Ventoux. You will cycle the canyon of the Gorges de la Nesque at the Southern side of the Mont Ventoux. You'll visit Abbaye de Senanque and the famous resurging river at Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
(where Petrarca wrote his poems) in the 8- day trip.

In the 10 and 11 days trips you will bike to the Luberon and visit the Colorado Provençal, Apt and nice village as St. Saturnin-les-Apt and Roussillon.

Roman bridge at Vaison-la-Romaine

Level: This tours has medium and longer stages for every day. It is not a flat landscape so the stages are of medium (Moderate) level.
Starting days : any day of the week from april till november.
Starting place (same cycling tracks): Vaison-la-Romaine, Buis-les-Baronnies or Venasque (no bike rental).
In Buis-les-Baronnies you will stay in a *** hotel with pool 1000m from the center of the town.

The difference between the standard and the plus package are the hotels in Vaison-la-Romaine ** BnB versus *** with pool and half-board(demi pension) in the Medieval town and the size and comfort of the rooms in the other hotels.

In all hotels : Shower/bath en suite.

Lavender fields in Drôme Provençale

Bike rental.

Prices plus packages (** standard packages are available here)

Travelling to the Vaucluse.

If you travel from Marseille you can start the trip in Cavaillon.

It is only 1h30 minutes travelling by train from the Airport of Marseille via Vitrolles to Cavaillon.

See the .... same sun-drenched poppy fields and starry nights as Van Gogh.
Smell the .... sweet perfume of lavender as it rises from the endless fields.
Taste the .... magic of artisanal olive oil drizzled over Provençal tomatoes.
Touch the .... cool metal surface of the petanque ball before it is thrown.
Hear the .....sounds of an authentic French country market as it comes to life in Vaison-la-Romaine.

A summary of all our tours in Provence

Track details Plus packages B15cav

** Hotel in Aurel

** Hotel la Garance, pool
Bédoin

** Hotel
Vaison-la-Romaine.
BnB

** Hotel
Vaison-la-Romaine.
BnB