Our Excursions
Our addresses to discover Provence
25 {1991-2016} Lavender Museum
Since 1991, the Lavender Museum Coustellet welcomes you to the heart of the Luberon Regional Nature Park. We created to welcome you in the best conditions, a place entirely dedicated to lavender, to make you understand the stakes of this culture, its history, its virtues, qualities, its future.We offer an immersion into the world of Fine Lavender, an unexpected visit, lively, informative and fun: Movies, unique collections, entertainment ...
Route Gordes, Coustellet, 84220 Cabrieres d'Avignon
A Heritage, an adventure in the making ...
SPLASHWORLD PROVENCE
SPLASHWORLD® PROVENCE is THE gift to make! Dive into a tropical universe and share new experiences!SPLASHWORLD® PROVENCE
800 Allée de Beaulieu
84170 Monteux
France
Tel. : 04 88 84 72 17
Email: info@splashworld.net
Unforgettable adventures with family or friends in a unique landscape at the foot of Mont Ventoux, 15 minutes from Avignon.
The unavoidable Palace of the Popes
Avignon has a great urban landscape overlooking the city and the Rhône, the Rocher des Doms presents an exceptional set of monuments of Pont St. Benezet, the Ramparts, the Petit Palais, the Cathedral des Doms and impressive walls flanked by four mighty towers the Palais des Papes. This architectural group is classified by UNESCO "World Heritage Site".The monument also offers the visitor continuous cultural activities throughout the year. thematic and educational exhibitions, themed tours, concerts are organized.
During the summer season, in general, a large art exhibition occupies the Grand Chapel, ("The Papesses" in 2013, Miquel Barcelo in 2010, "Beauty" in 2000, etc ...) while the Festival performances Avignon, created by Jean Vilar in 1947, take place in July in the courtyard of the Palais.
The Papal Palace welcomes 600,000 visitors a year. He is one of the 10 most visited monuments in France.
Canoe Escape, the pleasure of discovering the Sorgue otherwise!
The descent of the Sorgue in canoe is between Fontaine de Vaucluse and Isle sur la Sorgue (84). Accessible to everyone from 3 years, you will spend a relaxing time with family or friends. After about 2 hours down, return to the base is done by bus.
Reservation only by phone 04 90 38 26 22
Mont Ventoux, field of family activities
In any season, the north slope of Mont Ventoux comes alive for young and old, to Mont Serein station, where you can ski, surfing is done and snowshoeing in the winter, where one indulges in deval'kart, the rides, pony trekking, skiing on grass, trampoline on sunny days! On the south side, the Chalet Reynard offers 6 ski slopes in winter and a downhill mountain biking in summer.
Do not miss the Mont Ventoux, a paradise for cyclists
Mythical Col outside category Mont Ventoux attracts amateur and professional cyclists since the invention of the bicycle! Glorious or sad, beautiful pages of history of the Tour de France have been written on his shoes; each year thousands of cyclists from around the world and even defy the climb several times in one day!
Mont Ventoux, a giant which rises to 1912m
Mont Ventoux watches over a region have written beautiful pages in the history of cycling, where the landscape is lavender, where the vine matures immune to this bald sentinel. Mont Ventoux dominates the Provence Giant of Provence looking towards the Alps to the north and the Mediterranean south. It is a land bathed vineyards, orchards, lavender, where people like to settle down for the holidays ... or forever! It's also a sportsman's paradise with the personal and physical challenge of climbing bike or hiking; in winter it is mountain resort where we practice skiing and snowshoeing. Mont Ventoux is also a land of flavors of truffles, cherry Mont de Venasque, strawberries from Carpentras ...
L'Isle sur la Sorgue
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue tient son nom de la Sorgue qui prend sa source quelques kilomètres en amont à Celle-ci se divise en de multiples canaux (voir Histoire), qui font alors apparaître la ville comme un groupement d'îles. Certains l'ont surnommé Venise Comtadine (par référence au Comtat Venaissin, dont L'Isle faisait partie).