TOURS OF THE AREA

Circuit n°3 : Cliff-top villages of the Monts de Vaucluse (63 Km, 39 miles)

Apt - les Beaumettes : 17 km (10 miles) - (N100 to Avignon)
SIGHTSEEING: Beaumettes means "little caves". Visit the cave dwellings and the Maison de la Céramique en Luberon (sale and exhibitions of ceramics).

Les Beaumettes - Cabrières : 6 km (3.7 miles) - (D103 then D207), Lagnes and Fontaine de Vaucluse
SIGHTSEEING: 1720 plague wall (partly restored), built to protect Comtat de Provence and Comtat Venaissain from the plague. The cedar forest is ideal for a family day out.

Cabrières - Gordes : 6 km (3.7 miles)
SIGHTSEEING: one of the most beautiful villages in France, notable for its dry-stone features. The famous "borie village", the 12th-century Abbaye de Sénanque, one of three Cistercian sister abbeys in Provence.

Gordes - Murs : 8.5 km (5.3 miles) - (D15, junction for Murs), Abbaye de Sénanque (D177)
SIGHTSEEING: Château and Chapel of Notre-Dame du Salut, a beautiful cliff-top village.

Murs - Lioux : 8 km (5 miles)
SIGHTSEEING: The spectacular cliff, known as the falaise de la Madeleine; château and church of St-Romain. The châteaux of Javon and St-Lambert are nearby.

Lioux - Gargas : 12 km (7.5 miles) - (towards Font Jouvale, la Tuilière, les Cordiers, D101)
SIGHTSEEING: One the way you can visit the last ochre quarry, the sedimentation tanks, and the exhibition on ochre.

Gargas - Apt : 5 km - (3miles) - (D101 then N100).