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Activities

 

Many festivals and animations in villages and cities of Luberon :

Ménerbes

 

Authentic village was hung on its rocky pinnacle, Ménerbes is to be discovered all year round as made formerly by Pablo Picasso and Nicolas de Staël

It will reveal you its charms along its alleys its heritage, its picture galleries, its restaurants

To visit theJane Eakin House: Exhibition of the paintings of the artist, video on her life and her work

Some more information on www.menerbes.fr.

To discover arround

 

Local products

 

The Wines

Luberon has three AOC (PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN) proposed in numerous vineyards:

  • Luberon
  • Ventoux
  • Pierrevert

The Markets

Find the melon of Cavaillon, the olives and its oil, the cherry, the goat cheese, the honey in the beautiful markets:

Near the country of Sault and its fields of lavender, cheese, nougat and spelt

 

To attract you: a salad, cherry tomatoes, balls of melon, the soft goat cheese in small pieces. The whole strewed with thyme and with rosemary and watered a dash of olive oil. A glass of very fresh rosé in the hand. It is a really delicious! And the tapenade or the anchovy paste to be tasted

For the sportsmen

 

Hiking

7 hiking trails (GR) cross Luberon, and we do not count any more the kilometers of paths of countries and small hiking trails(PR)

cycle-touring ride

Cycle road of Calavon -> 37 km of road dedicated to the cyclists http://www.provence-a-velo.fr

  • Level: family. Completely marked out and securized
  • Car Park: former stations of Apt, Bonnieux, Pont Julien

Climbing sites of Luberon

Multiple sites accessible to the beginners as to the experimented climbers :

  • Cavaillon (with a new via ferrata)
  • Buoux
  • Gorges of Oppedette
  • Oppède le Vieux
  • Alentours d’Apt
  • Rock of Bees
  • Fétide Beach
  • Fontaine de Vaucluse

Unusual

 

From Roussillon, you can discover Luberon flighing in an hot air ballon.

Lien : http://www.montgolfiere-luberon.com/