What to do with your family during the Ascension weekend in Luberon ?
The Ascension weekend is approaching! You lack of ideas ? Discover what Destination Luberon has concocted for you for this long weekend.
The Ascension weekend is approaching! You lack of ideas ? Discover what Destination Luberon has concocted for you for this long weekend.
Take the high road and head to St. James Hill: by foot or by car, it's up to you! A few minutes from the city center, you will reach a natural area that is worth the effort... Forest of Aleppo pines, low scrubland and holm oaks, olive groves and omnipresent flora will transport you throughout your discovery. Then, an exceptional panorama on the city of Cavaillon will await you...
It will be time to go back down to the city: time to eat out with the family! Discover the restaurants of Cavaillon.
After lunch, stroll through the streets of Cavaillon, discover the Cathedral of Saint-Véran, the Roman Arch, the Synagogue (book your guided tour) and for the most courageous, go on the Via Ferrata to have fun with your family!
Leave early and enjoy Lourmarin, one of the most beautiful villages in France and its Friday morning market. You will appreciate this Provencal atmosphere where colors and scents will be present! Think about your picnic and let yourself be tempted by the many local products of Provence...
After having strolled on the market, go to discover the village and let you carry by its animated lanes where it is good to live. Don't miss the inevitable the Castle of Lourmarin, the temple, the fountain with the 3 masks, the house of Philippe Girard, the parish church of Saint-André and Saint-Trophime and the house of the Gibassier, a local specialty (...).
Take a break! It's time for a picnic... Treat your taste buds and taste the good products of the market of Lourmarin.
Mérindol is a symbolic village on the historical route of the Vaudois. It is still the guardian of a memory that marked Provence and more particularly the Luberon in the 16th century: the history of the Vaudois.
Discover this village full of history and then go to the ornithological observatory for a nice family walk. Between the scrubland and the banks of the Durance, you will be able to admire various species of aquatic birds... Enjoy this moment and don't forget your binoculars!
Do you know the village of Cabrières-d'Avignon ? Built in the heart of the dry stone country, this picturesque village with its authentic character will only amaze you... Calm and relaxing, you will appreciate to get lost in its alleys... before going for a walk in its forest of majestic cedars ! THE PLACE TO BE with your family, not to be missed!
If you feel like hiking, you can walk along the wall of the plague: follow the dry stone wall built to fight against the spread of the plague in 1720-1722.
If you don't want to hike, go to the charming village of Lagnes for new discoveries!
It's time to discover the old village of Maubec! Don't miss its belfry and the noria.
After your visit, please your children and make them dream : take them for a donkey ride with the "Oreilles du Luberon"... an experience they will not forget !
After your half day, go to Oppède-le-Vieux. There is no doubt that this is THE village to discover to end this weekend in beauty.
Go to the threshing floor of the Sainte-Cécile garden where you can have a picnic and admire the view on the village of Oppède-le-Vieux. A moment out of time. Go there, you will understand !
After your picnic, stroll through the narrow streets and climb up to the collegiate church of Notre-Dame D'alidon where, once again, you will be overwhelmed by the view...
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