Parcours n°5 - Ménerbes

Between Luberon and Monts de Vaucluse, here is a bike circuit that takes you between the hilltop villages and the agricultural plains bordering the Calavon.

mis à jour le 03/05/2019 par Velo Loisir Provence

47.2 km to go

Duration : 3h50

706 m

Max. altitude : 504 m

Recommended period(s)

Spring | Autumn | Summer | Winter |

Type(s) of land

Hard coating (tar, cement, flooring) |

Municipality(ies) crossed

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From one bank to the other of the Calavon, this cycling tour allows you to discover the villages perched between Luberon and Monts de Vaucluse.

It is a bike route in the permanent footsteps of an agrarian civilization that has been able to value and tame the stone (bories, terraces, walls).

Not to be missed:

Menerbes: the square of the Town Hall with its belfry and the former hospice (House of Truffle and Wine). 14th century church with altarpiece. Wide panorama from the old cemetery.

Goult: Romanesque church of San Sebastián, the castrum of the upper village, the Conservatory of the terraces of culture (walking route). The Priory Notre-Dame-de-Lumière (against the bottom of the village).

Walls: traditional habitat and shaded plots, suitable for breaks.

Joucas: picturesque village, caladées alleys, contemporary art exhibition.

Saint-Pantaleon: Romanesque chapel (12th century) surrounded by tombs dug in the rock, the village.

Les Beaumettes: many cave dwellings restored and inhabited.