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 Drôme & Mont Ventoux
B15-plus

Cycling tour in Drôme and Provence around Mont Ventoux

Active or Sporty tour


  • Plus **/*** packages.
  • Start in Buis-les-Baronnies or Cavaillon (If you need bike rental).
  • 6 - 9 days cycling tours in Provence around the Mont Ventoux (Luberon and Vaucluse).

    Packages Stages Prices

  • Optional:  extra nights in any of the hotels of the package for a restday or an extra cycling day.
  • Self guided cycling hotel-tour with baggage transfer.
  • You can start this tour any day of the week between March 15th and October 31th.
  • Bags transfers included.
  • Not included: Lunches. Price of lunches (take away picknicks) : 8 - 12 EURO.
  • Not included in basic rate: Bike rental.
  • Important group discounts for parties of  3 persons to 8 persons.

Cycling holiday tour in Drome Provençale and Vaucluse around the Mont Ventoux: Vaison-la-Romaine, Buis-les-Baronnies, Aurel, Venasque.

Click here for pictures of this Mont Ventoux cycling tour Mont Ventoux, Northern side

6 - 9 days cycling tours starting in Buis-les-Baronnies.
The Mont Ventoux in Vaucluse and the Drome department will be your campanion all along your trip. This huge mountain hides splendid places. Provencal villages as well as beautiful nature. This cycling tour is of light, medium level or top level if you would choose to climb the Mont Ventoux.

Vaison la Romaine (60,000 Romans lived there 2000 years ago as you will see). Vaison has a medieval old city and famous market on tuesday morning.
Buis-les-Baronnies is a very nice town in Drôme department North of the Mont Ventoux.

You see typical towns of Provence (Transalpina for the Latinists) with their markets, churches and Roman remnants.

You be cycling through Côte du Rhône Villages-vineyards all along your trip north of the Mont Ventoux. You will cycle the canyon of the Gorges de la Nesque at the Southern side of the Mont Ventoux. You'll visit Abbaye de Senanque and the famous surging river Fontaine de Vaucluse (where Petrarca wrote his poems) in the 8- day trip.

In the 8 and 9 days trips you will bike to the Luberon and visit the Colorado Provençal, Apt and nice village as St. Saturnin-lès-Apt and Roussillon.

Roman bridge at Vaison-la-Romaine

More information on the country and all you can see in this trip in Vaucluse and Drome.

Level: This tours has medium and longer stages for every day. It is not a flat landscape so  the stages are of medium ("active") level.
Starting days : any day of the week from april till november.
Starting place (same cycling tracks): Vaison-la-Romaine, Buis-les-Baronnies or Venasque (no bike rental).
In Buis-les-Baronnies you will stay in a old style nice standard** hotel or in a tourist hotel with pool 1000m from the center of the town.

The difference between the standard and the plus package are the hotels in Vaison-la-Romaine ** B&B versus *** with pool and halfboard in the Medieval town.

In all hotels : Shower/bath in room.

Bike rental: The bikes have front and rear fender. (VTC, ATB) Canondale (adventure).
There are no mirrors. (Not usual in France)
You get a repair kit and a spare inner tube (large valve type (as for cars))
Size of tires :700x35

A
handlebar bag with a waterproof map window is standard.


 

Prices  plus packages   

All deatils and prices standard packages   

If you travel from Marseille you can start the trip in Cavaillon. It is only 1h30 minutes from the Airport of Marseille via Vitrolles to Cavaillon.

See the .... same sun-drenched poppy fields and starry nights as Van Gogh.
Smell
the .... sweet perfume of lavender as it rises from the endless fields.  
Taste
the .... magic of artisanal olive oil drizzled over Provençal tomatoes.
Touch the .... cool metal surface of the petanque ball before it is thrown.
Hear
the .....sounds of an authentic French country market as it comes to life in Vaison la Romaine.


Other cycling tours of La Ligne Verte in Provence
B16 Provence,
Avignon and Mont Ventoux
Accommodation: Standard, plus and luxury.
Level: light, active holiday and sporting.
6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 days
B17

Provence and Grands Causses
Mont Ventoux and Mont Aigoual

Accommodation: Standard, plus and luxury.
Level: active holiday and sporting.
13 days

 
Packages Stages Prices

The Packages

Lodging  B15-plus 6 days 7 days 8 days 9 days

Hotel

Arrival in Buis-les-Baronnies ** pool day 1 day 1 day 1 day 1

Buis

Via Montbrun at the Northern side of the Mont Ventoux cycling to Aurel ** day 2 day 2 day 2 day 2

Aurel

A trip through the Luberon. you wil see the Colorado Provençal, Roussillon. l'Isle sur la Sorgue and  Fontaine de Vaucluse. Guesthouse*** with a pool in Saignon.     day 3 day 3 Saignon
A trip through the Luberon. You wil see the Colorado Provençal, Roussillon and Buoux.  Guesthouse*** with a pool in Saignon.       day 4 Saignon
Through the Gorges de la Nesque and on the Côtes du Mont Ventoux  to Venasque ** Hotel with pool. day 3 day 3 day 4 day 5 Venasque
Via l'Isle sur la Sorgue,  Fontaine de Vaucluse, Bédoin and Malaucène to Vaison-la-Romaine.
**standard with pool or ***plus with pool
day 4 day 4 day 5 day 6

Vaison

Cycling loop via the Dentelles de Montmirail around Vaison-la-Romaine.
*** hotel half board with pool.
  day 5 day 6 day 7

Vaison

Cycling via Nyons in the Drôme Provençale to Buis-les-Baronnies **
In hotel in old part, arcades square of the town.
day 5 day 6 day 7 day 8

Buis

Leave after breakfast day 6 day 7 day 8 day 9

 

 
Packages Stages Prices

Track details
Plus packages B15
Routing Daily distances Elevation gains cum.


Plus
 **/***
accommodation

Cycling in the Pre-Alps of  Drome : loop around Buis-les-Baronnies 40 km
70 km
90 km
+250m - 250m
+400m - 400m
+400m - 400m
*** B&B hotel in
Buis-les-Baronnies
Cycling in the Pre-Alps of  Drome around the Northern side of the Mont Ventoux from Buis-les-Baronnies to Aurel. 31 km
56 km
94 km
+400m - 300m
+600m - 300m
+900m - 600m

** Hotel in Aurel

Cycling on the Côtes du Mont Ventoux and through the Gorges de la Nesque to the Luberon,
From Aurel to Saignon
45 km
83 km
83 km
-700m + 100m
-700m + 100m
-700m + 100m

*** Guesthouse, pool
Saignon
Dinner, B&B

Cycling loop in the Luberon area via  Buoux and Colorado Provençal 0-57 km
0-57 km
0-87 km
-400m +400m
-400m +400m
-400m +400m
*** Guesthouse, pool
Saignon
Dinner, B&B
Cycling  from Saignon to Vaison-la-Romaine  via l'Isle sur Sorgues, Fontaine de Vaucluse and Abbaye de Senanque 45 km
57 km
77 km
-100m  +100m
-100m  +100m

*** Hotel pool
Vaison-la-Romaine.
Dinner, B&B

Cycling loop around Vaison-la-Romaine or visit to the Roman theater 0-50 km
0-50 km
0-50 km
-100m  +100m

*** hotel pool
Vaison-la-Romaine.
Dinner, B&B

Cycling from Vaison-la-Romaine to
Buis-les-Baronnies
35 km
65 km
82 km
+100m
+200m  - 100m
+400m  - 200m
*** B&B hotel in
Buis-les-Baronnies

 
Packages Stages Prices



 B15  plus  Plus package.  Basic rate: in €   p.p. in double room, sharing. Bags transfers included.
 2010 B&B Dinners Lunches  Basic rate Suppl. single room Solo all-in Bike rental
B15  6 days 5 3 0 647 165 999 not possible
B15  7 days 6 4 0 782 206 1235 not possible
B15  8 days 7 5 0 898 258 1409 not possible
B15  9 days 8 6 0 993 298 1549 not possible
You can book this trip here
 Extra nights B&B Diner Lunch Price p.p. Suppl. route notes Suppl. single room Bike rental
Buis-les-Baronnies ** B&B Yes No No 59 Free 27 not possible
Aurel** Yes Yes No 61 Free 24 not possible
Saignon*** Yes Yes No 73 Free 40 not possible
Venasque ** Yes Yes No 80 Free 37 not possible
Vaison-la Romaine *** Yes Yes No 98 Free 50 not possible
Supplement nights in July and August: € 4,- per person per night in July or August.

Discount triple rooms ( 2 or 3 beds): €3,- per person, per night.



 Discount p.p. for groups and families
See terms and conditions of group discounts

Parties of  3 persons :   6 % p.p.
Parties of  4 persons :   9 % p.p.
Parties of  5 persons : 11 % p.p.
Parties of  6 persons : 13 % p.p.
Parties of  7 persons : 14 % p.p.
Parties of  8 persons : 15 % p.p.

 

Train & Bus  From Marseille Airport to Luberon and Avignon in Provence
  • Take the shuttle bus to SNCF railway station of Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille.
    Bus leaves every 20 minutes and it takes 5 minutes to arrive.
  • Here take a train ticket to Avignon or Cavaillon.
    On all days of the week you'll have 4 opportunities between 12:00 and 20:00 to go to Avignon
    (in 1hr 25 min) or to Cavaillon (in 55 min).

     

  • Départure: 12h 42 55min to Cavaillon and 85min to Avignon
    Départure : 16h 03 55min to Cavaillon and 85min to Avignon
    Départure : 17h 01 55min to Cavaillon and 85min to Avignon
    Départure : 19h 03 55min to Cavaillon and 85min to Avignon
 


Summary of all La Ligne Verte cycling tours   
Very light
cycling holiday
Light
cycling holiday
Active
cycling holiday
Sporting
cycling holiday
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