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Cycling tour in Drôme Provençale and Vaucluse around Mont Ventoux


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

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Mont Ventoux, Northern side
Mont Ventoux, Northern side

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6 - 9 days cycling tours starting in Buis-les-Baronnies.
The Mont Ventoux in Vaucluse and the Drôme department will be your companion 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 city and a 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 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 resurging river at 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
Roman bridge in Vaison-la-Romaine

Level: This tours has medium and longer stages for every day. It is not a flat landscape so the stages are of medium (Moderate ) 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 ** BnB versus *** with pool and half-board(demi pension) in the Medieval town.

Extra day: We recommend Vaison-la-Romaine. You can see, smell, taste and hear on Tuesday the lively market, you can visit the Roman and the Medieval town and you can make it the start of a tour to the Mont Ventoux

In all hotels (standard and plus) : Shower/bath en suite.

Bike rental: The bikes have front and rear fender. (VTC, ATB) Cannondale (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.

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Prices plus packages

If you travel from Marseille we can have you start the trip in Cavaillon. It is only 1h30 minutes by train 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 pétanque ball before it is thrown.
Hear the .....sounds of an authentic French country market as it comes to life in Vaison la Romaine.

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Lodging B15Buisstandard packages 5 days 6 days 7 days 8 days 9 days Hotel
Arrival in Buis-les-Baronnies ** pool
day 1 day 1 day 1 day 1 day 1 Buis-l-B
Via Montbrun at the Northern side of the Mont Ventoux cycling to Aurel **
day 2 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
Rustrel
A trip through the Luberon. You wil see the Colorado Provençal, Roussillon and Buoux. Guesthouse*** with a pool in Saignon.
     day 4
Rustrel
Through the Gorges de la Nesque and on the Côtes du Mont Ventoux to Venasque ** Hotel with pool.
 day 3 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
   day 4 day 4 day 5 day 6
Vaison
Cycling loop via the Dentelles de Montmirail around Vaison-la-Romaine. ** standard.
   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 4 day 5 day 6 day 7 day 8
Buis
Leave after breakfast
day 5 day 6 day 7 day 8 day 9

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Track details Standard packages B15 light
moderate
challenging
Cycling in the Pre-Alps of Drôme : loop around Buis-les-Baronnies 40 km
70 km
90 km

*** BnB hotel in
Buis-les-Baronnies
pool
Cycling around the Northern side of the Mont Ventoux to Aurel. 31 km
56 km
94 km

** Hotel in Aurel
Dinner, BnB
Cycling on the Côtes du Mont Ventoux and through the
Gorges de la Nesque to the Luberon.		 45 km
83 km
83 km

*** Guesthouse, pool
Rustrel
Dinner, BnB
Cycling loop in the Luberon area via Buoux and Colorado Provençal 57 km
57 km
87 km

*** Guesthouse, pool
Saignon
Dinner, BnB
Cycling to Vaison-la-Romaine via l'Isle sur Sorgues, Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
and Abbaye de Senanque		 45 km
57 km
77 km

** B &B Hotel Burrhus in
Vaison-la-Romaine
Cycling loop around Vaison-la-Romaine or visit to the Roman theater 50 km
50 km
50 km

** BnB hotel in
Vaison-la-Romaine
Cycling to
Buis-les-Baronnies		 35 km
65 km
82 km

*** BnB hotel in
Buis-les-Baronnies

pool


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B15-Buis **standard package Bags transfers included in basic rate. Basic rate: in € p.p. double room, sharing.
2023 BnB Dinners  Basic rate
p.p.		 Suppl.
HS
p.p.		 Supplement
single room		 Bike
rental		 E-Bike
rental
5 days 4 2 € 560 € 0 € 183 € 66 € 159
6 days 5 2 € 685 € 0 € 240 € 79 € 190
7 days 6 3 € 833 € 0 € 287 € 89 € 214
8 days 7 3 € 926 € 0 € 344 € 96 € 231
9 days 8 4 € 1042 € 0 € 391 € 104 € 251

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Extra nights BnB   Dinner Basic rate
p.p. 		Suppl.
HS
p.p.		 Supplement
single room		 Bike
rental		 Bike
rental
Buis-les-Baronnies *** pool yes no € 57 € 0 € 42 € 18 € 38
Aurel ** yes yes € 75 € 0 € 38 € 18 € 38
Vaison-la-Romaine ** yes no € 65 € 0 € 50 € 18 € 38

  • Take-away lunches are not included. You can order them at the hotel or the host the evening before departure.

  • Solo bikers: all-in basic rate (including single room supplement): add 81 % to the basic rate p.p. of 2 personen sharing room (and costs of bags transfer)

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5-7 days
Parties van 3 personen : 10% p.p.
Parties van 4 personen : 15% p.p.
Parties van 5 personen : 18% p.p.
Parties van 6 personen : 15% p.p.
Parties van 7 personen : 18% p.p.
Parties van 8 personen : 19% p.p. 		8-9 days
Parties van 3 personen :   9% p.p.
Parties van 4 personen : 13% p.p.
Parties van 5 personen : 16% p.p.
Parties van 6 personen : 13% p.p.
Parties van 7 personen : 15% p.p.
Parties van 8 personen : 17% p.p.



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