Avignon: Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Tasting & Luberon Villages

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Duration10h

GroupUp to 8

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Two Wine Tastings & Four Provençal Villages in One Day from Avignon

You'll taste wine at two Châteauneuf-du-Pape wineries, spend free time in the ochre-colored village of Roussillon and the hilltop town of Gordes, and see the Luberon landscape from a panorama viewpoint — all with a driver-guide and air-conditioned transport included. The return to Avignon happens in the late afternoon.

10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Wine tasting and Luberon villages tour

Travel through Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards
Enjoy two wine tastings
Drive through Luberon villages
Photo stop in Luberon park
Free time in Roussillon village
Photo stop and free time at panorama viewpoint
Return to Avignon

The Experience

The minivan picks you up in Avignon and heads straight into the vineyards of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where the morning unfolds around two separate tastings at local wineries. Your guide handles the route while you move between cellars, tasting what the region actually produces — not a summary, but the real thing, twice over. The drive itself is part of it: rolling rows of vines, stone walls, the light changing as you climb out of the valley floor.

After the tastings, the afternoon shifts to the Luberon natural regional park. You stop for photos at a panorama viewpoint, then move through the villages themselves — Roussillon first, where the red ochre cliffs frame the buildings and you get free time to walk the main square or duck into a café. Gordes comes next, perched on a hilltop with views that stretch across the valley. The guide drives you through Lacoste as well, though you don't stop there. It's the kind of afternoon where you're not rushed between photo ops; there's actual time to sit, to look, to let the place settle.

The whole day runs ten hours from pickup to return, which means you're moving but not sprinting. The minivan is air-conditioned, which matters in summer. Your guide speaks multiple languages and knows the region well enough to answer questions about what you're seeing — the history of the villages, why the wine tastes the way it does, what the ochre was used for. By the time you're back in Avignon in the evening, you've covered the main Provence highlights without arranging transport, timing the stops yourself, or figuring out which wineries to visit.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or city pickup in Avignon, air-conditioned minivan transport throughout, two wine tastings at Châteauneuf-du-Pape wineries, and free time in the villages of Roussillon and Gordes.
The guide is included.
Return to Avignon happens in the late afternoon.
Meals and drinks beyond the tastings are not included.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for pregnant travelers

Operated by A la Francaise Tourisme

Is this one for you?This works well if you want the main wine and village highlights of Provence in a single day without renting a car or planning the route yourself — the fixed itinerary and included tastings take those logistics off your hands, leaving you to focus on the landscape and the wine.