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Avignon: Provence Villages, Pont du Gard & Lavender Abbey

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1/11

Duration9h 30m

GroupUp to 8

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Seven Stops Through Provence in One Day: Ochre Villages, Roman Stone & Lavender Fields

You visit seven villages and landmarks across Provence in one full day—Fontaine de Vaucluse, Gordes, Sénanque Abbey, Roussillon, les Baux, Saint-Rémy and Pont du Gard—without arranging transport, timing stops or navigating between them yourself. The minivan pickup from Avignon, lunch in Roussillon, and an experienced guide handling the route means you show up and move through the day. Book this if you want the main Provence highlights in one push and don't want to rent a car or piece together multiple stops.

9h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Fontaine de Vaucluse wellspring
Explore hilltop village of Gordes
Photo stop at Sénanque Abbey
Lunch and walk in Roussillon
Walking tour of Saint Remy de Provence
Visit les Baux de Provence fortress
See Pont du Gard aqueduct

The Experience

Imagine standing in front of a 50-meter Roman aqueduct built in the 1st century, water channels still carved into three tiers of stone, the Gardon river flowing beneath it—that's Pont du Gard, and it's the final stop on this full-day Provence tour from Avignon. But you don't start there. The day opens at Fontaine de Vaucluse, where Europe's most productive spring emerges from a limestone cliff, cold and clear year-round, then shifts into the perched villages that make Provence feel like it stopped time somewhere around the 14th century. Gordes sits on a hilltop so steep the houses seem to stack on top of each other, cream-colored stone catching the morning light. Then comes the Abbey of Sénanque—if you're traveling between late June and mid-July, the lavender fields around it are in full bloom, purple rows running downhill like someone painted them there.

Roussillon is where the landscape turns strange. The whole village is built on ochre deposits—the earth itself is rust-red, burnt orange, deep yellow—and the buildings, streets, even the dust underfoot are stained with these natural pigments. Your guide walks you through the narrow streets, pointing out how the color shifts depending on the light and the angle, how locals have worked with this geology for centuries instead of against it. Lunch happens here, usually at a small restaurant where you sit outside and the village walls surround you in all that color. After eating, there's a walking tour through les Baux de Provence, a fortress village officially labeled one of the most beautiful in France, with winding streets, fountains tucked into corners, and views across the Provençal plains that stretch for miles.

The whole thing runs about eight to nine hours from pickup in Avignon. You're in an air-conditioned minivan with a small group—not a coach full of people—so there's room to breathe, and the driver knows the roads well enough that you're not spending half the day in traffic. Bottled water is included, which matters on a day when you're walking uphill through villages in the heat. The pace is built around actually seeing these places, not just passing through them. If lavender season hasn't started yet, the Abbey stop becomes a photo opportunity instead of a full walk, but the other six stops stay the same.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or central pickup in Avignon, transport in an air-conditioned minivan with an experienced guide, entry and walking time at all seven stops (Fontaine de Vaucluse, Gordes, Sénanque Abbey, Roussillon, les Baux de Provence, Saint-Rémy de Provence, and Pont du Gard), a lunch stop in Roussillon where you eat at a local restaurant, and bottled water throughout.
All taxes, fees and handling charges are covered.
The tour returns to Avignon in the late afternoon.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Time 4 Provence.H

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the main Provence villages and Pont du Gard in a single day without renting a car or planning the route yourself—the fixed itinerary and small-group format mean you move through seven stops without gaps or logistics to manage.