Day 1: Arrival in Avignon
Come to Avignon and settle down in your elegant 4**** hotel.
Day 2: Villeneuve-les-Avignon> Orange, ~45 km
Your welcome meeting is at 9:30am at the hotel reception. Then you will cycle across the biggest island in the Rhone through flourishing orchards to Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Make wine tasting here and ride on to Orange where the Roman theatre and the triumphal arch are worth to be seen.
Day 3: Orange > Vaison-la-Romaine, ~40 km
Today you ride through the vineyards of the Cotes du Rhone and pass typical villages like Sérignan, St. Cécile les Vignes, St. Roman de Malegarde and Villedieu before you arrive in Vaison-la-Romaine, a lovely Roman and medieval town.
Day 4: Vaison-la-Romaine > Isle-sur-la Sorgue, ~52 km (or 75 km over the Ventoux)
Continue your ride along the ‘Cotes du Rhone’ vineyards and pass wine villages like Rasteau, Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Sarrians. We can also take you and your bike up to the top of the Mont Ventoux (not included). And you will ride down on the other side to Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Finally you arrive in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the Venice of Provence, so called because of the numerous little canals running through the town.
Day 5: Isle-sur-la-Sorgue > Lubéron, ~15-40 km
This region is too beautiful to leave so quickly. So you'll stay a second night in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and explore the lovely Lubéron Valley today. Some highlights await you: The village of Gordes, the Cistercian abbey of Sénanque and the ochre rocks of Roussillon which have given Provence its colors.
Day 6: Isle-sur-la-Sorgue > Avignon, ~29 km
On little roads and along the Rhone River you cycle back to Avignon where you can visit the historical center and the Pope's palace before getting back to your hotel in Avignon.
Day 7: End of the tour or continue your holiday with extra nights