Food destinations within easy reach of Avignon, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Avignon, worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Food experience to Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape and surrounding areas in 1/2 day
Famous for Grenache-led red Châteauneuf-du-Pape, rock-cut tasting cellars and the ruined papal castle above the vines
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the wine village north of Avignon where John XXII built his castle, now a ruin above the vineyards and the village's tasting cellars.
By car or bike through the vineyards, or on an organised wine tour from Avignon
Famous for The Friday morning market through the old town, black truffles from mid-November to March, and berlingot sweets
Carpentras, the old capital of the Comtat north-east of Avignon, fills its streets with a market every Friday morning and trades black truffles all winter.
TER train from Avignon to Carpentras on the line reopened to passengers in 2015, or by car
Famous for The Sunday Provençal market of about 230 stalls along the Sorgue canals, olives, cheeses and charcuterie, with antique dealers alongside
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, a canal town east of Avignon, holds a Provençal market of about 230 stalls on Sunday mornings and a smaller one on Thursdays.
TER train from Avignon towards Cavaillon to L'Isle-Fontaine-de-Vaucluse station, or by car
Famous for The Cavaillon melon, protected by an IGP, and the Melon en Fête weekend in early July
Cavaillon, south-east of Avignon at the foot of the Luberon, grows the melon that carries its name and fêtes it each July with a market and a banquet.
TER train from Avignon to Cavaillon, or by car along the Durance
Famous for Tavel, an appellation for rosé only, with Grenache compulsory, and the listed 20th-century cooperative cellar
Tavel, on the right bank of the Rhône north-west of Avignon, makes nothing but rosé, and Innocent VI had its Montézargues wines sent to the papal table.
By car or bike over the Rhône via Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
