Luberon Villages Small Group Half-Day Trip from Avignon
Avignon, France
- 5 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
The Luberon is known for its perched villages, and this tour visits two of the most picturesque—both officially classified among the “Most Beautiful Villages of France”. Make an early start to beat the traffic and admire the red ochre cliffs of Roussillon in the morning light, then continue to Gordes to stroll the cobblestone streets and enjoy views over the Luberon. Finally, stop at Fontaine de Vaucluse to visit its famous spring.
- This tour is ideal for first-time visitors and travelers with limited time
- Check off three popular Luberon Villages all in one morning
- Enjoy a more relaxed and personalized tour thanks to the small-group size
- Escape the southern heat as you travel in an air-conditioned minivan
What's Included
- Local guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pick up / drop off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Office de Tourisme d'Avignon41 Cr Jean Jaurès, 84000 Avignon, France
Meet your guide outside the Tourist Office of Avignon.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.8:30 am
Itinerary
Your morning small-group tour begins with pickup from Avignon. Take a seat in the comfortable minivan and enjoy the passing Provençal landscape, famous for endless swathes of lavender and postcard-worthy villages carved from stone. The summer particularly affords glorious views, which you’ll have the chance to capture at photo stops.
Explore beautiful Rousillon, a hilltop village at the edge of the Luberon mountain range, marked for its brilliant red stone buildings. Learn about the town’s unique mining history as you view the surrounding ochre cliffs, painted in shades of red and yellow. Then continue to Gordes, one of France’s most gorgeous villages. Composed of white stone, this ancient town seems to rise straight from the earth.
Your last stop is Fontaine de Vaucluse, a typical provençal village built at the spring of the Sorgues river.
Your 5,5-hour tour ends with drop-off in Avignon.
Explore beautiful Rousillon, a hilltop village at the edge of the Luberon mountain range, marked for its brilliant red stone buildings. Learn about the town’s unique mining history as you view the surrounding ochre cliffs, painted in shades of red and yellow. Then continue to Gordes, one of France’s most gorgeous villages. Composed of white stone, this ancient town seems to rise straight from the earth.
Your last stop is Fontaine de Vaucluse, a typical provençal village built at the spring of the Sorgues river.
Your 5,5-hour tour ends with drop-off in Avignon.
1
Roussillon
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
2
Gordes
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Children under 4 years old are not allowed on tours
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
thehurlows
This was an excellent tour - led by our tour guide Matilda.
She was pleasant, well informed and mindful of her group (8)
The tour itself (half day) - gave us a good overview of Roussillon, Gordes and Fontaine-de-Vaucluse with enough time to explore and enjoy all these destinations.
This tour comes highly recommended especially on a sunny day.
Reviews
3.8
based on 37 reviews
DavidB_B, Jun 2025
You will see a great variety of interesting things in these small villages. So much beauty.
Our guide was very knowledgeable, but she tailored her remarks toward our interests and questions.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Bonjour,
Thank you for your lovely review! We’re happy to hear that you appreciated the beauty of the small villages and that your guide personalized the experience to your interests. It’s wonderful when a tour feels both informative and engaging. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you again soon!
Best Regards,
A la Française
thehurlows, Oct 2024
This was an excellent tour - led by our tour guide Matilda.
She was pleasant, well informed and mindful of her group (8)
The tour itself (half day) - gave us a good overview of Roussillon, Gordes and Fontaine-de-Vaucluse with enough time to explore and enjoy all these destinations.
This tour comes highly recommended especially on a sunny day.
Response from Host, Oct 2024
Bonjour,
Thank you for taking the time to share your positive feedback and all details and thanks for our guide Mathilde!
Thank you for choosing A la Française! and we hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back soon for another memorable experience!
Best regards
Team A la Française !
trish_h, Sep 2024
This half day tour was cancelled, but I was offered a full day tour to replace it. I really loved it. Jocelyn, the guide was funny, informative and engaging, and the small group number was great . We packed so much in to the day - very good value
Response from Host, Oct 2024
Bonjour,
Thank you for taking the time to share your positive feedback and thanks for our guide Jocelyn !
Thank you for choosing A la Française! and we hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back soon for another memorable experience!
Best regards
Team A la Française !
Lani_D, May 2024
I loved it, the old village, good food, fresh and just lovely. No words to express simply stunning view.
Response from Host, May 2024
Bonjour,
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
We hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back in the future for another memorable experience.
Team A la Française!
sally_h, May 2024
We had a great day tour and our guide was fabulous. Such stunning scenery. Would recommend to others.
Response from Host, May 2024
Bonjour,
Thank you for this nice comment!
We are happy that you enjoyed the landscapes of Provence as well as the tour with our guide Florian.
We hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back in the future for another memorable experience!
Team A la Française!
Katja_F, Jun 2020
I booked this trip 3 days in advance and received a confirmation for the chosen day. However, on a day of the trip service provider told me that all trips are cancelled due to corona. I never received a cancellation infromation or my reimbursement.
Dirk_d, Nov 2019
The villages we went to were beautiful and very interesting, and the guide was pleasant and extremely well informed. We also liked the way in which he would give us an introductory overview to each place, then provide us a map and leave us to do our sight-seeing at our own pace and discretion - then answer questions arising from our impressions as we moved on in the mini-bus.
Allan_D, Oct 2019
This was great way to see visit tow of the Luberon hilltop villages and see the source of the Sorgue River. Our guide was very helpful and informative.
Allyn_B, Jun 2019
Our tour to Roussillion, Gordes and Vauclause with Amar was wonderful.
He was a great guide and explained things very well.
Well worth the trip.
Marc S, Aug 2018
Viator changed the locations of the trip, never informing the 2 couples taking the trip. The trip booked sold fir more than the trip taken on. Where is the refund
Kitso L, Aug 2017
Really enjoyed this tour. It lasted about 5 hours, and comprised of a visit to the lavender museum which is filled with various stills and other distillation equipment. A short movie gives you an overview of the lavender industry. Following that, we drove to Roussillon, where we were free to walk around for about an hour, and then over to Gourdes, with similar freedom to meander. Both of these villages are charming and beautiful. Our host, Doreen was very knowledgeable, and gave us good insights on Avignon and the villages as she drove us around in her air-conditioned van. If you do not have the time to do each of these places for a day on your own, this is a very good tour to take.
John K, Oct 2016
Tour guide excellent. Enjoyed the tour good variety of visits, unfortunately too late in season to see the lavender fields. Would recommend.
KEVIN_B, Aug 2016
This half day trip was booked for friday 22nd July 2016 my 54th birthday, and my first full day in the Provence countryside.
My wife and I had paid 102 for this ½ day and we were met by driver Marc as arranged at our hotel we shared this excursion with a couple from Quebec in Canada who like us had eager expectations of seeing some Lavender fields.
Driver Marc who coincidentally shared his birthday with me took us first to the Lavander Museum
in Cousetellet where he made arrangements for our small group to have a leisurely look there at the end of the trip. Little did we realise that the only Lavender we would get to photograph would be the displays in the fields right by the museum. It seemed that even by 22nd July the vast majority had been harvested and it was apparently not worth our while to drive to either Sault or the Abbey of Senanque.
Marc did a great job of highlighting the very pretty villages of Gordes and Roussillon, though it was slightly disappointing that there wasnt enough time to do the Ochre Sentier or footpath. In addition, we drove straight past a lavender field just outside Roussillon, and also enjoyed a fleeting glimpse of the sunflower fields sadly there was nowhere to stop for pictures.
We did thoroughly enjoy the bright vivid colours of Roussillon, but having paid 102 and expected to see fields of lavender our memories will always be tinged with disappointment discounts should be offered or the trip should be marketed differently once lavender has been harvested.
Claire M, Jun 2016
I would like to have seen more lavender and had less time in the villages. I think I speak for our group when I say I was disappointed not to be able to spend time in the lavender fields - we had literally five minutes!
Estrella I, Sep 2015
The whole exercise was to visit the lavender fields. I think if the lavender field were already harvested you should have informed us so we could decide if we still wanted the tour. Was very disappointed.
Kelly S, Aug 2015
Tour was very good. Carole was an excellent guide with very good English and knowledge of local area. Roussillon and Gordes were unbelievably beautiful however it would have been better to have had more time in these villages - especially Gordes as the market was on - and not have visited the museum. Unfortunately there was also no lavender in bloom. It would be great if there was more up to date information about the lavender before booking tours that specify the opportunity to see lavender - saying this, the towns/villages were so beautiful the lavender would have only been a bonus!
Saif Ur R, Aug 2015
Nice trip, we had been given enough time to visit places. It was more of villages trip as in August, there are no lavender fields to see. Moreover, tour guide was very nice and cheerful. good value of money.
bluebellpepper, Jul 2015
Excellent service by Melanie from Provence Reservation. Understanding, helpful, friendly and informative. I would have given 5 stars if the company could arrange this half day tour to be slightly longer for another 15-30 minutes to go to lavender field. After all, that's what lavender tour is about.
David R W, Jun 2015
The village of Roussillon is fantastic, lots of mediaeval buildings. We would have really loved to have more time there.
The village of Gordes was also great, and we would have loved more time there too especially as the wqeekly market was operating that day.
The tour of the Lavender Museum was interesting, but too long - better to allocate more time to Roussillon and Gordes and cut back on the time allocated to the lavender museum.
Olivia Z, Aug 2014
Great trip to wonderful places. We managed to see a lot in a half a day. The only disadvantage was that we could not stop for 5 minutes to take a picture in the lavender fields (I would prefer to cut time in other places). Overall - a good experience and I would recommend to all
Barb, Jul 2013
Wonderful day and wonderful, knowledgeable tour guide. What a lovely tour this is and I highly recommend it. Definitely worth the price.
Deborah R, Jul 2013
It was lovely trip and the tour guide did everything she could to expose us to the natural beauty of the area.
If you are looking for a tour that provides you with a brief yet impactful overview of Avignon as well as scenery that offers optimium backdrops for memorable pictures then this is the tour to take.
Carol C, Jun 2013
It was a pleasant trip overall but we expected the tour guide would have dropped us around some lavender field and let us hang around the field for some time and take pictures. She only drove around them instead. She spoke French too much and only translated to us in very brief English.
Paul S, Jun 2013
The travel guide, Marion, made this a treat. There's a lavender museum where you see distillation design through history, but the best reason for going is the amazing natural and architectural beauty of Rouissilon, with its red cliffs set against green landscape
Sharon, Nov 2012
This was a great tour. Very friendly, relaxed guide who knew her stuff and made the trip enjoyable. The two towns we visited were delightful and it was great to have time to wander around them on our own. While the lavender farm wasn't flowering the museum was way more interesting than I expected.
Chi Chiu L, Aug 2012
Unluckily, we have no chance to see the Lavender field as it is too late....but the guide is very helpful to bring us a wonderful memory.
TONY A, Jul 2012
Guide was excellent, extremely knowledgable, sincere - I would highly recommend this tour again.
andys, Jun 2012
A lovely half day trip with our guide whose English commentary was informative and clear and communicated with a sense of fun. She engaged with all 8 travellers from UK, Belgium, China, Australia and New Zealand. We were 2 weeks too early to see lavender in bloom but the Lavender museum was interesting. The villages of Rousillon and Gordes were delightful and as picturesque as advertised. We had a 45 minutes in each to explore. An excellent trip.
Sue R, Oct 2011
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Day was very nice however we did not go to all three towns, as advertised.
Stella, Jul 2011
The tour guide was lovely and very professional. More time would have been nice in some of the places but otherwise a great tour. I loved the local market.
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