Welcome in the South of France - Tourism in Provence
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By train :
TGV train station in Avignon, or Aix en Provence, then car or taxi transfer.
By car :
From the south, on the Autoroute A8/A7. Exit Senas, direction Aix
en Provence / Mallemort on the D32, then Merindol.
By plane :
Marseille Provence, or Avignon Airport.
La Bastide dou Pastre
3, rue des Cigales
84360 Mérindol
Phone : +33 (0)4 90 72 92 99
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How to get here :
Arriving in Merindol on the D973 :
Go around the traffic circle and enter the village by the street "Rue des Ecoles".
After about fifty meters, turn left at the junction following the signpost (blue and white "la Bastide Dou Pastre") on the road "Chemin des Rousseaux". Continue for 400 meters on the
main road which brings you to the street "Rue des Vaudois" in front of a dry stone building : the museum (Vaudois memorial). Then follow the indicators by going to the right, then 50 meters later to the left.
You're here !!!
GPS Coordinates of village of Mérindol :
Latitude : 43.75
Longitude : 5.20
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Welcome in the South of France - Tourism in Provence
Merindol, peaceful and picturesque Provencal village at the foot of the Luberon, is a mecca for the memory of the Vaudois. Declared heretics, the Vaudois were cruelly hunted down and their villages destroyed in the mid-16th century. A memorial has been set up in the ruins of the old chateau.
In Merindol
- Tennis (2 courts)
- Hiking paths (GR7)
- Mountain biking and horseback riding (marked on the Topo Guide)
- Plat area for children
- Horse rentals
- Horse-drawn carriage rides
- Vaudois Museum "La Muse"
Nearby
- Swimming pool (Mallemort, 5 km)
- Equestrian center (Mallemort, 5 km - Lauris, 6 km)
- International Golf Course in Pont Royal (5 km)
- Gliders "Rustre Ailes" (Rustrel)
To visit
- The Senanque Abbey (Gordes, 30 km)
- The Silvacane Abbey (Roque d'Antheron, 15 km)
- Chateau of Lourmarin (12 km)
- Roussillon / Rustrel (the ochre of Provence)
- Saint-Rémy de Provence / les Baux de Provence (30 km)
Events
- Avignon Theater Festival (in July)
- Piano Festival of Roque d'Antheron (from July 15 to August 15)
- Festival of Aix en Provence |
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