You are flying to Provence in June. It would be a waste to see only the inside of a barn, however good the barn is.
BeforeThursday and Friday
Come down a day or two early and arrive rested rather than straight off a train. Friday is the easy one — a half-day route, an early dinner, and you are fresh for Saturday.
AfterMonday onward
Sunday belongs to the brunch, so the long routes start Monday. This is the window for Ventoux, for the coast, or for doing very little beside a pool.
Three prepared routes rather than ten unrelated recommendations. Take one, take all three, or ignore us entirely and find your own vineyard.
Sarrians → Beaumes-de-Venise → a vineyard
For anyone with half a day. Climb to the Castellas for the view over the Dentelles, then find a cellar door and work out whether you prefer the red or the Muscat.
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue → Gordes → Roussillon
The one to do if you only do one. Start early at the market on the water, drive up to Gordes for the view everyone photographs, then finish in the ochre cliffs at Roussillon.
Vaison-la-Romaine → Malaucène → Mont Ventoux
For anyone staying on. Roman ruins and a medieval upper town at Vaison, then the climb every cyclist in Europe knows by heart. The summit is bare white rock and the view runs to the Alps.