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                        Night view across the Rhône to Avignon’s famous bridge and Palais des Papes
                                                 Getting Around
                                                 The main highways, the A7
                                                 Autoroute du Soleil and its
                                                 accompanying toll-free
                                                 national road, the D907,
         MONT VENTOUX
    Malaucène                                    travel down the Rhône
                                                 valley to the west of the
                                                 region. The main railway
                                                 line follows these roads,
      Bédoin                                     stopping at the principal
                                                 towns, and the TGV halts at
                                                 Avignon. The other railway
         Mormoiron           Sault-de-Vaucluse   lines across Vaucluse are
                                                 used for freight, so you may
   Mazan                                         need to take a bus from
                                                 Avignon to such places
                                Plateau de
             Nesques es e  St Jean-de-Sault  Saint Christal  as Vaison-la-Romaine,
                                                 Carpentras and Orange.
             Ne
             N
      Venasques                                  Boat trips are organized on
                                                 the Rhône at Avignon.
      V AUCLUSE
   FONTAINE-DE-            St Saturnin-lès-Apt
   VAUCLUSE
         ABBAYE DE SÉNANQUE
  Village des  GORDES
    Bories            ROUSSILLON
     Coustellet
   Coulo lo l n         APT
   Co
   C
                           Saignon
      Oppède-  Ménerbes
      le-Vieux
           Lacoste                 L u b e r o n
                   Bonnieux       Mourre Nègre
                           G r a n d  1125m
   P E T I T
           L U B E R O N
                                                        Digne-les-
                                   Pa r c N a t u r e l
                                                           Bains
                  Lourmarin         R e g i o n a l
                                               Grambois
                 CADENET          d e L u b e r o n
                                 ANSOUIS
                                           LA TOUR D'AIGUES
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                    Durance
                                       PERTUIS
       0 kilometres  10
       0 miles            10      Aix-en-
                                 Provence
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