The Provence region
Within a 15-minute radius around the Maison de la Zélie
- The Montagnette massif with its pine forest, garrigue, valleys planted with cypresses, olive trees, almond trees, apricot trees, thyme, and wild thyme
- The Abbey and Monastery of Frigolet
- The mills and castles in Boulbon, Barbentane, Chateaurenard, Fontvieille, the Daudet's mill, Les Baux-de-Provence
- The luminous landscapes of the Alpilles surrounded by vineyards, olive trees, holm oaks, and thyme
- St Rémy de Provence, the Archaeological Site of Glanum, the Saint-Paul de Mausole Monastery where Van Gogh stayed in 1889.
- The Carrières de Lumières
- The Roman aqueduct of Barbegal
- The Montmajour Abbey
- The panoramic view from Eygalières over the surroundings
- Avignon, the Palais des Papes, the Pont Saint-Bénezet, the old streets
- Tarascon, in the footsteps of Tartarin and the Tarasque, the castle of King René.
A little further on
About 45min/1h from the House
- Arles, its arenas, the Van Gogh Museum
- the Camargue, its wild landscapes, its flamingos
- Saintes-Maries de la Mer, its festivals and traditions (feria, abrivado, corrida)
- Aigues-Mortes, Medieval city.
- Nîmes and the majesty of its Roman monuments
- Pont du Gard at the mouth of the Gardon gorges
- the wine route (Châteauneuf du Pape, Beaumes-de-Venise, Gigondas)
- Sault, land of lavender and the gorges of the Nesque
- the villages of the Luberon, the Vaucluse mountains and Mont Ventoux
- Uzès, its Tuscan landscapes, and its typical market on Saturday
- Orange, its ancient theater and its triumphal arch
- Nyons, its olives, the Dentelles de Montmirail
- the troglodyte site of Calès north of Salon de Provence (116 caves to discover)
- Aix en Provence and its fountains
