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Vaucluse village to discover
near your vacation rental: CARPENTRAS

For your holidays in Vaucluse, your holidays in Provence, you seek a vacation rental, a lodging with garden, then visit this house furnished for 5 people in Fontaine de Vaucluse, 6km from L'Isle sur la Sorgue. Nearby CARPENTRAS, Luberon, Ventoux, Monts de Vaucluse, Dentelles de Montmirail, Avignon, Gordes, Roussillon,...

The Vaucluse department located in Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur area will enchant you by the richness of its landscapes and its historical and cultural inheritance.

In the heart of the fertile plaines of Comtat Venaissin, Carpentras its capital, offers a real treasure to all lovers of history and architecture. Take particular notice of the façades that you see for some are 17th and 18th c. private mansions bearing remarkable doors and balconies restored in the true Provençal tradition. Since Antiquitiy, Carpentras has been a city of commerce with the Greeks and the Phocaeans coming to the market here for honey, wheat, and sheep. It has kept this tradition and every Friday morning the colorful market attracts people from all over the region.

Historic sites to see: Collegiate College Notre Dame des Anges | Hotel Dieu and its pharmacy (collection of faience and walls decorated by Duplessis, painter ot Louis XVI) | St. SiffreinCathedral (1405, 1519) | Episcopal palace (17th c.) | Roman Arch.14th c. | Synogogue | Notre Dame de Santé Chapel | Clock Tower | Cultural Center La Charité | 18th c. aqueduct (690m, long, 23m, wide) | 4 museums, art galeries.

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