LANDSCAPES OF WESTERN PROVENCE : CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

Preface 5
Bibliography 6

Picnicking 7
A country code for walkers and motorists 7

Touring 8
Car tour 1: NATURE TAMED BY INDUSTRY 10
A tour of 255km beginning at Aix-en-Provence and ending at Roussillon
Car tour 2: THE LUBERON 14
A circular tour of 166km beginning and ending at Roussillon
Car tour 3: MONT VENTOUX AND THE DENTELLES DE MONTMIRAIL 18
A tour of 182km beginning at Roussillon and ending at l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Car tour 4: THE THREE-STAR ROUTE 23
A tour of 124km beginning at l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and ending at Pont du Gard
Car tour 5: ANTIQUITIES AND THE ALPILLES 26
A circular tour of 198km beginning and ending at Pont du Gard
Car tour 6: THE CAMARGUE AND ARLES 32
A circular tour of 278km beginning and ending at Pont du Gard
Car tour 7: LES GARRIGUES 35
A tour of 177km beginning at Pont du Gard and ending at Lodève
Car tour 8: CIRQUE DE NAVACELLES 38
A circular tour of 180km beginning and ending at Lodève
Car tour 9: CASTLES IN THE AIR 42
A tour of 184km beginning at Lodève and ending at Carcassonne
Car tour 10: MONTAGNE NOIRE 45
A circular tour of 201km beginning and ending at Carcassonne
Car tour 11: CORBIERES, LAND OF THE CATHARS 48
A circular tour of 195km beginning and ending at Carcassonne
Car tour 12: TOWARDS THE PYRENEES 52
A tour of 206km beginning at the Château de Queribus and ending at Quillan

Walking 55
Weather; What to take; Nuisances; Waymarking, grading, safety; Maps
WALKS
1 Colorado Provençal 58
2 From Roussillon to Gordes 60
3 Gordes and the Abbaye de Sénanque 63
4 Circuit around Buoux 65
5 Forêt des Cèdres 67
6 Dentelles de Montmirail 68
7 Pont du Gard 70
8 Gorges du Gardon 72
9 Circuit to the Cascades du Sautadet 74
10 Gorges de l'Ardèche 76
11 St-Michel-de-Frigolet and Barbentane 78
12 St-Rémy and Les Baux-de-Provence 80
13 Le Destet and Aureille 84
14 Tour des Opies 86
15 Digue à la Mer 87
16 Montcalmès, and a view over St-Guilhem-le-Désert 89
17 On the shoulders of Pic St-Loup 92
18 Source of the Vis 94
19 Montpellier-le-Vieux 96
20 Sentier de la Vallée du Tarn 97
21 Roc des Hourtous 99
22 Château de Malavieille and La Lieude 101
23 Cirque de Mourèze and Montagne de Liausson 103
24 Gorges d'Héric 105
25 Circuit above Olargues 108
26 Circuit above St-Pons 110
27 Gorges de l'Arnette and Hautpoul 112
28 Canal du Midi - Carcassonne to Trèbes 115
29 Minerve 118
30 Circuit above Lagrasse 120
31 Circuit above Termes 122
32 Peyrepertuse and the Fontaine de la Jacquette 124
33 Circuit below Peyrepertuse 125
34 Circuit to Quéribus 127
35 Circuit above Tuchan 129
36 The 'Roman' bridge at Bugarach 131

Glossary 133
Index 134
Touring map/transport information inside back cover