Tourist destination Ventoux-Provence
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The prefix ‘Ven’ in Ventoux has Celto-Ligurian origins, making it pre-Latin. It means height or a high place. It is also found in Venasque, a village nestled at my feet! I am ‘the mountain that can be seen from far away’, and that is obvious!
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Reportage - Rando, Flâneurs
The Biosphere Reserve, an exceptional distinction! The Mont-Ventoux Biosphere Reserve covers 90,000 hectares and has 38,000 inhabitants. It is an international recognition awarded by
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I am Mont-Ventoux Some say that the origin of my name comes from ‘vent’, meaning wind. It is true that the Mistral wind can be very strong at my summit! But the ‘Ven’ in Ventoux actually has
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Info - Famille, Velo
Description of the landscape On leaving the village, there is not much spectacular scenery, but lots of orchards and a few vines, the slope is gentle to reach the hamlet of Sainte Colombe, an
Reportage - Rando
It snowed up there! There's nothing like a good trail workout to get rid of those winter calories!
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Reportage - Velo
The Ventoux is not a pass like the Tourmalet, the Izoard or the Galibier which, although they culminate at a much higher altitude, hide their summit until the last bend.
@Bernard Mondon
Info - Gastronomes
Mont Ventoux, with an altitude of 1,910m, is the home of this unique vineyard. A large part of the Ventoux AOC wine-growing terraces happily rest on the plains of Ventoux.
Many of them have disappeared, but on the slopes of the Ventoux, if the steep path doesn't scare you, you can observe a strange mountain goat more commonly known as the chamois (Rupicapra).
@Pierre Peyret
