Mont Ventoux

The "Géant de Provence" culminates at an altitude of 1912 m and is covered by a thick coat of snow in winter. Classified as "Biosphere reserve" by the UNESCO, it has a variety of landscapes and a flora of unique diversity: Mediterranean plants, larch forests and pines ... contrasting with the bare peaks.
Its majestic windswept peak sails through the clouds, like a gigantic ship of stone.

In 1336, the poet Petrarc climbed it, an experience he relates later in his writings.
The North face ends in a forest of Aleppo pines and the Toulourenc river.
On the spurs of this mountain are the picturesque medieval villages of Caromb, Malaucène and Barroux, well worth a visit.
To the South-East, Mount Ventoux slopes gently down to the village of Sault before climbing again to the plateau of Albion.