Provence · Things to do

The stacked stone village everyone photographs, with the classic view from the belvedere on the road in.

A Roman arena and theatre still in use, plus the streets and cafés Van Gogh painted while he lived here.

The Sorgue emerges from the base of a cliff here. It is dramatic in spring and close to a trickle in high summer.

A former ochre factory 2km from Roussillon on the route d'Apt, open 1 February to 20 December, with pigment workshops and free parking.

A ruined fortress on a limestone spur above the Alpilles, with the Carrières des Lumières in the quarry below it.