Les Baux and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

As the first images flare to life, the limestone walls of the Carrières de Lumières become a moving canvas and the cool air of the quarry folds around you. Two kilometers away, the Baux-de-Provence citadel stretches across its rocky spur, where working trebuchets are demonstrated in summer. Down in the valley, mills bottle AOP Vallée des Baux olive oils prized for green almond and raw artichoke notes. Later, Saint‑Rémy brings cobbled lanes, discreet workshops, elegant townhouses, and the quiet of Saint‑Paul‑de‑Mausole, where Van Gogh painted cypresses in 1889.

Collected at your hotel in Avignon, you ride in a Mercedes V‑Class or E‑Class with the vehicle at disposal for the day—about 35 km to Les Baux, typically 50 minutes. The day stays flexible: time inside the immersive show, the citadel ascent, a terrace lunch, then a short 10 km hop to Saint‑Rémy to wander and visit the monastery site. In Saint‑Rémy, while you taste AOP oils at a working mill, your driver handles parking and backroads. You keep the pace you want; return to Avignon is adjusted to how the day unfolds.