Avignon to Alpilles E-Bike Tour with Olive Oil Tasting

• Day tours by bike
• France

The mountainous muse of Vincent Van Gogh

Discover the sublime rugged beauty of the Alpilles mountain range, Saint-Rémy, and Les Baux de Provence via a cycle through the lavender-cloaked landscape of Provence. This guided e-bike tour is a sensational day trip exploring unforgettable scenery in one of the most beautiful regions of France. Finishing with a richly flavorsome olive oil tasting, this is a bicycle tour that will linger in your memory long after you’ve left the valley.

This guided day tour is a delight for all the senses as you soak up the picturesque views of the verdant Provence valley, drink in the aromas of vibrant vineyards, and tantalize your taste buds sampling the fruits of the region. In Provence, olive oil and wine production are masterful arts.

This electric bike tour takes you on a spectacular but leisurely journey of discovery, where lavender fields unfold before your bicycle and the French sunlight catches on cascading grapes yet to be harvested from the vineyards. Weave your e-bike through sun-baked olive groves, absorbing the warm, musty aromas as they travel on the breeze.

Setting off from Avignon, you’ll ride through the resplendent Provence region before arriving in the mountainous majesty of Alpilles, where emerald tufts of foliage grace the hillsides and rocky outcrops create an atmospheric landscape not easily forgotten. You’ll ride to Saint-Rémy, a commune famous for the Roman ruins of Glanum. Vincent Van Gogh chose this commune as a base in 1889, during which time he drew on the beauty of Provence for some of his most renowned works, including The Starry Night, Irises, and Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background.

Bike on to Les Baux de Provence, a commune atmospherically perched atop a rocky outcrop, overlooked by a commanding ruined castle, with sensational views over the emerald valley. This is the perfect setting for parking up your e-bike for an unbeatable photo of Provence.

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Highlights

Avignon, Provence, Alpilles, Saint-Rémy, Les Baux de Provence, Olive oil tasting

What’s included

• E-bike and helmet rental
• English or French-speaking guide
• Visit to an olive-growing estate and tasting different varieties of olive oil

Meeting place & directions

41 Cours Jean Jaurès, 84000 AVIGNON