"From the moment we arrived at les Remparts, we knew we were on a winner! The first days walking  (day 2) was a terrific way to begin our journey to Vaison. The morning of day 3 was, as you so rightly described, bucolic. We then began a stretch of three days which were unforgettable. Mazan to Le Barroux featured constantly changing scenery, gentle walking and easy climbs. Le Barroux to Gigondas, although a tougher walk, was just outstanding, right from the lovely partially shaded paths along the Grande Randonee, to the most amazing, views from Crete de St-Amand. If that wasn’t enough for anyone, it was followed by the Circular route through the Dentelles. Simply stunning.   The week ended with an easy paced, pleasant  walk to Vaison and the historic 16th century Le Beffroi" Shaun and Lynda Callghan, April '12

As this is a new route, there are as yet no further customer comments as yet, but you might like to muse on verses from Victorian poet Alfred Austin's At Vaucluse as you leave Avignon...

By Avignon's dismantled walls,
Where cloudless mid-March sunshine falls,
Rhone, through broad belts of green,
Flecked with the light of almond groves,
Upon itself reverting, roves
Reluctant from the scene.

Yet from stern moat and storied tower,
From sprouting vine, from spreading flower,
My footsteps cannot choose
But turn aside, as though some friend
Were waiting for my voice, and wend
Unto thy vale, Vaucluse!

... and wish instead for some lines by Petrarch (who is credited with starting the craze for ascending mountains for the sake of ascending them, by going up Mont Ventoux in 1336)...

Then there is that nursery rhyme:

Sur le pont d'Avignon

L'on y danse, l'on y danse

Sur le pont d'Avignon

L'on y danse tous en rond

- originally 'sous' (under) rather than 'sur' the bridge, and written of in relation to entertainers underneath its arches who probably conned gullible travellers.