Turist i Vacqueyras

Tourist in Vacqueyras

If you are arriving by the route D8/D7 from Bollene to Carpentras or visa versa you will pass Vacqueyras and you could easily pass the town without knowing that some interesting experiences are hidden shortly from the main road.
If you by one of the traffic lights turn off towards the centre you will meet a small road Cours Strassart. It's not like a boulevard but in hot summer days you will be pleased with the shadows and the small town atmosphere. If you walk through the gateway to the oldest part of the town you will experience the feeling of being in an old fortified Provencal village with narrow and slopy streets.

Buying wine
Most of the wine producers in Vaqueyras and Sarrins will recieve you kindly and let you taste their wines without paying.
On the sites about the producers on this website you will find opening hours and at some sites a map showing where to find the domains.
In a wine shop at Cours Stassart, La Taverne de Raimbaut, you can buy wines from about 30 different domains.

Tourist office
The tourist office is situated at Place de la Maire and is named Syndicat d'Initiative.
Tel. 490 12 39 02. Email: Tourisme@vacqueyras.tm.fr
Among other services you can get plans for hiking routes in the area.

From Vacqueyras:
By D7
Beaumes de Venise 5 km
Carpentras 12 km
By D7/D52
Sarrians 8 km
Chateauneuf du Pape (via Sarrians) 23 km
By D8/D7
Gigondas 4.5 km
Sablet 7 km
By D8
Bollene/A7 (Highway) 47 km
Chateauneuf du Pape (via Violes) 24 km

Fête Des Vins
If you happen to pass by Vacqueyras on the second weekend in July you can experience Fête Des Vins. Before and during the opening ceremony you can listen to an exellent provencal jazz band. The band is playing in the streets of the old town when you walk aruond and taste wines at every corner and in the garages along the narrow streets. In the evening about 800 people have dinner at Cours Strassart. It seems that everybody in town are participating.
In 2007 the date is 14. July - The bastille day. This day is a serious holiday in France and all producers have closed that day.

RESTAURANT DU COURS
Cours Stassart
84190 VACQUEYRAS
04 90 65 87 08

HOTEL LE PRADET**
Route de Vaison - 84190 VACQUEYRAS
Tel : 04 90 65 81 00
Fax. 04 90 65 80 27
20 rooms - Parking

HOTEL - RESTAURANT MONTMIRAIL
Château des eaux
84190 Gigondas
Tél. 04 90 65 84 01
Fax. 04 90 65 81 50

HOTEL - RESTAURANT LES DENTELLES *
Route de Carpentras
84190 VACQUEYRAS
Tél. : 04.90.65 86 21
Fax. : 04.90.65 89 89
7 chambres - Parking

HÔTEL-RESTAURANT LA PONCHE
regional cooking
Tél.: 04 90 65 85 21
Fax. 04 90 65 85 23
DOMAINE DE LA PONCHE
84190 VACQUEYRAS

Official websites:
Sarrians	Vacqueyras