Rasteau
8 km from Vaison-la-Romaine, 3,5 km from Roaix, 9 km from Séguret, 7 km from Sablet, 6 km from Cairanne GPS: 44° 13′ 52″ N 4° 59′ 16″ E A hilltop village specialising in wine making, Rasteau is surrounded by plains and woods. Halfway between Orange and Vaison la Romaine, and immediately opposite Mont Ventoux and the Dentelles de Montmirail, it looks out over the valley of the River Ouvèze. |
What to see and visit: the ruins of the twelfth-century castle; the twelfth-century Église Saint-Didier; the Musée des Vignerons (vineyard museum along the road to Roaix). |