The area
Cadenet is located on the south side of the Luberon, on the Combe de Lourmarin – a road going accross the uplands and separating the Great Luberon from the Small Luberon.
Very close from La Tuilière, the villages of the South of Luberon and their castles are only a few kilometers away : Cadenet, Lourmarin, Cucuron, Ansouis, Mérindol, Lauris, Vaugines, La Tour d'Aigues, Bonnieux... as well as the Cistercian abbey in Silvacane.
Our central location allows you to easily access the other touristic sites of the Luberon : Buoux, Sivergues, Gordes and the abbey of Sénanque, Roussillon, Ménerbes, Oppède-le-Vieux, Lacoste, Apt, Saignon...
Discover the picturesque sites of the Parc Naturel Régional du Luberon (Luberon regional natural park) : Rustrel, Gargas and Rousillon natural ochres, the fort of Buoux, the cedar forest of Bonnieux...
And if you have some time left, you can spend a day in Avignon, Aix-en-Provence or the mediterranean coast (Marseille, Cassis, the rocky inlets Calanques...).
Leisure activities around La Tuiliere
Apart from the activities in the guest house and our park (swimming pool, bowls, ping-pong, observation of nature*) or hiking and biking tours from the house, many activities are offered nearby :
Many hiking tracks are marked in the Parc Régional du Luberon and allow you to discover the colorfull landscapes of the area : Colorado provençal (natural ochre quarry), cedar forest, Mourre Nègre, Regalon gorges...
Music and theatre lovers will enjoy the festivals of Lourmarin (5 minutes drive from the house), La Roque-d'Anthéron (8 minutes), Lacoste (30 minutes), Aix-en-Provence (30 minutes) and Avignon (60 minutes).
In the village, sportpersons will find an equiped artificial lake, a horse riding centre, tennis courts. And 15 or 20 minutes drive from the house, there are golf clubs, clibing sites, a lake,...
And for all : events in the village, farmers markets,...
* In the house, a « Naturalist Guide » is at your disposal : this booklet will guide you through our property to help you discover the main plant and animal species present, and the remains of former human activities.
Museums
Musée de la Vannerie (Cadenet – basketwork museum), Musée extraordinaire (Ansouis), Musée Marc Deydier (Cucuron), Musée de la Boulangerie (Bonnieux – baking museum), Musée Contadin (Carpentras), Crèche provençale (Cavaillon – provençal nativity scenes), Musée de la Lavande (Coustellet – lavender museum), Musée de la Résistance (Fontaine de Vaucluse – war resistance museum), Musée du Vitrail (Gordes – stained glass museum), Musée de l'Huile d'Olive (Gordes – olive oil museum), Conservatoire des Ocres (Roussillon – ochres museum), Musée Campredon (Isle sur la Sorgue), Musée des Moulins à Huile (Rustrel – oil mills museum), Musée de la Nature (Sault)...
Monuments and curiosities
Maison du Parc du Luberon (Apt) (Natural park of Luberon),
Avignon : Palais des Papes (Popes' Palace), le pont (the bridge...)
Aix : Cours Mirabeau, Pavillon Vendôme…
L'Isle sur la Sorgue : antiquaires (antique dealers)
Gordes : le village des bories, Abbaye de Sénanque (Sénanque abbey)...
Bonnieux : forêt de cèdres (the cedar forest), les bories, Pont Julien (Julien bridge)
Buoux : le fort, Vallée de l’Aiguebrun (Aiguebrun valley)...
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