Roussillon
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
The whole village of Roussillon stands on a ridge of ochre in the Luberon, and the old quarries around it range in colour from yellow to deep red. Ochre mining employed up to a thousand people here until 1930; today the pigment is protected and tourism has taken over. Samuel Beckett hid in the village from the Nazis between 1942 and 1945 and wrote his novel Watt here.
Highlights
- Sentier des Ocres, a 30- or 60-minute walk through old ochre workings
- Conservatoire des Ocres in the former Usine Mathieu ochre factory
- Thursday-morning Provençal market on Place du Pasquier
- Red, rosé and white Ventoux AOC wines from local estates
- Samuel Beckett's wartime refuge, where he wrote the novel Watt
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Roussillon (Vaucluse) (FR), Roussillon, Vaucluse, Roussillon (Vaucluse) (IT)), Wikivoyage (Roussillon). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 1,333
Local food & wine
- CherriesLocal produce
- MelonsLocal produce
- PeachesLocal produce
Adapted from Wikipedia (Roussillon, Vaucluse). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
8 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 4
- B&Bs and guest houses 2
- Campsites 2
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Thermal baths nearby
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