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Sault

Department of Vaucluse
Population : 1 301 people (2007)

The name of Sault means "Country of forests" in Latin, this place is occupies by human since the prehistory. The geographic situation of the Country of Sault made of this village a Green Station of Holidays which attracts the rural tourism due to its multiple assets.

The wild beauty of the high plateau of Vaucluse will strike you; the deep blue of the fields of lavenders mixes in brilliant fields of grains. The people who live in the country of Sault knew how to take care of these vast landscapes and protect their quality of life. It is doubtless for that reason that Sault is today a renowned health resort being a part of 6 French sites protected by the U.N.E.S.C.O in conformance with the World Patrimony.

At Sault, everything is there so that your stay is a real fitness. The vivifying air, recommended to relax and the numerous proposed activities of open air, offers you to spend holidays in Provence full of promises. You will be able to take advantage of the swimming pool on the return to a beautiful hike (the GR4, the GR9 and the GR92 pass there) either still to go paragliding, to bestride your VTT, or to introduce you to the caving. The Country of Sault is rich for the amateurs of subterranean discoveries, numerous sinkhole are listed notably that of Jean Nouveau, deep of 574mètres, it’s the most important of Vaucluse. And for the relaxation, health resort of Montbrun les Bains, not far from Sault (11kms) will welcome you for a moment of well being.

All that it is necessary for you to spend unforgettable holidays in Provence is there…at Sault!

>>>>>more information about Sault : web site

Specialities

- The lavender
The department of Vaucluse, and mainly the plateau of Sault, is the first French producer of lavender, with a surface of 1150 hectares of lavender and 1750 hectares of lavandin, providing 40 % of the French production of essence of lavenders.

Photos of the lavender from the plateau of Sault : Flight above the lavender > >

- The Honey of lavender
Due to the area of the fields of lavender, the Country of Sault counts numerous beekeepers who commercialize their product with names of family or names of places.
The honey of lavender is aromatic, delicate, its clear tint going from the white ivory in the yellow.

- The lamb of the Country of Sault
Fed under the mother by a milk very rich in nourishing elements and in different aromas (thyme, savory, wild thyme) then, from the weaning, by a learned mixture of cereal (barley, oat and triticale) produced in the farm, it’s looked for by the consumers who appreciate the very fine texture of the meat and the incomparable natural savour.

- The nougat of Sault
Make with honey of lavender, harvested on the hillsides of the Giant of Provence and almonds of regional production, it is authentic nougat which is proposed to the gourmets.
Smooth, blown out, very soft white nougat, and the black, delicately caramelized, are two candies which gustative qualities did not vary for a century.

- The small « epeautre »
Today the «Gallic’s Wheat " is cultivated on plateau of Sault where the harvest takes place in August. The treatment of the grain comes along with a delicate stage of shelling. The soup of “épeautre” is a culinary tradition of the country of Sault.

- The pig of the Mont Ventoux breed outdoors
Due to a food exclusively consisted of cereal and legumes and in a protected and natural environment, it produces a delicious meat. The climate and the know-how of the autochthons made the fame of its cooked pork meats for more than a century.

- Goat cheeses
Fed through the hills of the Country of Sault, which it crosses quite freely, goat supplies generously a milk perfumed with all the grasslands and the wild aromatic plants which constitute the main thing of its food, and delicate savours which we taste in the cheese.

- Macaroons of Sault
Elaborated with the ancestral tradition, these incomparable macaroons in the almonds of Provence delight the finest palates. Their soft, sweet consistency, doubled by a delicately bitter taste, is appreciated by the amateurs.

- The aromatic plants
Most are cultivate by men, and many grow naturally on the hillsides of hills and in country of Sault.

Marchés

- Traditional market

Since 1515, this market takes place in the village everything on Wednesday mornings.

Monuments

- Notre Dame de la Tour

This church, of Romanic origin, is a dissimilar building (XII-th , XIV-th and XIX-th centuries).
Opened by Easter to All Saints' Day.

Musées

- Musée municipal

Prehistoric, gallo-Roman collections, medieval, of mineralogy, mummy and Egyptian objects, weapons, canvases of the local painter Evariste Valernes , encyclopedia of Diderot and old works.

Opened in July and August from 15 hr till 18 hr, except Sunday. The rest of the year to contact the city hall in the 04.90.64.02.30

A voir

- Centre of discovery of the nature and the hunting patrimony

600 m2 of the permanent and temporary exhibitions on the wealth of Vaucluse, the Country of Sault and the mountain Ventoux approached by means of multiple educational tools: electronic communication and information terminals with CD-ROMs, audivisual projections, boxes sensory, sculptures, paintings, photos, games, panels of information and sensitization, reconstructions of natural circles, objects and samples different naturalists, for a playful and sensory discovery of the fauna and the flora.

Opened of in the middle of February till the middle of December from Monday till Friday 10h-12h / 14h-18h (10h-12h / 15h-19h in July / August).

Tél. : 04 90 64 13 96

- The soap factory in Provence

Craft factory of soaps and factory shop (let us know surgras plant 100 %, waters of dress and floral waters, essential oil …)

See the web site >>>>

Tél. : 04 90 64 17 99

- The distillery of the Valley

Visit free and commented with teaching aid of the domestic distillery built in 1947. Traditional distillation of lavender and lavandin with foyer in straw of lavender. Sale of essential oil.

Opened of 25/07 in 25/08 from Monday till Saturday 10h-12h / 14h-18h

Tél. : 04 90 64 14 83

- Distillery of GAEC Aroma’Plantes

Free conducted tour of the distillery. Sale of products stemming from the GAEC: aromatic and medicinal plants, lavender and lavandin, essential oil, floral waters, small épeautre of high Provence in biologic agriculture.

Opened 7/7 from June till September, the rest of the year to contact the distillery

Tél. : 04 90 64 04 02 ou 04 90 64 14 73

- Boyer factory of nougat

Craft factory for the XIX-th century of the white nougat, the black nougat, macaroons and pancake of small épeautre. Free commented visit a Tuesday and Friday at 15 hr in July / August.

Opened from March till January

More information >>>> Web site

Tél. : 04 90 64 00 23

Activités Sportives

- Une heure sur les pas du loup

Circuit discovery of the historic centre through its alleys, vestiges of the medieval castle, houses of medieval time, the Renaissance and of XVIII-th century. Available free brochure in the Office of Tourism.

- Courses hippiques de trot attelé et trot monté

Second Sunday of August

Hippodrome du Deffends - Randonnée cyclo des Lavandes

Second sunday of August

- Les Drailles de Sault

Rally VTT on November 1-st

- Aventurod

Ride of dog without snow, second November weekend.

l'hippodrome du Défends

Events

Useful addresses

- Tourism Office of Sault
avenue de la Promenade
84390 Sault
Tel. 04 90 64 01 21

- Cty hall of Sault
place du Marché
84390 Sault
Tel. 04 90 64 02 30

-National police force
quartier Roumane
84390 Sault
Tel. 04 90 64 00 04

Access

From Apt en Provence by D943 cross to Saint Saturnin les Apt and to continue until Sault.

From Carpentras to take D942, cross to Mazan, Mormoiron then Villes sur Auzon to arrive at Sault.

From Forcalquier to take D950, cross to Banon, Revest du Bion and Saint Trinit to continue until Sault.

Distance from towns

Aurel > 5 km, Monieux > 6 km, Saint Trinit > 6.5 km, Saint Jean de Sault > 7 km, Ferrassieres > 8.5 km, Saint Christol > 12 km, Reilhanette > 12 km, Montbrun les Bains > 12 km, Revest du Bion > 15 km, Lagarde d'Apt > 15 km, Savoillan > 16 km, Brantes > 20 km, Barret de Lioure > 20 km, Simiane la Rotonde > 21 km, Villes sur Auzon > 23 km, Lioux > 24 km, Saint Léger du Ventoux > 25 km, Saint Saturnin les Apt > 28 km, Banon > 28 km, Sederon > 28 km, Mormoiron > 29 km, Joucas > 29 km, Rustrel > 29 km, Colorado Provençal > 30 km, Oppedette > 30 km, Murs > 31 km, Roussillon en Provence > 31 km, Apt en Provence 36 km, Gordes > 37 km, Vénasque > 38 km, Abbaye de Sénanque > 41 km, Carpentras > 41 km, Buoux > 44 km, Bonnieux > 47 km, Goult > 48 km, Cabrières d´Avignon > 49 km, Saumane de Vaucluse > 49 km, Lacoste > 51 km, Les Beaumettes > 51 km, Vaison la Romaine > 52 km, Forcalquier > 53 km, Coustellet > 56 km, Ménerbes > 56 km, Lourmarin > 56 km, Isle sur la Sorgue > 57 km, Oppède le Vieux > 60 km, Lagnes > 61 km, Cucuron > 62 km, Fontaine de Vaucluse > 65 km, Avignon > 66 km, Orange > 66 km, Cavaillon > 67 km, Avignon TGV train station > 68 km, Mérindol > 69 km, Abbaye de Silvacane > 70 km, La Roque d'Anthéron > 70 km, Aéroport Avignon > 72 km, Manosque > 73 km, La Tour d Aigues > 77 km, Valensole > 84 km, Saint Rémy de Provence > 85 km, Pont du Gard > 92 km, Les Baux de Provence > 101 km, Arles > 101 km, Moustiers Sainte Marie > 113 km, Nîmes > 115 km, Marseille Provence Airport > 120 km, Aix en Provence > 125 km, Marseille > 141 km, Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume > 164 km, Saint Tropez > 257 km, Cannes > 269 km, Nice > 304 km, Bandol > 176 km, Sanary sur mer > 179 km, Cassis > 156 km