Carpentras


Carpentras
Carpentras is the capital of the Comtat Venaissin. Carpentras is an exciting city, beautifully situated in the middle of the Côtes-du-Ventoux wine district. Carpentras is a historical town with lots of prehistoric remains. The town is specially known for its very fine strawberries, its striped caramel sweets, berlingots, and most of all its black truffles, les perles noires. Carpentras has the most important truffle market in France. Its very fine situation in the centre of the Provencal hinterland makes Carpentras an ideal place to spend a holiday.

Actvités en/à Carpentras

  • Big Provencal market every Friday – well known in the whole region.
  • Restaurants.
  • Cinema.
  • Public swimming pool.
  • Tennis
  • Cultural events
  • Outdoor activities in the Vaucluse area, see following websites: http://www.provenceguide.com/gbcdt/index.asp; http://www.hautvaucluse.com/pdf/guidea.pdf (Guide to activities and sights in the Haut Vaucluse area).
  • Walking and hiking tours in the area
  • Riding.
  • Climbing
  • Gliding.
  • Cycling: Challenges for everyone – both experienced and families with children. There are several scenic tours to other villages in the area, many easy mountain routes as well as the difficult Mont Ventoux route.
  • Golf –There are lots of courses in the area, 4 in the department of Vaucluse and a lot in the neighbouring department Bouches du Rhône. Most of the courses can be found on the French golf union’s website. Unfortunately the website is in French. Seek under Guide de golfs and then under the region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur: http://www.ffgolf.org/#

Sites à visiter en/à Carpentras

  • Cathédrale St. Siffrein (1405 and 1519) in southern Gothic style.
  • Roman arch of triumph from the first century, the town’s only remains from Roman Times.
  • Eglise Collégiale Notre Dame des Anges.
  • Musée Comtadin: Local history museum.
  • Ferme Expérimentale d’Élevage de Lamas: Lama farm, 1 km outside Le Barroux (12 km from Carpentras).
  • Musée des Beaux Arts: Bishop d’Inguimbert’s extensive and valuable book collection that is reckoned to be one of the most important book collections in Provence.
  • L’Hôtel Dieu with attached pharmacy (Collection of faience and walls decorated by Duplessis, Louis XVI’s artist).
  • Musée Sobirats Arts Décoratifs: Furniture, faience and art works in Louis XV and XVI’s style.
  • Musée Duplessis: Art Museum
  • Very beautiful synagogue from 1367, restored in 1954 with baths and swimming pools, according to Hebrew custom.
  • Culture centre, La Charité.
  • Aqueduct from the 18th century (630 metres long and 23 metres broad).
  • Chapelle Notre Dame de Santé. Tour de l’Horloge (bell tower).
  • Cathédrale St. Siffrein (1405 and 1519) in southern Gothic style. Palais Episcopal from the 17th century, today used as court building.
Market day in Carpentras

The old part of town, surrounded by broad boulevards, has narrow streets, well restored houses, spacious squares, and lots of shops, restaurants and bars.

Carpentras was in the Middle Ages the home of an important Jewish society. As a monument to that period Carpentras has France’s oldest synagogue –dating from the 15th century. Carpentras also has the Roman St. Siffrein-Cathédrale, built between 1405 and 1519, with its flamboyant Gothic entrance gate from the 17th century, now known as Porte Juive. Near the cathedral lies an arch of triumph, built in the first century under Emperor August, the town’s only remains from Roman Times. The remains of a 7th century Roman cathedral that was destroyed in 1399, can be found at the other side of the square.
<i>Les persles noires</i>, the famous black truffles from Carpentras

North of the town, just outside the centre, there is a pretty park.

The park follows the course of the river and one can wander along the banks on a shady path. There are several small bridges over the river.

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