Brimming with health at Montbrun les Bains

If you arrive early enough, you might like to do a 5.3km walk, total uphill 80m, duration around 1hr40mins (level 1/5).
You are in 'blue gold' country, at the heart of the largest lavender producing area in Europe. (Lavandula angustifolia is the cultivated variety.)
A signposted path reveals the multiple facets of this symbol of Provence, whatever the season. Informative panels relate the essentials of lavender botany, cultivation, harvesting and distillation.
There's also an opportunity to visit the distillery at Le Vallon.

Dinner and overnight stay in a guest room surrounded by lavender.

7km walk with total uphill 200m. Duration around 2hrs30mins. Level 2/5. 
Lovely walk near Monieux which brings you to the Gorges de la Nesque with their prehistoric caves, and the chapel of St Michel .
This fairly easy yet spectacular walk leaves you time to visit the church at Monieux: 12th century church, gate and fountains, not forgetting the Museum of the Truffle!

Dinner and overnight stay in a guest room surrounded by lavender.

5 km walk, total uphill 150m. Duration around 2hrs. Level 1/5.
This pleasant walk starts in the streets of Montbrun les Bains then continues on round the Citadelle.
La Citadelle is the high point which Montbrun backs on to.
The tour round this 'sharp' little mountain affords very fine views over the nearby village of Reilhanette and the more distant Mont Ventoux.

Care treatment session at the Montbrun thermal spa.

Dinner and overnight stay in a guest room surrounded by lavender.

11 km with total uphill of 250m. Duration around 3hrs30mins. Level 2/5.
The walk begins in Montbrun itself and takes you round mount Vic by two modest passes: the Col de la Villette on the south face (701m altitude) and Vénéjean on the north at 651 metres.
There are lovely views over the north face of Mont Ventoux - the 'Giant of Provence' - and across the valley of the river Toulourenc.
Note that you will also be entering the limestone pre-Alps, close to the marly limestone strata so characteristic of the Baronnies Provencales.

Dinner and overnight stay in a guest room surrounded by lavender.

14 km stage with 650m total uphill. Duration around 4hrs 30mins. Level 4/5.
This circuit crosses some wild, practically uninhabited countryside. The narrow path over the Col de la Bohémienne brings you to the heart of the Baronnies Provençales. The route is very diverse, going through a valley bottom, then snaking along the mountainside through patches of marl before following a long ridge. Two thirds of the itinerary are at more than 1000m. The fine viewpoints over the area are crowned by that from the peak Le Chomatton, culminating at an altitude of 1136 metres.
Along the way you may like to have a closer look at the Château d'Aulan which proudly guards the gorges of Toulourenc and the village of Poët-en-Percip.

Dinner and overnight stay in a guest room surrounded by lavender.

9 km walk (6 km if you start from the guest house). 450 m total uphill. Duration around 3hrs. Level 2/5.

This pleasant walk aims to bring you to the modest Chapelle de la Done with its sober yet original architecture.
The goat track above the farm called La Boucoule offers lovely viewpoints over the north face of the Mont Ventoux.

Care treatment session at the Montbrun thermal spa.

Dinner and overnight stay in a guest room surrounded by lavender.

Return-trip option: 10.5 km. Total uphill 500m. Duration around 3hrs. Level 3/5.
Loop walk option: 15 km. Total uphill 950m. Duration 6hrs. Level 5/5.
Walking up the Mont Ventoux is undoubtedly the best way to appreciate its flora, fauna and enchanting views.
And at a turn in the path you may well get a glance of the chamois, that live all year round in these vast stony screes, fleeing towards the valley of the Toulourenc.

Dinner and overnight stay in a guest room surrounded by lavender.

Breakfast and departure.