Le Pontet (Avignon) to Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt

This was a good route to get out of Le Pontet, but there was inevitably a lot of traffic. D28 for the most part had great road shoulder.

One unintentional mistake along the way was to miss in Pernes-les-Fontaines the turn-off to D28. As a result, we ended up on D1, which while relatively light traffic, had no shoulder and lengthened our ride by several kilometers. I'm sure that D28 would have been an even lower traffic road to the east of Pernes-les-Fontaines. Later, after returning into St-Didier on D39 nearer to our intended route, we found a marked cycling path that took us along country lanes running through vineyards to D4. All of it was paved, but some parts not so well.

Taking the Route de Beaucet (D247) up to Venasque was steep, but it was one of the best decisions. (The alternative was to continue on D4, which I'm sure would have been very nice.) Venasque was a very pretty village with a castle that overlooked Mt. Ventoux. This was a gorgeous part of our ride.

The climb on D4 up to the Col de Murs (627M) was excellent. Beautiful and very lightly trafficked. I think we saw more cyclists than cars...and we didn't see that many cyclists. The descent from the Col had some very nice views.

Great ride we highly recommend.