FR26.5 Séguret & Sablet

We spent the night at a lovely little multi-purpose centre with a spacious car park in the middle of nowhere, about 15 minutes from Vaison-la-Romaine.

When we arrived, there was already another camper parked up, so we made sure to choose a spot that wouldn’t disturb anyone. It was a peaceful night and the location turned out to be an excellent starting point for walking and cycling.

Séguret and Sablet were both only about 15 minutes away by bike, which made it easy to turn the day into a nice little round trip.

Exercise and sightseeing combined — yaaay 🚲 📸!

Our fellow camper was apparently one of those “early leavers” because he had magically disappeared by 8am. We enjoyed breakfast, unloaded the bikes and set off towards Séguret.

The ride through the fields, lined with cypress trees and dotted with old farmhouses, felt almost magical. When we arrived in Séguret, we also realised just how smart we had been for once (yes, it does happen occasionally!).

The tiny car park was already completely full and would have been an absolute nightmare for Wilma. Luckily, bikes don’t have parking problems.

Very pleased with ourselves, we headed into the village.

Séguret is yet another village that seems to have been glued onto the side of a mountain, winding its way uphill through narrow streets and alleyways. Small cafés, shops and beautifully maintained stone buildings gave it a fantastic atmosphere.

Séguret is, however, much smaller than Vaison-la-Romaine and after about an hour we had quite literally seen every corner of it. So we hopped back onto the bikes and headed for Sablet.

Sablet is probably at its most impressive when viewed from a distance. A church tower (or maybe a clock tower — we’re still not entirely sure) sits right in the centre on top of a perfectly round hill, while the village spreads out below it in a circular pattern.

Essentially, it’s a doughnut with a tower in the middle 🍩.

By the time we arrived, we were in the mood for a little treat and stopped for a good coffee and some pastries from the local boulangerie.

By now we had noticed that boulangeries seem to have a very different standing in French society compared to bakeries in Germany — despite Germany being famous for its bread.

Everything is carefully displayed, presentation clearly matters and the friendliness of the staff is second to none. On top of that, they seem much more creative when it comes to bread and pastries and, in our opinion, very successfully so.

We have become great fans.

The fact that prices are noticeably lower than back home certainly helps as well.

Sablet is even smaller than Séguret — at least the historic centre is — so after another pleasant hour of wandering around we headed back to Wilma.

When we arrived, we discovered that several campers had apparently decided to build their own little camper village right next to us.

We weren’t too bothered, though, as we already had another destination in mind. So we packed the bikes away and continued on our way.

What a lovely day!