
Located in the heart of the dry stone country, Cabrières d'Avignon
is an extremely charming picturesque village, which has been able to maintain
all of its authentic character.Take a walk down the village streets and
you'll discover the tastefully restored, ancient, rustic dry stone houses.
In
the neighbouring countryside you can find numerous "bories", sort of
ancient peasant's houses which, in the main date from the XVII° and
XVIII° centuries. Some have been transformed into sumptuous country
holiday homes.
There
is a pretty walk along the famous but sad "Plague Wall" built to protect
the residents of the Comtat from the Marseille Great Plague in 1720. From Cabrières, the walk will take you
as far as the East of Méthamis.
There is also a magnificent 5 hectare cedar tree forest planted in
1860. Shady, cool places, just right for those hot summer days and perfect
for nature lovers.