Walking around the extremely charming narrow village streets you'll happen upon a number of pretty fountains, typical, beautiful stone-built houses, remains of the former ramparts as well as the keep from the ancient "castrum "Salmana" which dates back to the XII°C.

Right at the top of the village there is a dominating fortress castle which in former times once belonged to the uncle of the Marquis de Sade. Built originally in the XII°C and then transformed into the fortress in the XV°C, the castle was abandoned during the French Revolution to be restored in the XIX°C. Unfortunately the Castle is private and not open for visits. Don't leave Saumane without visiting the place called "La Crémade", the archeology Museum and the santon-maker who makes superb figures for provencal nativity scenes.