Vaucluse - Come to Carpentras by car, bus, train, plane

Distances from other cities and sites

25 km from Avignon, Cavaillon, Orange
50 km from Baux de Provence
50 km from Pont du Gard
90 km from the Ardeche river canyons
100 km from Marseille, Saintes Maries de la Mer
220 km from Lyon
260 km from Nice
690 km from Paris
385 km from Geneva
965 km from Brussels

Portrait of Carpentras

The Metropolitan area of towns (CoVe) : 60,000 inhabitants

Sub-prefecture of Vaucluse. 30,000 inhabitants.

Altitude: 102 meters

2786 hours of sunshine a year

Average annual temperature: 13.4° C. Carpentras : Tourisme & Handicap

French City Welcome Committee for Carpentras and the Comtat Venaissin: tel/fax: +33(0)4 88 84 57 40

Caravan service area: Boulevard de la Pyramide (water and drainage) Caravan parking area: Fenouil Parking

By car				By train				By plane
Road information : “bison futé”: +33 (0)8 26 02 20 22 France Weather : 3250 Vaucluse Weather: +33 (0)8 92 68 02 84 A7 Motorway - exit “Orange sud” (25 km) - exit “Avignon nord” (15 km) - exit “Cavaillon” (35 km) National highway 7 Bus : 10 bus lines in Vaucluse serve Carpentras, with “Trans’Vaucluse”: Check bus schedules on: www.vaucluse.fr/1120-lignes-de-transport-regulieres.htm The “Cars Comtadins”: +33 (0)4 90 67 20 25 The Cars Arnaud : +33 (0)4 90 63 01 82 Provence cars (ligne Carpentras-Méthamis) +33 (0)4 90 69 41 41 Liaisons journalières du lundi au samedi entre Carpentras et Avignon ( toutes les 1/2h hors saison, toutes les heures en été), dimanches et jours fériés ( environs 6 allers- retours dans la journée). De la Place Terradou de Carpentras à la Gare routière d’Avignon. Liaisons régulières pour Aix en Provence et Marseille				SNCF : Tel : 3635 Web : www.voyages-sncf.com Arrival: Center Avignon train station (50 m from the bus station) or Avignon TGV station (shuttle bus every 15 minutes for center city Avignon, 100 m from the bus station) or arrival in the Orange train station. TGV connections Paris-Avignon: leave from Gare de Lyon. Lille-Avignon direct. Brussels-Avignon direct connections in summer. Bus transfer to Carpentras. Direct trains Brussels-Avignon via Lille and auto-sleeper train Strasbourg-Avignon Bordeaux-Avignon Nice-Avignon Genève-Avignon Nantes-Avignon Transferts bus jusqu’à Carpentras				Airport : Marseille-Marignane: +33 (0)4 42 14 14 14 www.marseille.aeroport.fr shuttle bus to Marseille center then bus to Carpentras Avignon airport: +33 (0)4 90 81 51 17 www.avignon.aeroport.fr New line: Southampton-Avignon : Southampton - Avignon Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays, starts at 55 € with FlyBe company, 25 May to 26 October Nimes-Arles-Camargue airport : +33 (0)4 66 70 49 49 NEW: From end of march to end of october : Southampton - Avignon . 5 flies / week from 56.50 € New lign : Exeter - Avignon 3 flies /week of march from 52.50 €with FlyBeCompany ( flybe.com) New company Edinbourg – Avignon 1 fly / week from the 23d of june juin (JET2.com)