With tree-lined shaded streets, Vacqueyras has a number of hotels and café/restaurants, a village with an ancient centre which is interesting to explore. Nearby Beaumes-de-Venise is also fascinating to explore with its narrow alleyways leading up to the top of the hill around which the village clusters.
The village of Condrieu lies on a wide curve of the River Rhône and it is this special position which helps to produce some of the most highly prized white wines from the Viognier grape
Chateauneuf-du-Pape is a big classic wine from the southern Rhône Valley north of Avignon in Provence, and literally translates as the "new Castle of the Pope" and was the summer home of the Pope when based in Avignon (Palais des Papes) in the 14th Century.