Day 5: Kayaking on the Sorgue & on to Arles and St. Rémy

After bubbling away deep beneath the hills of Provence, the most powerful spring in France bursts forth at nearly 20,000 gallons per second to feed the mysterious Sorgue River. Climb aboard a kayak and paddle along this picturesque waterway from Fontaine-de-Vaucluse to L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue... and check out the waterwheels! The Romans felt it. So did the builders of its Romanesque churches… and artists from van Gogh to Picasso, who particularly loved the pubs. And so will you – strolling its boulevards and leafy squares… lunching in one of its charming cafés… people-watching within a city of contrasts. Arrive late afternoon in St-Rémy-de-Provence and a fantastic boutique hotel. Tonight you'll discover the allure of “pub crawling” – not the tourist places, but the pubs where the locals go.