Saint Antoine loop, via the canal, Le Serre and Le Mas

Date of your route : Dec 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

At the start of the hike, there is a metal footbridge that might make you think it is the first bridge, but you actually need to reach the third crossing of the canal.
It is unclear on the return journey which path to take back to the starting point. We are told to turn right, but we actually need to take a path that runs to the left.

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Date of your route : Oct 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

An easy hike, mostly on paved roads, except for the canal, which is not particularly interesting.

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Date of your route : Aug 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I only did part of the circuit,
I started from the whirlpool cave and headed towards the Vaucluse fountain.
Access to the IGN map is a nice bonus for getting lost and finding your way back.
Avoid doing this walk in the afternoon
When it's 36 degrees, it's tough.
Beautiful scenery.

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Date of your route : Feb 04, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike, despite a bit too much walking on tarmac. Overall, the description is very good, except after point 3, "take the path on the right 10 metres ahead"? We hesitated a lot, ended up continuing straight ahead, and realised when we arrived directly at point 6 that we had taken a shortcut. In fact, at this famous spot, all we had to do was follow the yellow markings.
Thank you for this beautiful hike

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Date of your route : Nov 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant walk

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Date of your route : Oct 07, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Another very pleasant and easy hike.
Most of it was along a canal...
I enjoyed it

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Date of your route : Sep 28, 2023
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Interesting route, two drawbacks: a section on a fairly busy road and not enough canal banks

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Date of your route : Sep 04, 2023
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, easy walk. Well shaded, which is a bonus given the summer temperatures! Quite a long route, but not very busy. Thank you very much

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Date of your route : Mar 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Sincere thanks for sharing. Thanks to you, we had a wonderful day....

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Hello Fpy, thank you for your report. I have updated the end of the route.
Kind regards.

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Date of your route : Sep 25, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Easy and fairly pleasant route.

PS: The end of the description (after the loop) has not been updated following the change to the starting point.

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Date of your route : Jun 22, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route, especially along the Carpentras Canal.

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Hello, thank you for your reply. Despite the road, the hike is still interesting, with the birds and stone walls you mentioned, but also the short forest path before descending to the Saumane golf course. Thank you for this hike.
Damien

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Hello Damien9999, thank you for your review. I'm not in the area at the moment, so I'll take your word for it and change the starting point.
There is indeed a lot of tarmac, but there are also trails. Along the canal, there are lots of birds to watch, and then there are dry stone walls, ruins of old buildings, and interesting passages through the woods.
You have to look carefully and not rush.
Best regards.

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Date of your route : Aug 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

An interesting loop, despite a (very) large part of it being on roads. Unfortunately, there are not many walks in the immediate vicinity of Isle sur la Sorgue.

Important note: at point 1, a wall seems to have been built recently, it must be about 1.20 metres high, maybe a little more. It is on the path, just before turning right along the canal. If you follow the path to the letter, you can't miss it anyway.

If you have difficulty "climbing", be aware of this before starting the hike.

An easy way to avoid this obstacle is to change the starting point of the hike and set off on foot along the "route de la maison d'enfants" (see Google map), which is actually the road that leads to La Roque sur Pernes. Once you reach the Carpentras canal, turn right and after a few hundred metres you will join the hike.

Thanks to the author, this loop was interesting. I imagine that we couldn't hope for anything better in this town anyway.

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