Sault

Hill town in the Vaucluse, east of Mont Ventoux. See Provence.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Mistletoe, Lavender	Mostly Bikes x Me	journey waypoint	Kebab and fries when Monieux’s café is shut, then back down the Nesque gorge.
Quiet in the Gorge	Mostly Bikes x Me	setting	Lunch on the steps of the sunny square after a car-free climb.
Trace Velocio 2026. Le Thoronet to Sault	Mostly Bikes x Me	journey waypoint	Finish of the ride and the randonneurs’ Easter gathering.

As Monieux has no other eating establishments it was onto Sault for kebab and fries.

Role: journey waypoint
In the article: The writer rides up the Gorges de la Nesque planning lunch in tiny Monieux, finds its café shut despite a 1996 cyclotourism recommendation, and carries on to Sault. The return runs along the gorge’s south side: evergreens, lavender and the odd sprig of mistletoe on bare branches.
Why it matters: Sault is the fallback lunch stop and turnaround. The Gorges de la Nesque, the real setting of the post, has no standard-source coordinate and is described here instead.

Down into Sault to sit on the steps in the sun drenched square, eating sandwiches will the rest of the cyclists.

Role: setting
In the article: After a climb with no cars and rock fall on the road, the rider drops into Sault and sits on the steps of the sunny square, eating sandwiches with the other cyclists. The writer also admires a hedge trimmed into the shape of a tiny house.
Why it matters: The rest stop is the one named place in a very short post, and it gives the ride its pause.

Our trace, like that of all the other trace and fleche teams, ended in Sault, at the traditional Paque-en-Provence gathering of randonneurs.

Role: journey waypoint
In the article: After descending the Gorges de la Nesque at sunset and sleeping, the team finishes in Sault, where all the trace and flèche teams converge for the Pâques-en-Provence meeting.
Why it matters: The fixed destination that gives every team’s route its shape.