Another great bike ride in Provence

This may have been my favorite yet: I headed out D17 from Centre Ville to Eguilles and kept going on D17, aka Route de Pelissane. Beautiful fields, ruins, corn fields, wineries, and vistas. Long, straight, relatively quiet roads. At Les Quatre Thermes, I turned left on D67 and headed up to the pass, only to be stunned by a beautiful view of the Aix valley, and a swooping road intertwined with an old open canal filled with sparkly water that disappeared periodically into the rock faces decorated with arches and sculpted figures at the keystones. It was different and wonderful. Intertwining above and below the canal, with the view beyond, was magical. At the bottom, I road through Coudoux and headed back into town on D10. About 45 kilometers of pure cycling joy.