Set off via Glanum across the Val St.-Clerg soaking up the superb views of the La Crau plains, Mont Ventoux and the Durance valley.

The village of Orgon harbours a 19th century monastery overlooking the Durance valley (Notre Dame du Beauregard) and the ruins of a Templar castle.

It links Briançon in the upper Durance valley with the Susa Valley and its communes of Cesana Torinese and Susa in the province of Turin, Piedmont.

For many years Mont Pelvoux was believed to be the highest mountain in the region since the higher Barre des Écrins cannot be seen from the Durance valley.

However, significant changes in the sociological situation of the department are to be expected from the implementation of the ITER project at the mouth of the Durance valley.

The Durance valley is remote, the trip from Paris by train or car a long one.

The Durance is better known than the other two rivers because the Durance valley is an old and important trade route, whereas the valleys of the Clarée and Guisane are effectively dead ends.

It is the long term project to connect Marseille to Grenoble via Aix-en-Provence, the Durance valley and the Department Hautes-Alpes.

Its main section connects Marseille to Aix-en-Provence and Durance valley to the north of Sisteron (Saulce).

Villeneuve is located in Durance valley.