Vercors & Ventoux

3 days · 3 driving roads · 46 miles of them · best May–October

The limestone massif west of Grenoble, then the bald mountain. Combe Laval is the balcony cut into the cliff; the Bourne gorges thread the Vercors from Pont-en-Royans; Mont Ventoux is Bédoin to Malaucène over 1,910 m. Overnight in Villard-de-Lans or Pont-en-Royans, then Bédoin or Malaucène. Overnight in Villard-de-Lans or Pont-en-Royans, then Bédoin. Combe Laval is the balcony; Ventoux is the bald mountain the Tour made famous.

Getting there

⛴ Eurotunnel Le Shuttle — Eurotunnel, about 36 min, up to 4/hour. Check sailings.

Worth knowing: Combe Laval has been subject to rockfall closures and one-way or shuttle regimes — check Drôme before you go, do not assume it is open. The Bourne is a gorge road with tunnels and cyclists. Ventoux is a Tour legend and a motorhome car park in July; the Bédoin side is the famous climb. No fuel on Ventoux. Mistral on the summit is a crosswind, not a metaphor. Fuel in Pont-en-Royans, Villard and Bédoin.

The roads, in order

1. Combe Laval Balcony Road D76 · Saint-Jean-en-Royans → Col de la Machine · 11 mi · 35 min ⚠ ⚠ Cliff galleries and huge drops — not for vertigo sufferers 📷 Belvédère de Combe Laval · 🍽️ Hôtel-Restaurant du Col de la Machine
2. Gorges de la Bourne D531 · Pont-en-Royans → Villard-de-Lans · 15 mi · 40 min ⚠ Occasional rockfall closures 📷 Pont-en-Royans hanging houses · ☕ Grotte de Choranche café
3. Mont Ventoux D974 · Bédoin → Malaucène · 20 mi · 1 h ⚠ Summit road closed in winter; savage winds possible any day ☕ Chalet Reynard · 📷 Mont Ventoux summit

Drive it

Open this run in the planner →

Add your meeting point and pit stops, then share the whole thing with your club as one link. Free, no account, works offline.