Under the most beautiful sky in Europe, in a superb setting of lavenders and cereals, Monieux is a dream come true for all nature lovers.

A vast choice of roads and paths offer breathtaking panoramic views and multiple footpaths will lead you on the path of discovery : scented scrubland, oak forests from where the intense whiteness of the limestone rock peaks emerge, mosaic of cultures.
Agriculture and livestock-breeding and local developments have contributed to the landscape's appearance and to its originality.

650 m in altitude, Monieux is located on the south-eastern side of the Ventoux and faces east towards the sunrise. Below, the Nesque river, modest and peaceful, nonchalantly meanders along before disgorging itself into the wild ravines, notched into the limestone rocks.

Monieux is inextricably linked with the history of Les Gorges de la Nesque, whose human occupation is dated back to pre-Neandertal times (approximately 80 000 years before J.C - according to recent archaeological excavations of Bau-de-l'Aubesier). This site, known as Mons Jovis during Gallic-Roman times, was established as Monilis at the beginning of the middle ages, belonging to the county of Sault. It became Monjeu in the XVIIIth century, then Monieux in the XIXth century.

It is extremely pleasant to stroll through the lanes lined with picturesque XVIIth and XVIIIth century houses.