Venasque is the former capital of the Comtat Venaissin. The village is sitted on top of its sheer-sided rock and dominating the Comtat Venaissin plain and the Mont Ventoux.

Many touristic sites are only a few kilometers away. From Venasque, the picturesque village of Gordes, the Senanque abbey, the perched villages of the Luberon, the ochre quarry of Roussillon, Vaison la Romaine, Avignon the popes' city, l'Isle sur la Sorgue, ...