Shopping
Local markets at Pertuis (the largest), Cadenet and Cucuron itself are good for local vegetables and fruit and cheese (Banon wrapped in chestnut leaves, and other small goat cheeses). Cucuron has a well stocked SPAR minimarket store and two excellent butchers, as well a newsagent, pharmacy, post office, two boulangeries and other shops.
Local Luberon Markets - Cucuron Tuesday morning , Ansouis (10 minutes) Thursday morning, Lourmarin (10 minutes) Friday morning, Apt (20 minutes) Saturday morning & Tuesday morning June-October, Bonnieux (15 minutes) - Friday morning, Pertuis (15 minutes) Saturday morning, Avignon (40 minutes away) The Halles covered market - Every day Flower market, Place des Carmes - Saturday morning
Local open air markets are listed on http://www.miniplan-luberon.com/GBmarche.aspPertuis also has two large hypermarkets and a number of other retail outlets.
Further afield, to the North of the Luberon, L'Isle sur la Sorgue is well known centre for antiques with a weekend market of about 300 stalls.
Restaurants
- L'Arbre De Mai - Rue de l'Eglise - Tél. 04 90 77 25 10. Hôtel-Restaurant . Logis de France. Spécialités provençales .
- Hôtel Restaurant De L' Etang - Place de l'Etang.
- Restaurant de l'Horloge - 55 Rue Léonce Brieugne, 84160 Cucuron, Tél. 04 90 77 12 74. Cuisine minceur, pizzas and provençale food.
- La Remise et son Jardin - Boulevard du Nord - Tel 04 90 07 53 44. Pizzaria, you can eat in or collect & take away, welcomes children.
- La Petite Maison - Place de l'Etang in the centre of the village. Tel 04 90 68 21 99. The Michelin star winning chef Eric Sapet has recently re-opened this restaurant. You may need to book in advance for a table. Here's a blog entry from someone who enjoyed visit there in Feb 2010 (including a nice photo of the Etang lit up at night).
Entertainment
- Cinema
- Boules playing area
- Library with some shelves of English books (there is also a good selection at Le Point)
Parking
- It is not possible to park immediately outside Le Point as the streets are too narrow for vehicles, but a car can be taken to within 30 metres for unloading and there is adequate free parking in the village.
Wine tasting
In the summer of 2003 the Luberon Park inaugurated the new vintner trail around the village of Cucuron, developed in collaboration with the Mus é e Dydier on the theme of vineyard history. The new stroll offers two itineraries to the east and to the west of the village, and the walk takes about 3 hours in all. The trail is marked with information signs, and can end with a tasting in the Cucuron cellars. More details and contact numbers for local wine cellers
http://www.val-joanis.com/index2.htm
http://www.cave-bonnieux.com/index_uk.php
http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/mag/terroir/vin/vignobles/luberon.htm