 The road skirts hills to reach Avignon and enters Provence.After Avignon the road heads south east across the River Durance and East of "Les plaines" and then Southeast over "Plat de Seze Chaine" and parallel to the "Chaine de la Trévaresse" and "Chaine d’Éguilles" to Aix-en-Provence.The road then runs parallel to the A 8 South of "Montagne du Cergle" and past "Mont Aurélien" (875 m).