A typical Provençal village: grown up around the ancient feudal castle built on arock in the 7th century. Fine view from the Belvedere: to the east, the Regagnas, Olympe and Auréliens mountains, the Cengle Plateau and the Sainte-Victoire range; to the south, the Garlaban, the Etoile range and Baou de Bretagne.

These sites have been inhabited since earliest times and testify to the Gallo-Roman civilisation, settlements dating from the 7th century BC, the Barbarian invasions of the 7th century AD, when the village was probably founded.

Culture: Adolphe Thiers, Joseph Autran, André Roussin, Frantz Litzand Alexandre Dumas were born or lived in Bouc-Bel-Air.