From Hauterives to Romans, by way of Saint Donat and Tain-l'Hermitage, this region, dominated by its medieval towers, is the one of the green valleys sprayed of fresh rivers which, since the prehistory, roll pebbles that people of this country aligned and assembled to build houses and to build terraces. These terraces have prestigious wines: Hermitage and Crozes-Hermitage; white and pink orchards of peaches, apricots, apples and pears, cherries. Heart of Dauphine, the Drome of Hills invites you to discover a rich patrimony: churches, castles and chapels classified, museums, with very numerous monuments and unique sites (Ideal Palace of the Factor Horse to Hauterives).
Numerous and varied Activities will seduce the sportsmen (golf, hike and pony trek...).
Do not especially forget to taste there " Ravioles " and " Pogne ": gastronomic specialities.
Situated on the biggest North-south European route, VALENCE ON the RHONE, city - stage par excellence, is a place of attractive stay. The old town, with the streets reserved for the pedestrians, its shaded places, its monuments and ancient particular hotels for the colours pastel, knew how to keep the charm of formerly, while turning determinedly to the future. VALENCE is also the point of departure for multiple excursions: Vercors by Chabeuil, and the Collar of Limouches, the vineyards of Hermitage and the South of the Drôme, the natural curiosities of quite close Ardèche... Numerous restaurants, of which some reached an exceptional fame, will offer you delicious menus. You will also sample their specialities: " the Swiss " (pastry), " Chabeuil´s Maw " (pâté in spices) and the numerous products offered with the department of the Drôme.
This region of the Drôme represents one of the most attractive natural sets of the Southeast of Fance, under the sponsoring of the Regional Natural reserve with the biggest nature reserve of France: the High Trays of Vercors. Royans, strictly been linked in the massif of the Pre-Alps of Vercors, is a country of hills and green terraces opening widely on the valley of Isère. It appears as a pleasant place of stay allowing remarkable walks and excursions: road of the Throats of Bourne, road of Bottlenecks, Combe-Laval´s circus, collar of the battle, pleasure steamer on Isère. Vercors, rich in moving historic past, plateau rather than mountain, suspended over abysses, offers incomparable natural sites: cliffs, caves, circuses, villages of character in the long mountain past but also vast spaces convenient to the practice of the activities of open air, the summer, and of all the sports of snow, the winter.
Around the river the Drôme, the interlacing of a multitude of valleys cuts countries which draw their essence from the union between the Southern sweetness and the temperament of the Pre-Alps. Made by contrasts, Valée of the Drôme offers an extraordinary variety of landscapes and villages of characters: Saoû , Crest´s site and its donjon (XIInth., XVInth. century), country of Bordeaux, Omblèze´s throats... To note for the music lovers, the Festival of Jazz and the Music Crowned to Crest and Festival Mozart to Saoû. Diois, earth of harmony and light, constitutes an important part of Meadows - Alps drômoises, alternating plains, trays and steep mountains natural beauty of which surprises ceaselessly. It offers you its sparkling Die´s Clairette, the aromatic and medicinal plants: lavender and lavandin, thym, sariette, balm, oregano... A walk in the city of Die will make for you discover its rich historic patrimony dating from Roman time (cathedral, museum). Upstream, the sites of châtillon, Luc, Valdrôme deserve all your attention. Each can take part to according to the tastes, to be engaged in the enjoyments of the hike or pony trek, the climbing, the canoeing or the rafting, the ULM or the gliding, the parapente, the bathing...
The Provençal DrÔme has seduction and charms of deep Provence.
The vineyards of the Coasts of the Rhone and Côteaux of Tricastin around the Suze-la-Rousse , Montélimar´s medieval Castle and its nougat, Grignan's castle where lived Mrs de Sévigné, Tricastin and its truffles, Nyons and its olives, Baronnies with the lavender and the lime tree are so many places of discoveries and a mosaic of landscapes where, all the year round, the sun is guaranteed. Montbrun-les-Bains's health resort specialized in the treatment of respiratory tracts, the health resorts of Nyons and Dieulefit, enjoying an exceptional microclimate, will allow all to find an answer to the needs of the body and to make a stay of reshaping. Activities are multiple: hikes and horse trek, V.T.T.... In stages, you will find savours and flavors of the soil: lambs of Pre-Alpes, wines, picodon...
Marne
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An holyday rental for 200 €
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Tarn
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From the Montagne Noire, the southern tip of the Massif Central, to the wide, tranquil plains of the Agout and Tarn rivers, and from the rugged unspoilt Ségala region to the rounded hills of the Vaurais, gateway to the sprawling plains of the Lauragais, the Tarn offers an enormou...
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