The surroundings

In this thermal town, you will enjoy the spa of the thermal resort (Jacuzzi, hammam, swimming pool, water jets) and watch in the park, the Intermittent Spring.

You can learn its history in the museum of the Maison Champanhet.

You can savour the local products on the markets, Thursday and Sunday morning, even during the nigh market. And taste the beer Bourganel at the brewery. It’s the beer product with local products and made in Vals-les-Bains.

Aubenas is a medieval town, you can visit the castle (guided visit of about 1h40), as well as the old town center with its little streets, and the castle square surrounded by old houses.

On this place you’ll also do the markets on Saturday and Wednesday morning.
And more in July and August, with the night market.

The “Cabane du Pêcheur” will give you all the material you may need for fishing (material, map…).

Symbol of Ardèche, The Pont D’Arc is a natural arch of 60 m long and 54 m high burrowed by the Ardèche River located 5 km from the town of Vallon Pont d’Arc. It’s a curiosity unique in France. A place for canoe enthusiasts, as well as being the natural entrance to the Ardèche gorges.

From Vallon Pont d’Arc to Saint Martin d’Ardèche about thirty kilometres long, the Ardèche Gorges are a unique natural wealth.

Possibility of canoeing / kayaking or visiting the Gorges by road with many view areas.

Discovered in 1994 in Vallon Pont d’Arc, the Chauvet cave is one of the oldest ornate caves in the world! This prehistoric work of art is ranked in the World Heritage of UNESCO.

After having admired the Cave, you can continue to explore the prehistoric world in the exhibition space, which will make you discover the Aurignacian culture, art techniques parietal and animals that once served as models for our ancestors.

Real scientific feat, technological and artistic achievement of the Cave gave birth to a second exhibition, which you will also be invited. You will discover the key stages of this unique building in the world.

Dug into the limestone between 146 and 135 million years ago, the visited part of the cave is only one branch of a vast underground complex covering about thirty kilometers.

Easy to access, it is one of the most beautiful caves in France.

Discover the history of Silk and yesteryear Ardèche in Alphonse Daudet’s family farmhouse.

Established in the former Oratory College of the Seventeenth Century in the heart of the old Joyeuse, the Châtaigneraie museum reflects the close ties that have united for centuries the Cévènes people to the “sweet chestnut tree”.

A 400 square metre exhibition where you can trace the history of the Ardèche chestnut.

Perched on a cliff overlooking the Ardèche, the former stronghold of the “Lords of Balazuc” retains many traces of its medieval past.

The ancient village is built like an amphitheatre over an Ardèche River beach and is one of the most famous scenic and picturesque places of the Bas Vivarais.

Located 470m above sea level on a volcanic peak, the village of Antraigues sur Volane, classified as “village character”, is named after the three rivers that surround it: the Farmhouse the Volane and La Bise.

Little streets full of flowers, cobbled street and covered alley will lead you to the heart of this old typical village. In summer, you’ll take part of some petanque games, concerts and flea markets. It’s also the village where lived Jean Ferrat. The house of Jean Ferrat is open since the 13th March 2013.