The Ardèche valley in southern France has one of the most distinctive landscapes in the country, full of stalactite caves with bats as well as limestone plateaus and green meadows. No other river valley is so shaped by deep canyons and mighty rock massifs. Anyone who wants to holiday in this impressive area would do best to look for holiday homes in southern France; in the Ardèche area you will find many landlords offering holiday homes – and these are mostly cheaper than comparable holiday apartments in Germany.
As far as flora and fauna are concerned, in this southern French valley you will find, besides chestnut trees, many shrubs and plants such as rosemary, savory, lavender or thyme. In and along the river not only the beaver feels at home; wild goats and wild boar can also be experienced in the wild. Walking along the bank you hear the wingbeats of the grey heron, and you can also watch the griffon vulture in flight and fish in the river for a trout or an eel.
From one of the holiday homes in southern France you can make wonderful excursions, for example to the Tanargue massif, a mountain range with peaks up to an altitude of 1,500 metres; the massif was named after the Celtic god of thunder, Taranis. In this mountain massif you will still find many small farming villages that have retained their original character.
The silver mines of Largentière, hotly contested in the Middle Ages, are also well known. The town is known and popular with tourists for its small, narrow lanes, as is the Tour de Brison, from which there is a magnificent view.
In general the Ardèche and the Cévennes are regions rich in history, some of them still undiscovered, and that is precisely why a holiday in a holiday home in southern France is such a unique experience.
Another example of a place where peace still reigns and nature comes first is Valousset. Here you find clear mountain streams, forests and meadows, and in the evening you can sit on the terrace of your holiday home and enjoy the quiet.
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