Walks and hikes in Ardeche

Located in the Rhone Valley, the department is made up of several small geographic regions that harbor countless small, preserved villages that are the starting point for beautiful walks and hikes accessible to the whole family.

In the Ardechoise Mountain, in the heart of the Monts d’Ardèche Regional Nature Park, the spa town of Saint-Laurent-les-Bains, a pretty small mountain village, is the starting point for many walks. You can discover different types of landscapes, from the chestnut groves of the Cevennes to the Ardèche plateau which culminates at 1500 meters above sea level and offers a view of the Mont Mézenc and the Mont Gerbier de Jonc.

Southern Ardèche with Mediterranean accents has many, many villages such as

• Saint Martin, with an important historical and religious heritage, an ideal place to visit the Gorges,
• Balazuc on the cliffside above the river, ranked among the most beautiful villages of France
• Vallon pont d’arc where it is good to stroll in its old alleys typical of southern villages.

The Cévennes ardéchoises also lists a multitude of villages including

• Thines which overlooks a wild valley with century-old chestnut groves and perched hamlets,
• Naves and its hills of olive trees, a very pretty town that has many vestiges of the Middle Ages,
• Les Vans, a thousand-year-old town whose architecture, streets and fountains constitute a very rich heritage.